Danny Collins

Height:
6-1
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Newton, Mass.
High School:
Newton South

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2021-22 (Sophomore)
Outdoor

Competed in the high jump across four meets
Registered personal best of 1.92m (6-3.5 feet) at the High Point Meet of Champions, placing fifth
Earned an eighth-place finish at the Bob Davidson Memorial Invitational

Indoor

Recorded a high jump personal best of 1.85m (6-0.75 feet) at the Virginia Tech Invite

2020-21 (Freshman)
Outdoor

Made Duke debut in the high jump at the Tobacco Road Challenge and cleared 1.88m (6-2 feet)

Indoor

Did not compete

Prior to Duke: Lettered in track & field at Newton South High School in Newton, Mass ... Team co-captain (indoor and outdoor) ... Four-time qualifier for the New Balance track & field nationals ... Third place finisher in the high jump at the New England Championships ... Second place finisher at the Massachusetts All-State Championships in the high jump ...Four-time Dual County League (DCL) high jump champion ... Four-time DCL All-Star ... Owns the DCL indoor and outdoor high jump record ... Owns the school record in the indoor and outdoor high jump ... Received the People's Choice Award at the 2019 Sigma Xi National Student Research Showcase ... Co-inventor on a U.S. patent application ... Interned at the Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard and the Wyss Institute of Harvard ... Winner of the Citizen Science Award and the Leonard Adelman Award (scholar-athlete) from Newton South.

Personal: Son of Jim and Mary Collins ... Has one sister; Katie ... Mother, Mary, competed in track & field, cross country and swimming at Holy Cross, where she was a two-time All-American in cross country ... Father, Jim, also competed in cross country and track & field at Holy Cross, where he was a Rhodes Scholar ... Sister, Katie, ran cross country and track & field at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she was an All-American in both, as well as first team Academic All-American ... Born on October 2, 2001.