2008-2009 Track and Field Roster
Daniel Newell
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Decathlon
- Height:
- 6-0
- Hometown:
- Roanoke, Va.
- Prev School:
- Roanoke Valley Christian HS
2009 Indoor (R-Sr.): Placed fourth in the heptathlon at the IC4A meet … scored in a trio of Big South events—the 4 x 100 relay (first), 400-meter dash (seventh) and long jump (eighth) … successfully defended his Liberty Open heptathlon title with a personal-best and NCAA provisional score of 5,346 … named Big South and ECAC Athlete of the Week on Jan. 28 … Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's indoor track.
2008 (R-Jr.): Swept the IC4A and Big South decathlon titles … scored a career-best 6,962 points at the Texas Relays decathlon … pole vaulted at both Big South meets, placing fifth indoors and seventh outdoors … took seventh place in the Big South indoor high jump … qualified for the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
2007 (R-So.): During the outdoor track season, placed second in the Big South decathlon and was third at the IC4A meet … also notched a fourth-place finish in the Big South pole vault … indoors, took third in the heptathlon at the Big South meet and was fourth at the IC4A Championships … made the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
2006 (So.): Was redshirted.
2005 (Fr.): Took third in the Big South decathlon … split a 48.4 for the 400-meter leg of the distance medley relay at the IC4A indoor meet.
Prep: Three-sport athlete at Roanoke Valley Christian H.S.
Personal: Son of Tom and Jackie Newell … English major … birthday is March 27.
Personal Bests: Decathlon – 6,962, Heptathlon – 5,346
