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2020-2021 Women's Track Roster

Nick Sutton
David Rosenblum
Nick Sutton

DaJah Parker-Love

  • Event Sprints
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.
  • Last School Western Branch HS

Biography

Personal Records
Indoor
60 meters: 7.37 (2021 Kenneth Giles Invitational)
200 meters: 23.84 (2020 Penn State National)
Outdoor
100 meters: 11.40 (2021 Gamecock Invitational)
200 meters: 23.55 (2021 Gamecock Invitational)

Career Statistics

2020-21: Member of the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters. Indoor: Was fourth in the 60m in the opening meet of the season, the Gamecock Opener (7.54) … Was runner-up in the 200m (24.39) at the Brant Tolsma Invitational … Took two runner-up finishes at the Kenneth Giles Invitational, clocking a 23.90 in the 200 and a PR of 7.37 in the 60. Outdoor: Participated in the 400 at the Chanticleer Challenge … Had a strong meet at the Gamecock Invitational, taking third in the 200m (PR 23.55) and fourth in the 100m (11.40) … Missed the rest of the season due to injury.

2019-20: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for the spring semester. Indoor: Clocked a personal-best 60m time of 7.42 seconds at the VMI Team Challenge in the prelims, and won the event with a 7.44 clocking in the finals … Also won the 200m in 24.13 at that meet … Was runner-up in the 200m at the Penn State National, setting a new PR of 23.84 seconds … Placed third in both the 60 (7.57) and 200 (24.62) at the Darius Dixon Invitational … Posted a seventh-place finish in the 60m at the MEAC Indoor Championships, registering a time of 7.57 in the finals. Outdoor: Season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19: Indoor: Notched top-five finishes in the 200 meters at Virginia Tech (25.14 seconds, fifth place) and 60 meters  at VMI (7.69, fourth place) in her first two collegiate meets … Won the 60-meter dash at the Liberty Flames Invitational in 7.62 seconds … Took seventh in the 60m at the MEAC Indoor Championships … Ran a PR of 7.61 seconds in the prelims and a 7.62 in the final. Outdoor: Ran a leg on NSU’s victorious sprint medley relay team at the Florida Relays … Had a hand in three top-five finishes at the Virginia Grand Prix … Helped the 4x100 relay win its event, then was third in the 100 meters (11.58) and fourth in the 200 (PR of 23.94) … Clocked a 100m PR of 11.56 seconds at the MEAC Outdoor Championships, qualifying her for the NCAA East Preliminary Round … Ran an 11.80 at regionals, good for 35th out of 48 runners … Selected the track team’s Rookie of the Year.

2017-18: Redshirted.

High School: Was Virginia 6A state champion in the 100 meters (11.83) and 200 meters (24.05) as a senior … Ran a high school PR of 11.76 seconds her senior year … Qualified for New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the 200 and with the 4x400 relay team, which placed fourth … Was fourth in the state in the 55 meters and fifth in the 300 during her senior indoor season … Attended Churchland High as a junior … Won the East Region and VHSL 4A state indoor titles in both the 55 and 300 meters as a junior … Qualified for the New Balance Indoor Nationals in both the 60 and 200 meters … At the 4A state outdoor meet her junior year, helped Churchland win the 4x100 relay title while placing second in the 100 and third in the 200.

Personal: DaJah Parker-Love was born on Oct. 19, 1998 … Daughter of Kelvin and Jacqueline Key … Majoring in sociology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-2019Redshirt Freshman

    Sprints
    5'4"
  • 2019-2020Redshirt Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'4"
  • 2020-2021Redshirt Junior

    Sprints
    5'4"