Danae Rivers Season 2020

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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 600m - 1:29.06, 800m - 2:02.53, 1000m - 2:38.58, 1500m - 4:10.47, Mile - 4:29.47

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS

Awards/Records:  11-time Penn State school record holder...Collegiate Record Holder (1000m)...Nine-time USTFCCCA First Team All-American...10-time Big Ten Champion...Two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Year...Three-time Mid-Atlantic Women’s Track Athlete of the Year...Academic All-Big Ten (2021). 

ON A NATIONAL STAGE
NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/9-12/21): Placed fourth in the 1500m with a career-best 4:10.47 to earn First Team All-America honors. 
NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/5-8/19): Competed at the Outdoor Championships in the 800m event.
NCAA Indoor Championships (3/8-9/19): Won the first women’s individual national champion in program history in the 800m (2:03.69).
NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/6-9/18): Finished eighth overall in the 1,500-meter run at the NCAA Championships with her time of 4:12.36…Advanced to the semifinals of the 800-meter run at the USATF Championships and finished 13th with a time of 2:02.88.
NCAA Indoor Championships (3/9-10/18): Placed seventh in the 800-meter run with her time of 2:04.20...Earned first team All-America honors.
NCAA Indoor Championships (3/10-11/17): Finished 19th in the 800-meters at the NCAA championships...Earned All-American honors finishing third in the Mile at the NCAA Championships.

Cross Country
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/9/18): Finished seventh, running 21:21.4 earning her second All-Region honor.
NCAA Championships (11/18/17): Finished 132nd at the NCAA Championships (20:57.82).
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/10/17): Took eighth at the Mid-Atlantic Regional (20:17.6)...Ran a personal-best time while earning All-Region honors.

AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21): Placed fifth in the 1500m with a time of 4:14.36. 
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28-29/20): Won her fourth consecutive 800m title as well as the mile championship. 
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12/19): Won her second consecutive 1500m championship (4:17.69)...Won second 800m championship (2:04.71).
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/22-23/19): Won Big Ten Championship in the 800m race (2:03.45).
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/11-13/18): Won 1,500-meter run title with a time of 4:27.47…Ran the fourth-fastest 800-meter run time in prelims (2:07.07)...Advanced to the NCAA East Prelims in the 1,500-meter run.
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24/18): Defended her 800-meter run title with a time of 2:07.75…A member of the runner-up distance medley relay with its time of 11:11.91.
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/12-14/17): Won first outdoor 800m Big Ten title and finished second in the 1500m final.
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/24-25/17): Captured the conference title in the 800-meters following a first-place finish in the DMR.

2021 Outdoor
Season: Claimed three event victories in her final season. Claimed First Team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 1500m. 

2020 Indoor
Season: Won both the Big Ten 800m and mile championships...Claimed four victories over the course of the season...qualified for the NCAA Championship prior to the event's cancelation due to the COVID-19 pandemic...named a USTFCCA All-American.

2019 Outdoor
Season: Part of team that won Sprint Medley Relay Championships of America...Team set school-record, running 3:45.25...Won her second consecutive B1G 1500m championship (4:17.69)...Won second B1G 800m championship (2:04.71)...Qualified for the NCAA Championships by placing second at the perlims in the 800m race (2:03.58).

Florida Relays (3/28-30): Won her first 800m race of the year, running 2:03.69. Penn Relays (4/25-27): Part of team that won Sprint Medley Relay Championships of America...Team set school-record, running 3:45.25.

2019 Indoor

Season: Set the new collegiate record in the 1000m, running 2:38.58...Set Penn State school record in the 800m (2:02.94)...Won Big Ten Championship in the 800m race (2:03.45)...Won the first women’s individual national champion in program history in the 800m (2:03.69)...Named USTFCCAA Mid-Atlantic Track Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive year.

Nittany Lion Challenge (1/12): Set the new collegiate record in the 1000m, running 2:38.58. Penn State National (1/25-26): Won the 800m (2:02.94), setting the Penn State school record in the 800m. Millrose Games (2/9): Set the school-record in the mile with a time of 4:29.47...Ranked 10th fastest time in collegiate history.

2018 Outdoor

Season: A member of the sprint medley relay that set a then-school-record time of 3:47.80...Defended her 1,500m run title with a time of 4:27.47…Ran the fourth-fastest 800m run time in prelims (2:07.07)...Advanced to the NCAA East Prelims in the 1,500m run..Qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 1500m race with a time of 4:11.75...Finished eighth overall in the 1,500m run at the NCAA Championships with her time of 4:12.36...Earned first team All-America honors

Florida Relays (3/29-31): Opened up the 2018 outdoor season with a personal-best, and school record, time of 4:10.82 in the 1500m. LSU Battle on the Bayou (4/7): Ran 2:05.45 to win the 800m event…4x400m relay team finished third, running 3:43.41.Virginia Challenge (4/20-21): Ran 2:03.78 to win the 800m race…4x400m relay team ran 3:43.77, finishing third. Penn Relays (4/26-28): A member of the sprint medley relay that set a then-school-record time of 3:47.80. USATF Championships: Advanced to the semifinals of the 800m run at the USATF Championships and finished 13th with a time of 2:02.88.

2018 Indoor

Season: Recorded an indoor personal-best, and then-school record, time of 2:03.13 in the 800m run...Defended her 800m run Big Ten title with a time of 2:07.75...Placed seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 800m run with her time of 2:04.20...Earned first team All-America honors...First team All-Big Ten

Clemson Invitational (1/19-20): Recorded an indoor personal-best, and then-school record, time of 2:03.13 in the 800-meter run.

2017 Outdoor

Season: Won first outdoor Big Ten Championship in the 800m race (2:04.14)...Qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 800m event...Ran 2:07.07 to finish 19th in the 800m race at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Florida Relays (3/30-4/1): Member of 4x800m relay team that won the race with a time of 8:38.17…Finished third in the 1500m race. LSU Battle on the Bayou (4/8): Won the 800m race with a time of 2:04.99…4x400m relay team finished 4th with a time of 3:41.44. Virginia Challenge (4/21-22): Ran an outdoor personal-best in the 800m race (2:02.53). Penn Relays (4/27-29): Competed in three relay events.

2017 Indoor

Season: Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year...Posted 16 top-10 finishes including six first-place finishes... Set school records in the 600-meters, 800-meters, Mile and DMR...

Nittany Lion Challenge (1/14): Set a school-record in 600m, running 1:29.06.

CROSS COUNTRY

2018

Season: Competed in four meets...Helped lead Penn State to its fourth consecutive Top-20 finished at the NCAA Championships.

2017

Season: Helped Nittany Lions win their third consecutive NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional championship.

Dolan Duals (8/31): Tallied a third-place finish (13:54.82). Cowboy Jamboree (9/30): Placed 18th (21:41.0).

BEFORE PENN STATE
High School PRs: Mile - 4:47, 800m - 2:05
Won Indoor SCC Championship...Won 2014 Indoor State Open Championship...Won 2015 Indoor State Championship...Holds Indoor State Records: 1000m, 1600m,4x400m, SMR...Holds Indoor State Open Records: 1000m,1600m, SMR...Holds Outdoor State Record: 800m...Holds Outdoor State Open Record: 1600m...Holds Outdoor New England: 800m…Placed 2nd in 2014 Indoor New Balance Nationals SMR and 1600m fourth-place...Placed 3rd 2015 Outdoor New Balance Nationals 800m...Placed 4th 2016 Indoor New Balance Nationals 800m.

PERSONAL
Daughter of David and Andrea Rivers... Has two siblings, Andrew and Leah Rivers… Born on February 3, 1998.