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2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Daja Gordon

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Hampton Preparatory
  • Hometown Dallas, Texas

Biography

2023 Outdoor: Ran in eight meets…Tailed 13 top-ten performances and seven top-five finishes on the year…During the South Alabama Invitational opened the season setting a PR in the 400-meter with a dash of 1:03.36 (8th) and placed tenth with a time of 26.07 in the 200-meter…Placed sixth with a time of 46.61 at the Mississippi State Bulldog Relays in the 4x100…Recorded a third place finish in the 4x100 with a time of 46.99 at the 2023 Joey Haines Invite…At the Cougar Classic finished in second place with a run of 24.82 in the 200-meter and placed first in the 4x100 crossing the finish line in 46.04…Placed fourth at the Georgia Tech Invitational in the 4x100 with a time of 46.23…Posted a fifth place finish in the 200-meter and a eighth place finish in the 400 with times of 25.75 and 1:06.87 at the Memphis Tiger Invitational…At the 2023 Outdoor OVC Championships placed second 4x100 with a finish of 45.47 and set a new personal best in the 200-meter running for a time of 24.51.

2023 Indoor: Ran in seven meets…Posted nine top-five finishes…Started the season setting a PR in the 300 with a run of 44.85 and finished in fourth in the 4x400 4:07.46 at the Edmonds-Wilt Invitational…Finished third in the 4x400 with a time of 4:21.92 at the Redhawks Invite…At the John Gartland Invitational finished fifth in the 200-meter (26.41), fifth in the 4x400 (4:25.01), and set a new PR in the 400-meter with a time of 1:05.90 (10th)...During the 2023 Hoosier Hills placed fifth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.77 which was a new personal best… During the Indoor OVC championship set a new PR in the 200-meter placing fifth in the prelims running a 24.83, while setting another personal best in the 60-meter prelims with a 7.69. She placed eighth in the finals of the 200 with a 25.30 and fifth in the finals of the 60-meter with a 7.74 run. 


2022 Outdoor: Ran in seven meets…Opened the season with a PR in the 200 meter, running 25.33  (5th) at the Rhodes College Invitational…Notched five top five finishes…At the 2022 Joey Haines Invite, she placed second in the 4x100 with a time of 47.05…Finished first in the 4x100 (47.09) at the Memphis Tiger Invitational…Posted three top ten finishes at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships, placing third in the 4x100 (46.33), eighth in the 100 meter (12.13), and notched a PR 12.05 (6th) in the second 100 meter sprint.

2022 Indoor: Ran in seven meets…Recorded four top ten finishes…Ran a 7.63 (9th) 55 meter at the Redhawks Invite…Placed seventh and 14th at the John Gartland Invitational (1/21-22), running 4:41.36 in the 4x400 and 27.43 in the 200 meter…At the 2022 Redhawks Open, she placed second (7.40) in the 55 meter and notched a PR in the second 55 meter, running it in 7.34 seconds  (1st)...Recorded another PR at the OVC Indoor Championships running the 60 meter in 7.99  (17th). 

Texas Tech (2018-2021): Timed her season best in the 60m at the Texas Tech Invitational, running 7.58 to place fifth in 2020...Ran sub-24.5 in the 200m at the Texas Tech Shootout at 24.47 in 2020...Was a member of Tech’s 4x400 relay that ran 3:49.86 at the Corky Classic...was a strong leg of Tech’s 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams in outdoors 2019…Led the 4x100 to a win and season-best time of 44.60 at the Fearless Champion Open…Relay also dipped below 45 seconds at the Corky/Crofoot Shootout, where they went 44.65…Ran the 100m and 200m at the Big 12 Championships in 2019...Also ran on a 4x100 relay that placed fourth with a 45.02...Ran on the 4x1 at the national title meet, and helped them to a 44.30. in 2019...Ran a 23.57 for a career-best in the 200 meters in 2018...Followed it up with a PR in the 100m at the 2018 Big 12 meet, where she took eighth in the final...Also scored in the 4x1 with a 44.52...Ran on the victorious 4x1 at ACU...Ran on a 4x1 that made it to nationals and placed 24th in 2018.

Prep: Member of the National Honor Society...2014, 2015 and 2017 State Champion...Three-time State Champion in the 200 meters...First-place Junior Olympian in 200m in 2015...31A 4x100-meter relay record holder...Holds the 2017 4x100-meter relay record at Texas Relays...2015 bronze medalist in the 200 meters...200m 3A State Champion in the 200m dash. 

Personal: Daughter of Coquise Luckett...Sister to Darion, De’Audre and Demetria...Born in Dallas, Texas...Majoring in Higher Education Administration and Trauma/Resislency Studies.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Senior

    Sprints
  • 2022-23Graduate Student

    Sprints