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2024-2025 Women's Track Roster

Daena Dyer

  • Height 5-7
  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown St. Catherine, Jamaica
  • Last School Hydel HS

Biography

Indoor:
60 Meter Hurdles: 8.78 (2024 NAIA Indoor Championships)
200 Meters: 25.38 (2025 Division I Pre-Nationals)
300 Meters: 40.74 (2024 Commodore Challenge)
400 Meters: 1:01.03 (2024 Samford Indoor Open)
Pentathlon: 3,203 points (2024 Celebration Pointe Classic)
 
Outdoor:
100 Meter Hurdles: 13.91 (2025 Virginia Challenge)  
400 Meter Hurdles: 1:02.06 (2025 Bill Carson Invitational)  
 
2024-25: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for the fall semester. Indoor: Competed at six meets … Placed sixth in the pentathlon at the MEAC Championships with 2,883 points … Took third in the pentathlon with 2,777 points at the Division I Pre-Nationals … Opened the season with a sixth place finish in the 60 meter hurdles (9.09) … Recorded a season best time of 8.96 in the 60 meter hurdles to place 11th at the HBCU Showcase … Clocked a personal best time of 25.38 in the 200 meters at the Division I Pre-Nationals. Outdoor: Won the 400 meter hurdles at the NSU Invite, clocking a time of 1:05.72 … Earned a pair of second place finishes at the Bill Carson Invitational, including a personal best in the 400 meter hurdles (1:02.06) and as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team (3:53.56) … Clocked a personal best time in the 100 meter hurdles at the Virginia Challenge (13.91) … Placed eighth at the MEAC Championships in the 400 meter hurdles (1:08.38).
 
2023-24 Freshman (at William Carey): Indoor: Competed at six meets … Finished 16th at the NAIA Indoor championships in the pentathlon with 2,572 points … Earned a second-place finish in the pentathlon at the Celebration Pointe Classic, racking up 3,203 points … Recorded a fifth-place finish in the triple jump to open the season at the BSC Panther Indoor Icebreaker (37-6.75). Outdoor: Saw action at six meets … Clocked a personal-best time in the 100 hurdles (14.22) at the Southern Miss Invite, placing second … Started the season with a ninth place finish in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:05.99 … Earned a pair of third place finishes at the SSAC Outdoor championships in the 100 meter hurdles  (14.03) and the 400 meter hurdles (1:08.15) … Finished 17th place in the 100 meter hurdles at the NAIA Outdoor Championships (14.71).
 
High School: Competed in three years of high school track … Won the Bronze medal at the ISSA Boys and Girls Championship her sophomore year … Earned a silver medal at the World Under 20 Championships.
 
Personal: Daena Oksana Dyer was born on February 1, 2003 … Daughter of Jessica Kennedy … Has one brother, Liam … Majoring in psychology … Plans on working somewhere in the medical field upon graduation … Enjoys listening to musing and watching documentaries in her free time.