Daniel Van Duren

The Conference USA Track and Field Indoor Championship is held at the Indoor Track on February 23, 2024 (Photographed by: Kendall Tidwell)

The CUSA Track and Field Championship Day 2 is photographed in the Brant Tolsma Indoor Track on February 24, 2024 (Photographed by: Kendall Tidwell)

Liberty University Track & Field Media Day on October 2nd, 2024. (Photo by Cassidy Paxton)

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Decathlon
Height:
6-4
Hometown:
Mahwah, N.J.
Prev School:
Mahwah High School

TFRRS Profile

CUSA Individual Titles (1)
2025 Outdoor Decathlon

All-CUSA Honors (3)
2024 Indoor Heptathlon - 2nd
2025 Indoor Heptathlon - 2nd
2025 Outdoor Decathlon - 1st

ASUN Individual Titles (1)
2023 Outdoor Decathlon

All-ASUN Honors (1)
2023 Outdoor Decathlon - 1st

2024 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)

Did not compete in any meets for Liberty
Competing unattached, scored a personal-best 6,687 points in the Virginia Grand Prix decathlon

2023-24 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)

CUSA heptathlon runner-up (personal-best 5,121 points, No. 9 in program history), while also placing seventh in the 60 hurdles, ninth in the long jump and ninth in the high jump
Lowered his 60 hurdles personal best to 8.18 at the Brant Tolsma Invitational

2023 Outdoor Track & Field (R-So.)

ASUN decathlon champion (personal-best 6,617), while also taking fifth in the 110 hurdles, sixth in the long jump and seventh in the pole vault
VaSID All-State First Team (multis)
ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2022-23 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)

Scored points in all three of his events at the ASUN meet, taking fourth in the heptathlon (personal-best 5,117, No. 9 in program history), sixth in the long jump and eighth in the 60 hurdles (personal-best 8.36)

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)

Top mark of an injury-shortened season was 14.97 in the Virginia Open 110 hurdles

2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (R-Fr.)

Placed fourth in the ASUN heptathlon (personal-best 4,750) and 14th in the 60 hurdles

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)

Top times in the 110 hurdles (15.76) and 400 hurdles (58.20) came at the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic

2021 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)

Did not compete in any races for Liberty
Competing unattached, posted a 60 hurdles time of 8.40 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational

Prep

Graduated from Mahwah High School
New Jersey Group 2 third-place finisher in the 55 hurdles as a senior
Also qualified for the Group 2 meet in the 110 hurdles, triple jump and high jump during his high school career
Top times included 7.76 (55 hurdles) and 15.14 (110 hurdles)

Personal