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Daria Cook - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Daria Cook

Position Hurdles
Class Senior
Hometown Fairfield, Calif.
High School Vacaville HS
Position Hurdles

CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2017 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

2018 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Recorded a career-best time of 13.89 seconds in the quadrangular section of the 100-meter hurdles at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) to finish fourth and become the No. 8 all-time performer in KU history … Moved up to No. 7 on the KU all-time list in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.81 seconds at the National Relay Championships (4/27-28) … Won the 100-meter hurdles at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/5) with a time of 14.08 seconds.

2018 INDOOR (Sr.)
Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a time of 8.73 seconds … Finished fourth in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/20) with a time of 8.74.

2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Took first place in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.71 at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) and contributed to a third place finish for the 4×400-meter relay team … Member of the 4×400 relay team that won the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) finishing in 3:48.51 and placed third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.80 seconds … Member of the 4×400 relay team that finished second at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) with a time of 3:59.04 …  Posted a season-best time in the 60-meter hurdles at the Jayhawk Classic at 7.93 to finish 10th.

2016 OUTDOOR (So.)
Helped the distance medley relay team to a third-place finish in 11:45.64 at the Texas Relays (4/2) … Took 12th overall in the 400-meter hurdles at the Sun Angel Classic (4/9) with a time of 1:01.67 … Member of the sixth-place 4×100-meter relay team that finished the race in 46.84 at the Sun Angel Classic … Placed 53rd in the 400-meter hurdles in the prelims at the Nike Texas Relays after completing the loop in 1:01.67.

2015 INDOOR (So.)
Took seventh in the 60-meter hurdles at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) with a time of 8.53 seconds … Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) and Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with times of 8.63 and 8.51, respectively … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a victory at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 3:48.26 … Runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles after crossing the finish line in 8.49 at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) … Claimed fourth in the 60 meters with a time of 7.86 at the Jayhawk Classic … Placed fifth in the 200 meters at the Bill Easton Classic with a clocking of 26.08 … Finished sixth in the 60 meters at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular with a time of 7.78 … Ran to a 10th-place finish in the 200 meters after completing the race in 25.30 at the Husker Invitational (2/6).

2015 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
One of three Jayhawk freshmen to qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary (5/30), where she posted a 48th-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with her time of 1:06.95 … Turned in a scoring performance at her first Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/17) by way of her eighth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:04.46 … Had a stellar outdoor opener at the Texas Relays (3/28), turning in a pair of times that would go on to be season bests … Clocked in at 1:00.17 in the 400-meter hurdle prelims at the Texas Relays for a 14th-place finish … Added a 35th-place performance in the 100-meter hurdle prelims with her time of 14.29.

2015 INDOOR (Fr.)
Earned a spot on the KU squad that competed at the Big 12 Championship (2/28), taking 11th in the prelims of the 60-meter hurdles and posting a season-best time of 8.54 … Claimed victory in the 60-meter hurdles at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30) with her time of 8.68 … Earned a second-place finish in her first-career collegiate race, posting 8.82 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/6/14).

HIGH SCHOOL
Ran track and participated in cheer at Vacaville High School where she earned a total of six varsity letters … A member of a track team that won three Monticello Empire League championships under head coach Mike Papadopoulos … Set the school record in the 100-meter hurdles and was a conference champion … Awarded track MVP honors three times.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Darius and Alicia Cook … Has two sisters, Ashley and Aaliyah … Undecided on a major.