2018 Track & Field Roster

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Daryth Gayles

  • Position Jumps/Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • High School Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
  • Hometown Merritt Island, Fla.
  • Major Human biology

Biography

TFRRS Performance Profile

Personal bests (thru 2018):
  • Long Jump: 20-6 1/4w (6.25m), 20-1 3/4 (6.14m)
  • 100: 11.80
  • 200: 25.34
  • 60: 7.63i

As a junior (2017):
Outdoor

  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
Indoor
  • MPSF All-Academic.

As a junior (2017):
Outdoors

  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.
  • Advanced to NCAA West Prelims for the second consecutive year in long jump.
  • Jumped 20-6 1/4, an all-conditions best, to place third at the Longhorn Invite.

Indoors

  • Did not compete.

As a sophomore (2016):
Outdoors

  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
  • Achieved wind-legal PB of 20-1 3/4 to place second at the Michael Johnson Invitational.
  • Won Payton Jordan Invitational with a windy 20-3 3/4.
  • Advanced to NCAA West Prelims in the long jump, placing 16th.

Indoors

  • Finished fifth in the MPSF Championships long jump at 19-5 1/2.

As a freshman (2015):
Outdoors

  • Finished ninth at the Pac-12 Championships in the long jump at a season-best 19-2.

Indoors

  • Placed 29th in the long jump (17-0 1/2) at the MPSF Championships.
  • Made collegiate debut at the UW Indoor Preview, placing 27th in the 60 (7.98) and 26th in the LJ (16-11 1/2).

High School:

  • Captured 2014 Florida 1A state title in the long jump (19-2 1/2) and was second in the 100.
  • Won three state titles in her high school career.
  • Won the 2012 Florida 1A state 100 title, teamed with her sister in the winning 4x100 relay, was third in the 200, and fifth in the long jump while helping Holy Trinity to the team victory.
  • Won the 2012 AAU Club national championship in the long jump at 19-1 3/4.
  • Holds Holy Trinity records in the 60 (7.63), 100 (11.80), and long jump (20-0).
  • Represented the United States at the 2013 Caribbean Scholastic Invitational in Puerto Rico, placing third in the 100.

Personal:

  • Joined by her twin sister Gaby and younger sister Giana on the Stanford team.
  • Parents are Richard and Daryth Gayles.
  • Sisters are Gaby, Giana, and Lauryn.

Career results:

Year Season (Meets) Event Season Best Conf. Region NCAA
2018 Outdoors (7) LJ 20-1 (6.12) 10 (19-2 3/4) 35 (18-10) --
100 12.37 -- -- --
200 25.86 -- -- --
Indoors (5) LJ 19-2 1/2 14 (18-2 1/4) -- --
2017 Outdoors (7) LJ 19-11 (6.07), 20-6 1/4w (6.25) 12 (18-3 1/4w) 40 (18-10) --
100 12.76 -- -- --
Indoors (0) -- -- -- -- --
2016 Outdoors (6) LJ 20-1 3/4 (6.14), 20-3 3/4w (6.19) 13 (18-8 1/2) 16 (19-5 1/2) --
Indoors (2) LJ 19-5 1/2 (5.93) 5 (19-5 1/2) -- --
200 25.92 -- -- --
2015 Outdoors (3) LJ 19-2 (5.84) 9 (Pac-12) -- --
Indoors (2) LJ 17-0 1/2 (5.19) 29 (17-0 1/2) -- --
60 7.98 -- -- --

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

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  • 2015-16Sophomore

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  • 2017Junior

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  • 2018Senior

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