Daphnee Lavassas

position

Distance

Class

Senior

Hometown

Miami, Fla.

High School

General Lyceum of Vouliagmeni

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Career Honors & Accolades:

School record holder in outdoor women’s 3K (9:16.46) and indoor 3K (9:21.92)
School record holder in outdoor women’s 5K (15:59.67) and indoor 5K (15:54.09)
School record holder in outdoor women’s 10K (33:00.06)
School record holder in cross country women’s 5K (17:10.9)
School record holder in cross country women’s 6K (18:49.7)
2nd women in program history to qualify for NCAA Division I Cross Country National Championships

2024 Cross Country

Placed fourth in the 6K at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (20:01.7) and Wisconsin Pre-Nationals (20:21.3)

2024 Outdoor Track

Set a new school record and personal best in the outdoor 10000m with 33:00.60 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, good for a fifth-place finish
Earned the gold at the UNF East Coast Relays in the 5000m with a time of 16:08.90

2024 Indoor Track

Set new program record of 15:54.09 in the 5000m at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational
Scored for the Hurricanes at the ACC Indoor Championships in the 5000m with a time of 16:06.29

2023 Cross Country

Placed 13th in the women’s 6k with a final time of 19:23.5 at Roy Griak Invitational
Broke the program record in the women’s 6K race at the NCAA South Regional with a time of 19:56.10
Became one of two women in the program’s cross-country history and the first since 2005’s Melanie Schultz to race at the NCAA Cross Country Championships

2023 Outdoor Track

Finished first in the 3000m with a new personal best and school record time of 9:16.46 in the outdoor 3000m at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational
Finished first and eclipsed another personal best in the 15000m with 4:22.24 at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational
Earned eighth in the 5000m with 16:13.27 at the 2023 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships

2023 Indoor Track

Started at the Louisville Cardinal Classic, finishing first in the 3000m with 9:43.09 and 4:54.08 in the mile
Finished eighth and cemented a new indoor program record at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/25) in the 5000m with 16:18.29

2022 Cross Country

Earned her first win of the 2022 season at the FSU Invitational in the 5K with 17:10.9
Amassed a new personal best in the 6K at the NCAA Division I South Region Cross Country Championships with a time of 20:22.8

2022 Outdoor

Began a historic five-race win streak at the Miami Hurricane Invitational where she placed first in the 1500m with 4:30.03 and first in the 3000m with 9:34.27
Placed first one week later in the 1500m at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational
Made her first outdoor 5000m appearance at the Florida Relays and bested the competition with a time of 16:23.51
Continued her winning ways in the 1500m at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational with 4:26.42
Placed third at the LSU Alumni Gold in the 1500m with 4:28.10
Gained two more wins at the Tiger Paw Invite in the 3000m with 9:33.77 and the DMR with 11:27.44

2022 Indoor

Placed first at the UAB Blazer Invitational in the women’s 3000m with 9:41.65
One week later finished first in the 3000m with 9:33.85 and placed third with 4:55.13 at the Carolina Challenge
Earned the indoor 3000m program record with 9:24.02 at the Mayo Invitational

2021 Cross Country

Posted a 6K time of 21:05.98 at NCAA South Regionals, the second fastest in program history
Recorded Miami’s seventh-best 5K time of 18:00.5 at the XC23 Invitational
Opened the season in the 5K at the FAU Invitational with a time of 18:21.70

2020 Cross Country

Broke into Miami’s all-time 6K top 10 list in her first-ever cross country race as a Hurricane with a time of 21:53.7 at the Mountain Dew Invitational to finish 14th overall
First female for the Canes to cross the finish line in the women’s 5K at the FSU Invitational with her time of 18:03.9
Finished with a time of 22:53.4 in the women’s 6K at the ACC Cross Country Championships.

2020 Outdoor

2020 Indoor

Personal

Lavassas holds the U18 Panhellenic Indoor Track and Field record in the 3000m with a time of 9:58.64. She has represented Greece on the U18 and U20 teams in the 3000m and 5000m races. She finished third twice in the Balkan U18 3000m race and competed in the U20 European Cross Country race in the 5000m finishing in the top 20 in 2019….currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in political science.