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2021-22 Track & Field Roster
Dana Baker
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Olathe, Kan.
Bio
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7170365/Duke/Dana_Baker.html
Academic Accolades
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2022)
- Outdoor All-ACC Academic Team (2022)
- Indoor All-ACC Academic Team (2022)
- 2022 USTFCCCA All-America Second Team (Outdoor)
- 2022 All-ACC Second Team – Javelin (Outdoor)
Outdoor
- Earned USTFCCCA All-America Second Team honors after placing 13th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a javelin personal best of 52.47m (172-2 feet), No. 2 in Duke history
- Threw her javelin 50.74m (166-6 feet) at the NCAA East Regional
- Earned All-ACC Second Team honors following a sixth-place finish of 48.34m (158-7 feet) at the ACC Championships
- Won the javelin events at the Virginia Grand Prix Invite, High Point Meet of Champions and VertKlasse Meetings
- Collected second-place finishes in the javelin at the Virginia Challenge and Duke Invite on throws of 51.51m (169 feet) and 50.12m (164-5 feet), respectively
- Did not compete
2020-21 (Junior)
Outdoor
- Set a personal best and third-farthest throw in Duke history with a mark of 50.48m for a second-place finish at the Virginia Invitational
- Opened the outdoor season with a fourth-place finish in the javelin and a throw of 48.53m (159-3 feet) at the Raleigh Relays
- Did not compete
2019-20 (Sophomore)
Did not compete during the 2019-20 track & field season.
2018-19 (Freshman)
Outdoor
- Recorded a throw of 48.77m at the VertKlasse Meeting, placing second and putting herself fourth all-time in Duke history
Prior to Duke: A javelin thrower from Olathe, Kan. … attended Olathe North High School, where she was a three-time state Class 6A champion as part of her undefeated prep career in the javelin throw … won the American JavFest with a throw of 55.11 meters … earned a bronze medal at the IAAF World U20 Championships – the first World U20 medal of any kind for a javelin thrower from the United States, male or female … was recognized as the top-ranked girls’ javelin thrower in the nation by Track & Field News, after being ranked second during her junior year on the All-America list.
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