Destiny Dawson

Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Cottage Grove HS
Hometown:
Cottage Grove, Ore.

PERSONAL BESTS
Javelin: 171-1 School Record
NCAA Championships
Eugene, Ore., 6/7/18

NCAA Track & Field Championships
2018: Javelin, 9th, 171-7
NCAA Track & Field West Preliminary Championships
2019: Javelin, 24th, 147-3
2018: Javelin, 12th, 163-9

Pac-12 Track & Field Championships
2019: Javelin, 10th, 148-4
2018: Javelin, 3rd, 168-11

TRACK & FIELD

2019
Outdoor: Competed in five meets for the Beavers as a returning NCAA All-American… Placed 24th at the NCAA West Regional at 147-3… Threw 148-4 at the Pac-12 Championships taking 10th place. Season Best: Javelin – 161-0, High Performance Meet (4/27/19)

2018
Outdoor: Threw in seven meets for the Beavers after Redshirting in 2017… Set the school record at the Pac-12 Championships in the javelin taking 3^rd place with a throw of 168-11… She held the school record earlier in the year after a toss of 168-9 at the Beach Invitational. Indoor: Did not compete. Season Best: Javelin – 171-1, NCAA Championships (6/8/18).

2017
Outdoor: Redshirted, competed unattached ... Threw 162-9 at High Performance Meet, a PR by 12 feet and a school record had she not been competing unattached. Indoor: Redshirted.

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII

Placed fourth in the javelin at the 2016 Big West Conference championships with an all-time best throw of 146-8 and improved her PR by more than 17 feet her sophomore season ... Placed fifth at the 2015 Big West Conference championships as a freshman with a throw of 129-0, a PR at that time.
COTTAGE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL

Lettered three times in track, basketball and soccer, and once in softball ... She placed fifth at the 4A state meet in the javelin and earned CGHS’s Scholar-Athlete Award as a senior in 2014 ... She placed seventh in the javelin at the 2013 4A state meet as a junior and fifth as a senior, and helped the Lions win a Sky-Em Conference basketball championship as a senior ... Member of National Honor Society and Honor Roll, graduating with a 3.73 GPA ... High school teammate of OSU sprinter Ahsha Mootz.

PERSONAL

Daughter of David Dawson and Rene Jackson ... Siblings Makana, Kingston, Tiara, Devin, Lindsey and Celsey ... Her uncle, Pat Plourd, was an NCAA-champion wrestler at OSU ... Enjoys drawing, music, cooking and animals ... Prospective civil engineering major who aspires to be an engineer or architect.