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2019 Men's Outdoor Track Roster

Daniel Janyska

  • Event Distance
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Sykesville, Md.
  • High School Calvert Hall

Biography

Career Highlights
• 10-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier
• One-Time All-PSAC Honoree

TFRRS Performance List

Personal: Son of Timothy and Lisa Janyska … Majoring in Exercise Science.

2019 (XC): Earn All-PSAC second team honors … Ran in four races … Competed at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Cross Country Championships, finishing as The Rock’s top runner, 28th overall and running a career-best in the 10k at 32:42.9 … Competed in the PSAC Championships, finishing as Slippery Rock’s second runner, 23rd overall and running a career-best in the 8k at 26:27.4 … Finished SRU’s third runner at the Lock Haven University Invitational with a time of 27:02.8 … Finished 25th overall at the Doug Watts Invitational at 28:28.4 … Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2019 (Outdoor): Competed in six meets … Recorded new PR’s in the 800-meter dash (1:59.80), 1,500-meter run (4:00.10), and 5K (15:51.04) … Compiled a second-place finish in the 1,500-meter run at the State Farm Friends of Track & Field Mountaineer Showcase with a 4:04.27 mark … Finished 2019 with three PSAC marks ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2019 (Indoor): Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the mile, 3,000-meter and distance medley relay, placing fourth in the mile (4:25.50), 11th in the 3,000 (9:05.22), and third in the distance medley relay (10:22.92) … Won the mile with a time of 4:26.99 at the Al Hall Freedom Games … Ran a career-best in the 800-meter with a time of 2:01.33, placing fifth at the Edinboro open … Hit a career-best in the 3,000 with a time of 8:54.21 at the YSU Mid-Major Invite.

2018 (XC): Competed in five races … Was The Rock’s second finisher in three of his five outings … Ran a season-best 8k time of 26:59.7 to open the year at the LHU Invitational, placing 47th out of 222 competitors … Turned in a 10th place finish with a time of 30:37.4 at the Bill Lennox Invite … Just missed out on All-PSAC honors with a 35th-place showing at the conference championship race with a time of 28:30.0 … Closed season by completing the 10k NCAA Atlantic Region Championship course in 36:45.2 to finish 34th out of 121 runners.

2018 (Outdoor): Competed in six meets … Placed second in the Behrend Open in the 1500m with a time of 4:03.88 … Was sixth in the Alan Connie Shamrock Invite in the 800m with a time of 2:00.63 … Was seventh in the Coastal Carolina Invite in the 1500 with a time of 4:07.82 … Registered career-bests in the 800m (2:00.63) and the 1500m (4:02.2) ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2018 (Outdoor): Competed in six meets …  Was second in the 1500m at the Behrend Open with a time of 4:03.88 … Finished in sixth in the 800m at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational with a time of 2:00.63 … Placed seventh in the 1500m at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a time of 4:07.82 … Was 12th in the 1500m in the PSAC Outdoor T&F Championships with a time of 4:02.28 and helped SRU place 10th in the 4x800m with a time of 8:15.15.
 
2017-18 (Indoor): Competed in four meets … Finished third in the Mile at the Al Hall Freedom Games with a time of 4:29.41 … Placed eighth at the YSU Mid Major Invite in the Mile with a time of 4:23.98 … Helped SRU place fourth in the distance medley relay at the PSAC Indoor T&F Championships with a time of 10:31.19 and placed 12th in the Mile with a time of 4:28.71.
 
2017 (XC): Competed in six meets … Placed fourth in the 8K at the Annual Marty Uher XC Invitational with a time of 30:22.8 … Finished 24th in the 5M at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational with a time of 27:14.2 … Also competed in the Atlantic Region cross country championships and the PSAC Championships finishing 59th and 39th, respectively.

2017 (Outdoor): Competed in nine meets ... Had five top-ten finishes (with one being top-five) ... Placed 13th in the 1500m with a time of 4:07.74 at the PSAC Championships ... Helped SRU place eighth in the 4x8 with a time of 8:31.76 at the PSAC Championships ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2016 (XC): Competed in five meets ... Ran a personal best in the 8K at the Lock Haven University Invitational with a time of 28:08.1 to place 74th ... Placed 88th in the 8K at the PSAC Championships with a time of 28:29.5 ... Placed 81st in the 10K at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Cross Country Championships with a time of 36:25.0 ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

High School: Earned three varsity letters each in cross country, indoor and outdoor track at Calvert Hall College High School in Baltimore ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Honor Roll all four years.

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  • 2019Junior

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