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Dimitra Gnafaki

Event:
Sprints
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Chania, Greece

RESULTS

2020 Indoor: Competed in five meets for the Zips, including placing sixth in the 400 meters at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 29) with a season- and career-best time of 55.05...her efforts stands as the No. 3 performance in indoor program history...posted four top-10 performances in the 400 meters...finished first, sixth and sixth, respectively, in the 400 meters at the Akron-Central Michigan Dual (Jan. 17), Akron Invitational (Feb. 8) and MAC Championships (Feb. 29) in times of 58.17, 56.92 and 55.05...member of winning 4x400 relays at Akron-Central Michigan (Jan. 17) and Akron-Kent State Duals (Jan. 24)...registered times of 25.79, 1:34.23 and 2:18.06 in the 200, 600 and 800 meters, respectively, at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 8), Penn State National (Feb. 1) and Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 24).

2019 Outdoor: Competed in six meets for the Zips, including placing eighth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships (May 11) with a time of 62.10...she also ran on the 4x400 relay team at the MAC Championships (May 11)...posted five top-10 performances in the 400-meter hurdles...recorded a season-best time of 61.43 to finish sixth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (April 18)...crossed the line in 62.78 to place second in the 400-meter hurdles at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 5), while also running on the winning 4x400 relay...also competed on the 4x400 relay squad at the Texas Relays (March 29).

2019 Indoor: Competed in four meets for the Zips, including as a member of the seventh-place 4x400 relay squad at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 23)...recorded season-best times of 27.66 and 58.29 in the 200 and 400 meters, respectively, at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 15) and Doug Raymond Invitational (Feb. 9)...member of winning 4x400 relay at Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 25), while also placing fifth in the 400 meters (59.52).

2018 Outdoor: Battled through injuries to compete in five meets on the campaign...posted a season-best time of 62.74 in the 400-meter hurdles to place fifth at the Bobcat Invitational (March 30)...won the 300-meter hurdles at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 7) with a time of 43.36...added times of 62.68 and 62.95, respectively, in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mt. Sac Relays (April 20) and Texas Relays (March 29).

2018 Indoor: Didn’t compete during the indoor campaign.

2017 Outdoor: Registered top-10 finishes in six meets in the 400-meter hurdles, including placing seventh at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 13) in a time of 61.97...recorded the third-fastest time in program history in the 400-meter hurdles crossing the line in 59.65 in the preliminaries at the Texas Relays (March 30)...posted a time of 60.01 to win the 400-meter hurdles at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15)...member of 4x400 relay at the LSU Alumni Invitational (April 22) which posted a school-record time of 3:39.34 en route to placing fourth...registered times of 60.55 and 60.00, respectively, in the 400-meter hurdles at the Roadrunner Invitational (March 25) and Spec Towns Invitational (April 8).

2017 Indoor: Ran in four meets for the Zips, including running in the 400 meters (57.54) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 24)...turned in a season-best time of 57.05 in the 400 meters at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 11)...member of winning 4x400 relay at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 4)...placed sixth in the 400 meters at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 4) and Zips Invitational (Feb. 17) registering times of 57.59 and 57.99.

Personal: Majoring in physical/health education...daughter of Georgios Gnafaki and Maria Lagoudaki.

3-31-20