The University of Akron Athletics
2018-19 Akron Track & Field Roster
Dara Perry
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Firestone
- Hometown:
- Akron, Ohio
2019 Outdoor Accolades: NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier (Outdoor 100-Meter Hurdles)...MAC Champion (Outdoor 100-Meter Hurdles)...first-team All-MAC (Outdoor 100-Meter Hurdles)...Academic All-MAC honoree.
2019 Indoor: Competed in six meets for the Zips, including placing third in the 60-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 8.34 at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 23)...posted nine top-10 performances in the 60-meter hurdles, including winning the event in 8.47 at the Youngstown State Invitational (Jan. 18)...registered a time of 8.54 to finish second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2)...placed fourth in the 60 meters crossing the line in a season-best time of 7.88 at Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 25).
2018 Outdoor: Earned honorable mention All-America honors after placing 20th in the 100-meters hurdles with a time of 13.34 at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (June 7)...garnered her first-ever berth in the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 100-meter hurdles...claimed the 12th and final qualifying time in the 100-meter hurdles crossing the line in 13.42 at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 26)...earned her third career Mid-American Conference title finishing first in a school- and meet-record time of 13.10 in the 100-meter hurdles at the MAC Championships (May 12)...posted six first-place efforts and 14 top-10 finishes on the campaign...ran a then school-record time of 13.11 to place second in the elite 100-meter hurdles at the Texas Relays (March 30)...triumphed in the 100-meter hurdles at the Roadrunner Invitational (March 24), Northeast Ohio Quad (April 7), Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (April 19), Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 5) and MAC Championships (May 12)...member of third-place 4x100 relay at the Mt. Sac Relays (April 20), while also placing 11th in the invitational 100-meter hurdles (13.45).
2018 Outdoor Accolades: Honorable mention All-America honoree in 100-meter hurdles...NCAA Championship qualifier (100-meter hurdles)...NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier (100-meter hurdles)...MAC Champion (Outdoor 100-Meter Hurdles)...first-team All-MAC (Outdoor 100-Meter Hurdles)...earned Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar accolades...set school record in 100-meter hurdles.
2018 Indoor: Captured her second career MAC title winning the 60-meter hurdles in a school-record time of 8.31 at the MAC Championships (Feb. 24)...posted 12 top-five performances in the 60-meter hurdles, including victories at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 19), Kent State Qualifier (Feb. 10) and MAC Championships (Feb. 24)...ran season-best time of 7.84 to win 60 meters at Akron Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 7)...placed third in 8.43 in 60-meter hurdles at Penn State National (Jan. 26), while finishing sixth in the event at the Kentucky Invitational (Jan. 13) in a time of 8.53.
2018 Indoor Accolades: MAC Champion (Indoor 60-Meter Hurdles)...first-team All-MAC (Indoor 60-Meter Hurdles)...earned Academic All-MAC honors...set school record in 60-meter hurdles.
2017 Outdoor: Registered top-10 performances in the 100-meter hurdles in five meets, including placing eighth (18.62) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 13)...missed equaling her own school-record time of 13.53 by one one-hundredths of a second in the preliminary round of the 100-meter hurdles at the MAC Championships (May 12) crossing the line in 13.54...on the strength of times of 13.71 and 13.67, respectively, won the 100-meter hurdles at the Roadrunner Invitational (March 25) and Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15)...finished 11th in the 100-meter hurdles in 13.56 at the LSU Alumni Invitational (April 22) and 19th at the Texas Relays (March 31) in 13.81...posted time of 25.06 in the 200 meters at the Roadrunner Invitational (March 25), where she also ran on the 4x400 relay...member of 4x100 relay at Spec Towns Invitational (April 8)...tabbed as an Academic All-MAC honoree...2017 Indoor: Earned second-team all-league accolades with a runner-up finish in the 60-meter hurdles at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 25) with a school-record time of 8.45...registered 10 top-10- efforts in the 60-meter hurdles...placed second, third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 60-meter hurdles at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 17), Spire Invitational (Feb. 11), Penn State National (Feb. 27) and Akron Invitational (Feb. 4) recording times of 8.54, 8.55, 8.62 and 8.72...placed fifth in the 200 meters at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 20) crossing the line in 25.36...tabbed as an Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honoree.
2015-16: Outdoor: Captured the 100-meter hurdle title at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 14) with a school-record time of 13.53 to earn first-team All-MAC accolades...placed 37th in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 27) in 13.74...won the 100-meter hurdles at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 7) in 13.66, while finishing second in 13.88 at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 16)...recorded a season-best time of 25.18 in the 200 meters at the LSU Alumni Invitational (April 23)...member of three 4x100 relays teams, including a second-place effort at the Ashland Alumni Invitational (April 30)...a USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree...Indoor: Finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Mid-American Conference Championships registering the fourth-fastest time (8.56) in program history…recorded seven top-10 efforts in the 60-meter hurdles, including finishing first at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 22) in 8.75…placed fourth in the 200 meters at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 22) in a season-best time of 25.68…turned in eighth-place showing in lone appearance in 60 meters (8.00) at Zips Invitational (Feb. 19).
Personal: Majoring in psychology...daughter of Sheila Cunningham.
