Personal Records
Indoor
Weight: 51-5.5 (2019 MEAC Indoor)
Shot Put: 38-3.25 (2019 Liberty Flames Invitational)
Outdoor
Shot Put: 36-10 (High School)
Discus: 142-11 (2019 MEAC Outdoor)
Javelin: 98-9 (2019 MEAC Outdoor)
Hammer: 155-0 (2021 MEAC Outdoor)
Career Statistics
2020-21: Member of the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester.
Outdoor: Fourth in the javelin and sixth in the hammer throw (140-8) at the Chanticleer Challenge (95-3) … Also competed at the Gamecock Invitational and U.Va. Grand Prix … Placed in the top six in all three of her throwing events at the MEAC Outdoor Championship … Took third in the discus (125-1), sixth in the hammer (PR, 155-0) and fifth in the javelin (92-9).
2019-20: Named to the MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team.
Indoor: Placed fifth in the weight throw at the George Mason Father Diamond Invitational with a top throw of 47-9.75 … Also competed at meets at Albany, South Carolina, VMI and Liberty … Qualified for the MEAC championships in the weight throw, but did not place.
Outdoor: Season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19: Indoor: Placed 11th in the weight throw at Virginia Tech (43-3.75) … Finished 28th with a best weight throw of 48-6.25 at the Penn State National … Set a new indoor PR in the shot put with a top throw of 38-3.25 at Liberty, which was good for 12th place … Posted a PR in the weight throw at the MEAC Indoor Championships of 51-5.5.
Outdoor: Opened outdoor season with three top-10 finishes in the discus, hammer and javelin throws at the Fred Hardy Invitational … Her best hammer throw of 145-0 was a new PR … Placed eighth in both the discus and javelin at the Charlotte Invitational … Competed in all three throws at the MEAC Outdoor Championship … PRed and scored in two of them, taking runner-up in the discus (142-11) and sixth in the javelin (98-9).
2017-18: Indoor: Opened indoor season by finishing as runner-up in the shot put at the Jack Pyrah Invitational (37-5.25) … Also placed in the top 20 at the Keydet Invitational (17th), Penn State National (14th) and Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (17th) in three straight meets.
Outdoor: Finished in the top 10 in both the javelin (89-10, seventh place) and discus (124-2, fifth place) at the VSU Trojan Invitational ... The 89-10 represented a new collegiate best … Also posted a collegiate best of 139-5 in the discus at the Virginia Grand Prix, good for ninth place … Earned fifth at the MEAC Outdoor Championship in the discus with a best throw of 137-7.
2016-17: Member of the NSU AD’s Honor Roll for the fall semester.
Indoor: Threw the shot put at the CNU Vince Brown Invitational (12th place) and the MEAC Indoor Championships (15th place).
Outdoor: Won the discus throw (123-11) at the Tribe Invitational to kick off outdoor season … Logged 13th-place finishes in the javelin at both the Charlotte Invitational and Morgan State Legacy Meet … Finished eighth in both the javelin (89-9) and discus (127-1) at the Virginia Grand Prix … Was 10th in the discus at the MEAC Outdoor Championships (123-5) while also placing 13th in the javelin (75-0).
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High School: Four-year letterwinner in volleyball and track and field and two in swimming … Won the state title in the discus as a junior and senior, while also helping Charles H. Flowers to the team championship in her final prep season … Also qualified for the state meet in the shot put and advanced to the New Balance Outdoor nationals in the discus … Volleyball team MVP as a junior and senior .. Led team in kills and aces as a senior … Was a Maryland Scholar Athlete and honor roll student all four years.
Personal: Full name is Daiysa Monet Burrell … Born on Jan. 23, 1998 … Daughter of Maureen Burrell and Stephen Thorne … Majoring in kinesiotherapy … Has one older sister, Kayla, a younger brother, Stephen Jr., and a younger sister, Savaan … Cousins Garison and Zachary Duncan and several uncles played collegiate football … Member of the Spartan Generals, an organization that provides mentors for incoming freshmen.
