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2019 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Daniel Asa

  • Position Multi-Events
  • Indoor Senior
  • Outdoor Sr.
  • Hometown West Fargo, N.D.
  • High School West Fargo HS

Biography

Asa's Performance History & Personal Bests
 
2018-19 SEASON
 
Indoor (Senior): Placed 4th in the heptathlon at the Summit League Championships, scoring a personal-best 4,783 points … Indoor personal-best pole vault of 14-06.25 (4.43m) in the heptathlon at the conference meet.
Outdoor (Senior): Placed 6th in the decathlon at the Summit League Championships … Also finished 9th in the javelin at the conference meet … Posted the second-best decathlon score of his career at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational on March 28-29, scoring 6,329 points … Cleared a pole vault career-best of 15-01.00 (4.60m) at the Bryan Clay Invitational on Apr. 18.

2017-18 SEASON
 
Indoor (Junior): Finished 10th in the heptathlon at the Summit League Indoor Championships, scoring 4,473 points … Season-best 60m hurdles time of 7.65 at the conference meet … Cleared a new pole vault personal-best of 14-01.25 (4.30m) at the Summit League Championships.
Outdoor (Junior): Placed 6th in the decathlon at the Summit League Outdoor Championships, scoring a personal-best 6,455 points … Also took 6th in the javelin at the conference meet, and finished 11th in the prelims of the 110m hurdles … Set a new javelin personal-best of 181-11 (55.45m) at the NDSU Tune-Up … New 110m hurdles PR of 15.29 at the Cobber Twilight.

2016-17 SEASON
 
Indoor (Sophomore): Placed 7th in the heptathlon at the Summit League Championships, scoring a season-best 4,574 points … Also finished 12th in the 60m hurdles at the conference meet … Improved his 60m hurdles personal-best to 8.69 seconds at the North Dakota Indoor Tune-Up on Feb. 18, winning the event … Season-best pole vault clearance of 13-01.50 (4.00m) at the Bison Open on Feb. 4.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached in two meets as a redshirt … Cleared a new personal-best of 13-11.25 (4.25m) in the pole vault at the NDSU Tune-Up on May 5.

2015-16 SEASON
 
Indoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached in two meets while redshirting.
Outdoor (Sophomore): All-Summit League performer in the decathlon, placing 3rd at the Summit League Championships with 6,067 points … Scored a personal-best 6,112 points in the decathlon at the California Invitational Multi-Events on Apr. 13-14 … Also finished 11th in the javelin at the Summit League meet … Set a new personal-best mark of 13-08.50 (4.18m) in the pole vault at the NDSU Tune-Up on May 6 … 100m PR of 11.73 at the California Invitational Multis.

2014-15 SEASON
 
Indoor (Freshman): Placed 6th in the heptathlon at the Summit League Indoor Championships in Fargo, scoring 4,663 points … Also finished 9th in the 60m hurdles and 10th in the long jump at the league meet … Scored a season-best 4,682 points in the heptathlon at his first collegiate meet, the Dakota Duals on Dec. 5-6 … Season-best mark of 21-06.75 (6.57m) in the long jump.
Outdoor (Freshman): Scored 5,287 points in his first collegiate decathlon for 10th place at the UC Riverside Spring Classic on Mar. 26-27 … Season-best mark of 22-11.75 (7.00m) in the long jump at the Baldy Castillo Invitational on Mar. 21, ranking him 3rd in The Summit League for the year … Also clocked 15.57 in the 110m hurdles at the Baldy Castillo Invitational.
 
High School:  Won a North Dakota Class A state title in the 300m hurdles as a senior in 2014 ... Placed at the state meet in three additional events as well in 2014, taking second in the 110m hurdles, fourth in the triple jump and sixth in the long jump ... Ranks sixth in North Dakota high school history in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 23-07.00.

Personal: Majoring in biochemistry & molecular biology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    Multi-Events
  • 2016Sophomore

    Multi-Events
  • 2017Sophomore

    Multi-Events
  • 2018Junior

    Multi-Events
  • 2019Senior

    Multi-Events