2003-04: Indoor: Had a strong start to her rookie season with a first-place
finish in the shot put at the Alden Invitational ... won the event for a
second-straight week at the Yale Invitational and placed third in the weight
throw at the same meet ... won the shot put again at the Army Invitational and
also placed second in the weight throw at that meet ... remained undefeated in
the shot put at the URI Invitational ... fell from the top rank in the final
indoor meets, but qualified to compete in both events at the BIG EAST
Championships, placing 11th in the shot put and 14th in the weight throw ...
capped off the season with a third-place shot put finish at the ECAC
Championships. Outdoors: Earned top-five finishes in the shot put,
javelin and discus at the Miami Invitational before red-shirting the remainder
of the season with an injury.
High School: Varsity track and field athlete at Cayuga
Secondary School in Ontario under coach Dana Djukic … five-time team MVP … OFSAA
Senior Girls champion in the discus and shot put in 2002 … 2001 National Royal
Canadian Legion gold medalist in javelin, silver medalist in discus and bronze
medalist in shot put … 2000 Ontario Royal Canadian Legion Heptathlon champion …
2002 Canadian Junior Nationals gold medalist in discus and bronze medalist in
shot put … 1998 Bantam OTFA record-holder in javelin … 1998 Ontario Indoor
Bantam girls sprint medley record … honor student in 1998-99 and 2002-03 … also
played volleyball and was the team MVP in 2002-03.
Personal: Daisy Danielle VanRavenswaay ... strength and conditioning
major ... born May 21, 1984.
