Daszay Freeman - Women's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Daszay Freeman

Jr./RS-So. | 5-6.75 | Sprints/Hurdles | Mandeville, Jamaica | Manchester HS

Career Highlights

  • First-team NCAA All-America | Indoors (1)
  • 2021 NCAA Indoor Silver | 60m hurdles
  • 2021 SEC Indoor Silver | 60m hurdles
  • 2021 SEC Outdoor Bronze | 100m hurdles

Freshman (2021)
Outdoor: Established career best of 12.82 during semifinal of Jamaica Championships, then finished fifth in final with a 13.09 … Represented Jamaica in NACAC U23, held in San Jose, Costa Rica, winning with a time of 13.80 into a 2.9 headwind … Finished 11th in NCAA semifinal with a 12.95 … Set then career best of 12.85 during prelims of NCAA West, then clocked 12.92w with third best qualifying time in quarterfinal … SEC bronze medalist in 12.81w (3.6 wind) after running a then PR of 12.92 in prelims … Improved career best six times during outdoor season with a progression of 13.27, 13.08, 12.93, 12.92, 12.85, 12.82 … Finished as runner-up in Texas A&M, Florida, John McDonnell Invitational, and LSU in consecutive weeks … Won Arkansas Twilight in 13.01.

Indoor: Earned All-America honor as silver medalist in 60m hurdles at NCAA Indoor with a career best of 7.99, moving to No. 3 on UA all-time list … Posted a then PR of 8.05 during the NCAA prelims … Silver medalist in SEC Championships with then career best of 8.07, after a then PR of 8.10 in prelims … Opened season placing fourth in Wooo Pig Classic (8.27), then finished fifth in Razorback Invitational (8.31) … Won Arkansas Qualifier in 8.20, then improved to a then career best of 8.12 in prelims of Tyson Invitational with an 8.16 in final to place fifth.

Freshman (2020)
Indoors: Competed in six meets in her debut indoor season with the Razorbacks … During her initial season running 60m hurdles, opened with an 8.38 in January and improved to 8.15 in February, placing fourth in the SEC Indoor Championships final … During the SEC Indoor prelims, she posted an 8.18 to place eighth overall and earn the final spot into the final … The 8.15 ranks her fifth on the Arkansas all-time list … Started campaign at Arkansas Invitational with a runner-up finish in 60m hurdles (8.38) and fourth place in 200m (24.62) … Finished third in 60m hurdles (8.28), with an 8.27 prelim, at Red Raider Invitational and seventh in 200m (24.66) … Placed fifth in 60m hurdles at Tyson Invitational, which included three rounds of racing – 8.35, 8.22, 8.24 … Also ran indoor best of 24.41 in 200m … Won 60m hurdles (8.28) at Arkansas Qualifier.

High School
Four-year letter for coach Carlos Samuels at Manchester High School… 2016 and 2019 Girls Champ 100mH Gold Medalist… 2019 Girls Champs 200-meters Bronze Medalist… 2016 CARIFTA U-18 Gold Medalist… 2017 CARIFTA U-18 silver medalist… 2018 CARIFTA U-20 silver medalist… 2019 World Youth bronze medalist in Kenya… Holds personal-bests of 13.30 in the 100-meter hurdles and 23.6 in the 200-meters…

Personal
Born Jan. 25, 2000… Has four siblings… majoring in Business Law…

Daszay Freeman | Career Stats

Career best marks

Indoor

60m H | 7.99 [No. 3 UA]

200m | 24.07

Outdoor

100m H | 12.82 [No. 3 UA], 12.81w