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2025 Track and Field

Daysia Hargrave

Daysia Hargrave

  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Orrville, Ohio
  • High School:
    Orrville
  • Major:
    Biology
  • Events:
    Hurdles/Jumps

Summary

Biography

One-time USTFCCCA All-Academic qualifier … College of Wooster Monroe Manges Athletic Prize. 

2025 Outdoor: Qualified to third career NCAA Div. III Championship and second outdoor championship …  Finished 21st in 100 hurdles at the national meet in a time of 22.78 … USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region performer in the 100 hurdles and heptathlon … Three-time NCAC champion in the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.13 at the NCAC Championships (May 2-3), becoming just the third in conference history to win the 100 hurdles in three straight years and the 10th in school history to win an event three times at the NCAC Outdoor Championships … Tied the 100 hurdles school record at 14.11 during the 100 prelims at NCACs … Made it a pair of All-NCAC honors with a runner-up finish in the heptathlon with 4,125 points … Just off the podium with fourth-place in the 400 hurdles in 1:05.74 at NCACs … Ran on two-scoring relays as well with 50.28 in the 4x100 relay for fifth-place and 4:02.79 for fourth-place in the 4x400 relay … Pair of All-Ohio honors thanks to third-place finishes in the 100 hurdles and 400 hurdles in 14.46 and 1:05.37, respectively, at the All-Ohio Championships (April 11-12) … Swept both hurdle events at the Duane Gomez Invitational (April 19) and the home Wooster Invitational (April 4-5) … Qualified to the 100 hurdle finals at the multi-divisional Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 20-22) and finished fifth overall in 14.69. 

2025 Indoor: First indoor All-American honor, thanks to a 16th-place finish in 60 hurdles (8.88) at the NCAA Div. III Championships (March 14-15), marking second career All-American accolade … Qualified to first indoor national championships and second national meet overall … USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region performer in 60 hurdles and pentathlon … Took third place in both the 60 hurdles and pentathlon for a pair of All-NCAC honors at the NCAC Championships (Feb. 28-March 1) … Further improved upon own 60 hurdles school record with a time of 8.79 in the finals at NCACs … Member of fourth-place 4x400 relay (4:09.39) and fifth-place 4x200 relay (1:47.60) at conference meet … All-Ohio champion in the 60 hurdles with a then-school record time of 8.81 at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 15), marking seventh career All-Ohio honor and second time breaking 60 hurdles record at All-Ohio … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on Feb. 18 following record-breaking run at All-Ohio … Won 60 hurdles at home Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 25), dual meet vs. Denison (Jan. 30) and Bob Shannon Invitational (Feb. 8) … Also won the 200 in 27.98 and the long jump with 15 feet, 5 inches during Denison dual. 

2024 Outdoor: USTFCCCA second-team All-American thanks to an 11th-place finish in the 100 hurdles (14.21) at the NCAA Division III Championships (May 22-24) … Qualified to first career NCAA Division III Championships … USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region honoree in a trio of events – 100 hurdles, 400 and heptathlon … Triple All-NCAC performer in the heptathlon, 100 hurdles and 400 hurdles … NCAC champion in the 100 hurdles in 14.55 after posting the fastest time of 14.56 in the prelims … NCAC runner-up in the 400 hurdles in a collegiate-best 1:03.45, which was good enough for fourth fastest in program history … Third place in heptathlon with 4,133 points at NCACs … Also member of Wooster’s fourth-place 4x400 relay (4:03.43) and fifth-place 4x100 relay (50.00) … Set school record of 14.11 in the 100 hurdle prelims at the Jesse Owens Track & Field Classic (Apr. 19-20), posting the fourth-fastest time in prelims … Finished seventh overall with a time of 14.28 … All-Ohio champion in the 100 hurdles, breaking the tape in 14.48 … Also had the leading time of 14.85 in the 100 prelims at All-Ohio …  Named NCAC Athlete of Week on Apr. 23 after school-record performance … Won 400 hurdles in 1:06.64 at Bob Kahn Invitational (March 30) … 400 hurdles runner-up in 1:05.24 at Mount Union Last Chance (May 16) … Posted top collegiate 200 time of 26.05 on home track at Wooster Invitational (Apr. 6), which ranks as the eighth fastest time in school history … Placed fourth in 14.76 in 100 hurdle finals during multi-divisional Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 14-16) … Overall made nine starts. 

2024 Indoor: Earned USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region honors in the pentathlon and 60 hurdles … All-NCAC performer in pentathlon and 60 hurdles … NCAC 60 hurdles champion in 8.88 after posting top prelim time of 8.92 … Took third in pentathlon at NCACs with a total of 2,993 points … All-Ohio 60 hurdle champion as well with a school-record time of 8.86 at All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 10) … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on Feb. 6 after twice lowering previous 60 hurdle school record to 9.00 in prelims and 8.95 in finals at the Bob Shannon Invitational (Feb. 3) … Won 60 hurdles in season-opening Wooster Invitational (Jan. 13) in 9.60 and during dual meet vs. Denison (Jan. 25) in 9.12 … Overall made eight starts. 

2023 Outdoor: USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region performer in the 100 hurdles … NCAC champion in the 100 hurdles in 15.00 at NCAC Championships (May 5-6) … NCAC 400 hurdles runner-up in a season-best time of 1:06.68 for sixth career All-NCAC honor … Won four different hurdle events on the season, including the 100 hurdles in a time of 15.05 at the Mount Union Last Chance Tune-Up (May 17-18) … Had season-best time of 14.69 in 100 hurdles at Harrison Dillard Twilight (May 11-12) … Went a collegiate-best 1:06.94 in 400 dash at Bob Kahn Invitational (March 31-April 1) … Ran a leg of winning 4x100 (50.50) in dual meet against Oberlin (April 8) … Overall, competed in nine meets. 

2023 Indoor: Did not compete. 

2022 Outdoor: Would have been a likely national qualifier and a strong contender for NCAC Newcomer of the Year, but suffered season-ending injury late in season … Earned All-NCAC honors with third-place score of 4185 points in NCAC Heptathlon (April 30-May 1) … Four-time All-Ohio performer following winning times of 14.89 and 1:06.47 in the 100 and 400 hurdles, respectively, at All-Ohio Championships (April 16) … Also earned All-Ohio honors with runner-up mark of 16 feet, 8.75 inches in the long jump and third-place 4x100 time of 50.29 at All-Ohio Championships … Opened outdoor slate by breaking program’s 40-year-old 100 hurdles record with time of 14.27 at Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 17-19) … Had the No. 1 time nationally in the 100 hurdles following Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational … Earned NCAC Athlete of the Week honors following All-Ohio Championships and Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational. 

2022 Indoor: Two-time USTFCCCA All-Region and All-NCAC performer … Opened conference events with 2,924 points in the NCAC Pentathlon (Feb. 19-20), with that score ranking third … Broke Wooster’s record in the 60 hurdles with third-place time of 9.08 at NCAC Championships (Feb. 25-26) and lowered that to 9.02 at Polar Bear Final Qualifier (March 5) … Mark of 16 feet, 10.75 inches was good for fourth-place in the long jump at the NCAC Championships … Scored as part of Wooster’s seventh-place 4x200 (1:50.57) at the conference meet … Helped 4x200 (1:49.10) to fourth-place finish at All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 12) … Individually, was fifth in the long jump (17 feet, 2.25 inches) and sixth in the 60 hurdles (9.44) at All-Ohio … Competed in seven meets … Helped Wooster to first runner-up conference finish since 1997. 

Prior to Wooster: Two-time high school All-American at nearby Orrville High School … Three-time state placer, including third-place in the 100-meter hurdles as a senior … State qualifier every year … Conference athlete of the year … Lettered four times in track & field, four times in basketball, and twice in soccer. 

Personal: Parents are Krista and David Hargrave … Biology major and Spanish minor … Member of the Black Students Association. 

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