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2019 Cross Country Roster

Fiona Danieu

  • Position DIS
  • Class Junior
  • High School East Aurora
  • Hometown East Aurora, N.Y.
  • School Columbia College

Biography

- 2019 Ivy League Cross Country Heps Champion (Team)
- 2017 Ivy League Cross Country Heps Champion (Team)


2019-20 (Junior): (XC) Clocked a personal best time of 18:43.7 in the 5-Mile Run at the Iona Meet of Champions (Sept. 20) to finish 23rd ... Finished 36th in the 6K with a time of 22:14.2 as a member of the 2019 Ivy League Cross Country Heps Championship (Nov. 1) squad. (Indoor) In lone finish of the season, clocked a personal record time of 9:53.53 in the 3,000-Meter Run at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Jan. 23-25). (Outdoor) Season canceled.

2018-19: Did not compete in Cross Country or Track & Field.

2017-18 (Sophomore): (XC) Helped the Lions to a team title at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, taking 15th place overall in 21:34 ... The third Columbia finisher at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, taking 165th overall in 21:12, helping the Lions to a 28th place team finish ... Ran to a 14th place finish at the Sam Bell Invitational in 21:19 ... Finished fourth at the Columbia XC Invite in 22:03 during another team victory.

2016-17 (First-Year): (XC) Opened the season taking eighth at the Stony Brook Invitational, clocking a 20:00.6 over the 5K course during the Columbia team victory ... Went 21:47.7 for a season best during the Paul Short Run over the 6K course ... Clocked a 23:14.0 during the 6K at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational ... Helped the Lions to a sixth place finish in the Northeast Regional by going 22:02.7 in the 6K for 78th. (T&F) Put up season bests of 5:08.09 in the 1 Mile, 10:46.76 in the 3,000m, and 17:19.50 in the 5,000m.

Personal: The individual Class C New York State runner-up in cross country her senior season at East Aurora High School … Led her cross country team to Class C State Championships her junior and senior seasons … A first team all-state honoree her senior year … Owns cross country career bests of 18:04 on a 5K course and 17:48 in the XC 3-Mile …  On the track, has personal records of 2:17 in the 800m, 4:45 in the 1,500m, and 10:18 in the 3,000m … Mother, Kimberlee, was a tennis player at the University of Rochester while her farther, John, played football at the same school … Will attend Columbia College.

Career Bests
6K (XC)
- 21:12.4
NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships - Nov. 18, 2017
5K (XC) - 18:43.7
Iona Meet of Champions - Sept. 20, 2019
One-Mile (Outdoor) - 5:08.09
Ocean State Invitational - Apr. 15, 2017
5000m (Outdoor) - 17:19.50
Colonial Relays - Mar. 30-Apr. 1, 2017
3000m (Indoor) - 9:53.53
Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge - Jan. 23-25, 2020

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Graduate Student

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  • 2017Sophomore

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  • 2019Junior

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