crossCross Country

Daphnee Lavassas Season 2023-24

PositionDistance
ClassJunior
HometownMiami, Fla.
Daphnee Lavassas

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
  • Placed fourth in the 6K at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (20:01.7) and Wisconsin Pre-Nationals (20:21.3)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Season canceled due to COVID-19.
  • Did not compete during the indoor season.
  • 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.
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Senior
2024-25

Distance
5-7 / -
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Sophomore
2022-23

Distance
5-7 / -
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Redshirt Sophomore
2021-22

Distance
5-7 / -
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Redshirt Freshman
2020-21

Distance
5-7 / -
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Freshman
2019-20

Distance
5-7 / -