Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Indoor
60 meters: 7.70 (2020 VMI Team Challenge)
200 meters: 24.95 (2022 MEAC Indoor Championships)
Triple Jump: 37-10.5 (2023 DII Pre-Nationals)
Long Jump: 16-9.75 (2022 Kenneth Giles Invitational)
Outdoor
100 meters: 11.83 (2022 MEAC Outdoor Championships)
200 meters: 24.38 (2022 Norfolk State Invitational)
Triple Jump: 39-3 (2022 Colonial Relays)
High Jump: 4-9.75 (2023 Norfolk State Invitational)
 
2023-24: Indoor: Did not compete Outdoor: Competed in one event … Placed fifth in the 100 meters (12.21) and won the triple jump, tying a personal record (39-3), at the NSU Invitational.
 
2022-23: Indoor: Competed in four indoor meets … Took second in the triple jump at the KPMG HBCU Showcase with a distance of 37-3 … Clocked a 7.75 in the 60-meter dash at the DII Indoor Pre-National meet, while setting an indoor personal record in the triple jump (37-10.5) … Posted a distance of 38-10.25 in the triple jump at the MEAC Indoor Championships to earn seventh place. Outdoor: Competed in five outdoor meets … Finished second in the triple jump (37-9.5) at the Virginia Quadrangular, also taking third in the 100 meters and leading 4x100 relay team to runner-up finish … Cleared personal best height of 4-9.75 in the high jump at the NSU Invitational, also earning fifth in the triple jump (37-4).
 
2021-22: Indoor: Competed in five indoor meets, earning a pair of top-five finishes … Finished fifth in the 60 meters at the Penn State National Open with a time of 7.72 … Took fifth in the 60 meters at the East Coast Invitational with a 7.83 … Achieved a personal best of 16-9.75 in the long jump at the Kenneth Giles Invitational … Competed in the 60 meters, 200 meters, and triple jump at the MEAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Competed in six outdoor meets for the Spartans … Posted season best 11.83 in the preliminary heat of the 100 meters at the MEAC Outdoor Championships, before taking fourth place with an 11.86 in the final … Notched a season-best distance of 39-3 in the triple jump at the 2022 Colonial Relays … Clocked a personal best 24.28 in the 200 meters at the Norfolk State Invitational, also taking sixth in the 100 meters (12.05) … Finished second in the 100 meters at the Virginia Grand Prix with a time of 12:07 … Helped 4x100 relay team take third at the MEAC Outdoor Championships.

2020-21: Did not compete.

2019-20: Indoor: Began her career with back-to-back ninth-place finishes in the 200 meters at George Mason (26.48) and the Albany Great Dane Classic (25.47) … Also posted a season-best in the triple jump (35-9.25) at Albany … Ran well at the VMI Team Challenge, setting an indoor PR in the 60 meters (7.70) en route to a fifth-place finish in the event … Also ran a leg on the winning 4x400 relay and took sixth in the 200 (25.47) at that meet … Clocked a season-best time in the 200m the following week at Penn State (24.99) while finishing fourth … Qualified for the MEAC Indoor Championships in both the 60m and 200m. Outdoor: Season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

High School: Lettered four years in basketball, three in track, and one each in volleyball and tennis … Was a three-time state champion as a senior, winning Group 2A titles in the 100, 200m and triple jump while placing third in the high jump … Also was a New Balance Outdoor All-American after placing fourth in the Emerging Elite Division in the triple jump.

Personal: De’Niya Alexis Gravely was born on Feb. 26, 2001 … Daughter of Roger and Loronia Gravely … Majoring in computer science.