Dafni Georgiou

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Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Larnaca, Cyprus
Position:
Sprints/Hurdles
High School:
American Academy Larnaca

2x NCAA West Preliminary Round (2019 - 100m Hurdles, 2022 - 100m Hurdles)
3x Spring Academic All-Mountain West (2019, 2020, 2022)
3x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2018-19, 2019-2020, 2021-22)
All-Mountain West Indoor Track and Field (2022 - 60m Hurdles)
All-Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field (2022 - 100m Hurdles)
Mountain West Indoor Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 18, 2022)
Mountain West Indoor Track Athlete of the Week (Feb. 8, 2022)

BOISE STATE CAREER
2021-22: INDOOR- Made her indoor season debut at the Spokane Invitational (Dec. 11) where she clocked a personal-best time of 7.81 in the women’s 60m dash…at the Cougar Classic (Jan. 14-15), finished fourth in the women’s 60m hurdles…broke the school record in the women’s 60m hurdles at the Texas Tech Open (Jan. 28-29)… won the women’s 60m hurdles at the WSU Invitational (Feb. 4-5) and set a facility record with a time of 8.24…finished third in women’s 60m hurdles and set a PR and school record of 8.20 at the Don Kirby Invitational (Feb. 11-12)...earned silver in women’s 60m hurdles at the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 24-26)...OUTDOOR- At the Brutus Hamilton Invitational (April 9), set a PR in women’s 200m dash and placed third in women’s 100m hurdles…broke a 14-year-old school record in women’s 100m hurdles, clocking a time of 13.40 at the Fresno State Invitational (April 30)...captured silver in women’s 100m hurdles at the Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 11-14).

2020-21: INDOOR – Did not compete...OUTDOOR – Did not compete.

2019-20: INDOOR- Won the 60m hurdles (8.64) at the Jackson’s Nike Boise Indoor Meet (Feb. 7-8)…at the Boise State Challenge (Feb. 14-15) she won the 60m hurdles for the second straight week…at the Mountain West Indoor Championships (Feb. 27-29) she set the a personal best time in the 60m hurdles and for the second time reset the school record, this time at 8.48…currently holds three of the top four fastest times in school history in the 60m hurdles...OUTDOOR- Season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.

2018-19: INDOOR- Opened her Boise State career in dramatic fashion at the Jackson’s Open...ran 8.73 in the prelims of the 60m hurdles to debut at fifth on the Boise State record book in that event. Moved up to second on the record book by winning the final in 8.65 (Dec. 8)...continued her winning ways by taking home the victory in the 60m hurdles at the Ed Jacoby Invitational and Multis (8.67)...came back to run the third leg of Boise State’s third-place 4x400 relay (Jan. 18-19)...ran 26.27 for the 200m, her collegiate debut in the event, at the New Mexico Team Invite (Jan. 26)...posted the fastest time in the prelims of the 60m hurdles, running 8.64 (Feb. 1-2)...finished the indoor season on a positive note, taking sixth in the 60m hurdles in a personal best of 8.57 (Feb. 21-23)...OUTDOOR- Had a dominant freshman campaign outdoors, becoming the second-fastest performer in the 100m hurdles in program history, and reaching the NCAA West Preliminary Round...despite being the last individual into the NCAA West Preliminary Round, took 42nd in 14.07 (May 23-25)...scored three points with a fifth-place finish in the short hurdles at the Mountain West Championship (May 8-11)...ran 13.68 for the 100m hurdles at the Bryan Clay Invitational to move to second on the Boise State record book (April 17-19)...debuted at fifth on the program record book with a 14.09 at the Stanford Invitational (March 29-30)...made her debut in the 400m hurdles at the NNU Open, running 1:10.48 to take fifth (April 13)...also appeared at the Sun Angel Classic (April 5-6).

PRIOR TO BOISE STATE
One of the top U20 hurdlers in Cyprus, Georgiou should make an immediate impact in the Mountain West for Boise State...Georgiou took fourth at the Sofia Balkan U20 Championships this past February, running 8.57 in the 60m hurdles...moving outdoors, she won three races of the 100m hurdles, and posted her personal best of 13.63 at the Istanbul Balkan U20 Championships...at the IAAF World U20 Championships earlier this month in Tampere, Finland, Georgiou took fifth in her qualifying heat, to just miss advancing to the semifinal.

CAREER BESTS
INDOOR
60m Hurdles - 8.50 (Boise State Record)
60m - 7.92
200m - 26.27

OUTDOOR
100m Hurdles - 13.68
400m Hurdles - 1:10.48