2015-16 (W) Track and Field Roster

Dana Cox

  • Position Distance, CC
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Apex, N.C.
  • High School Panther Creek

Biography

PR’s:

Cross Country: 5,000m – 17:40.9…6,000m – 22:01.7

Indoor: Mile – 5:34.82…3,000m – 9:59.91 ... 5,000m - 17:20.66

Outdoor: 3,000m – 10:19.32…5,000m – 17:06.50…10,000m – 35:51.52

2014-15

Cross Country:

• Placed in the top 20 in five of the six events that she ran in
• Her 5K PR of 17:40.9 came at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (15th place)
Achieved a new personal record for the 6K at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional (22:01.7/88th place)
Best place finish of 11th came at the Winthrop Invite with a time of 18:38.6
• Third-team all-conference

Indoor:

Placed in the top 10 in all five of the events she competed in
Earned a personal-best time in the 3,000m with a time of 9:59.91 at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (seventh place)
• That mark is good for 10th in program history
Also set a new PR in that same meet for the 5,000m with a time of 17:20.66 (sixth place)
• That mark is good for sixth in school history
Took home sixth in the ETSU Invite’s 5,000m (18:05.66), seventh in the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup’s 5,000m (17:31.17) and 10th in the Hokie Invite’s 3,000m (10:13.87)

Outdoor:

Won the 5,000m race at the Wake Forest Open with a time of 17:24.76
Set a new PR in the 5,000m at the Tennessee Relays with a time of 17:06.50 (third place) and a new PR in the 10K at the Raleigh Relays (35:51.52/25th place/sixth in school history)
•  That time of 17:06.50 ranks seventh in school history
Took home third at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships’ 10K (36:27.92) and in that same meet, she placed fourth in the 5,000m (17:26.43)
• Third team all-conference performer

2013-14

Cross Country:

• Ran a personal-best 5K at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational and finished sixth
• Placed 15th at the Blue Ridge Open
• Took 15th at the SoCon Conference meet
• Ran a personal-best 6K at the NCAA DI Southeast Region meet

Indoor:

• Ran a personal best and placed sixth at 2014 Liberty Quad in the 3,000m

Outdoor:

• Ran a personal best 5,000m at the Wake Forest Open and placed sixth
• Ran a personal best 3,000m at Carolina's Cup 2014 and placed fourth
• Ran a personal best 10,000m at SoCon Outdoor Championship and finished sixth

2012-13

Cross Country:

• Was the top-finisher for Appalachian at the Blue Ridge Open
• Finished 35th overall at the SoCon Championships, with a personal-best 18:34.27
• Earned SoCon all-freshman team
• Ran a personal-best 23:04.90 in the 6,000m race at the NCAA Southeast Regional

Indoor:

• Posted a seventh-place in the mile at the Appalachian Pre-Conference Meet, running a personal-best 5:34.82
• Finished fifth in the 3,000m at the Mountaineer Open
• Ran a personal-best 10:40.10 at the JDL Invitational in the 3,000m

Outdoor:

• Placed fourth in the 3,000m run at Beaches vs Mountains, running a personal-best 10:37.86
• Posted a personal-best 17:55.71 and a sixth-place finish in the 5,000m at the Duke Twilight
• Finished seventh in the 10,000m at the SoCon Championships with a personal-best 37:23.53 time

High School

• Earned a 69th-place finish at the Foot Locker South Regionals as a senior
• Finished in 13th-place at the state meet in her senior season
• Placed in fifth in the 3,200-meter at the 4A NCHSAA Indoor State Championship as a senior

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Distance, CC
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Distance, CC
  • 2014-15Junior

    Distance, CC
  • 2015-16Senior

    Distance, CC