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  Danielle Lyons

Danielle Lyons

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
South Glastonbury, CT

High School:
Glastonbury

Height:
5-7

Position:
Mid-Distance

Personal Bests:
400 - 60.99 (2-2-08)
800 - 2:12.72 (2-27-09)
1000 - 2:56.61 (3-7-08)
1500 - 4:55 (4-18-09)

Honors and Awards: Four-time national qualifier in the 800 meter...six-time conference champion, indoors in the 800 and 1000, outdoors in the 800, outdoor All-Conference in the 1500 and indoors in the 4x400 (2009)...USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic Honors (2008), Collegiate Track Conference (CTC) champion indoors in the 800 and 1000 meter runs as well as the outdoor 800 and 4x800 (2008)...three-time ECAC Track and Field Athlete of the Week (1/24, 1/31 & 2/18/2008)... part of the relay teams that set school records at the PENN Relays in the SMR and 4x400 with times of 4:15.29 and 4:05.28 respectively (2008)...school record holder in the 800 and 1000 (2008).

2008-09: Automatically qualified for the national meet indoors by running 2:12.72 at the NYU Fastrack meet (2/27) which was good enough to placed 9th on the national list and also setting the school record...ran in the semi-finals at NCAA's...CTC champion indoors in the 800 and 1000, outdoor champion in the 800 and placed second in the 1500...qualified provisionally for the national meet outdoors with a time of 2:13.5 at the NYC Qualifiying Challenge (5/8).

2007-08: Provisionally qualified for the NCAA DII National Championships in the 800 during both indoors and outdoors with times of 2:15.85 (3/8) and 2:14.47 (5/10) respectively...Conference champion indoors in the 800 and 1000 and outdoors in the 800 and 4x800...set a new personal best in the 1000 at the indoor ECAC Championships with a time of 2:56.61 (3/7).

At Glastonbury: Varsity Softball, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Cross Country during her career...all-conference, all-academic in softball for three years and a Hartford Courant second team all-state selection sophomore year...all-conference, all-state selection in track sophomore year...all-conference, all-state, all-new england in indoor track junior year...all-conference, all-state, all-new england, two-time All-American in Track senior year...member of the National Honor Society...Science National Honor Society, Slavic and Spanish National Honor Society...Gold Medalist in a National essay contest for Russian.

Personal: Majoring in nursing...Parents are Karen and John...enjoys hanging out with friends, going to the movies, and relaxing at home.