2018 Lady Demon Track & Field Roster

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Daeshon Gordon

  • Position:
    Hurdles
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Hometown:
    Pompano Beach, FL
  • Highschool:
    Northeast HS/LSU

Summary

Biography

Performance List
Career Bests
            60 Meter Dash
                        Indoor              7.55, SLC Indoor Championships, 2/21/18
            60 Meter Hurdles
                        Indoor              8.15, UA Tyson Invitational, 2/9/18
            100 Meter Hurdles
                        Outdoor           13.12, Texas Relays, 3/31/18
                        Outdoor           13.04 (2.5), NCAA East Preliminary, 5/25/18
            200 Meter Dash
                        Outdoor           24.61, TCU Invitational, 3/17/18
            400 Meter Hurdles
                        Outdoor           58.83, SLC Outdoor Championships, 5/5/18
            4x100 Meter Relay
                        Outdoor           44.74, NCAA East Preliminary, 5/25/18
                           (Daeshon Gordon, De’Shalyn Jones, Natashia Jackson, Deja Moore)
            4x400 Meter Relay
                        Outdoor           3:38.14, NCAA East Preliminary, 5/26/18
                                                (Daeshon Gordon, De’Shalyn Jones, Natashia Jackson, Widline Lageroy)
 



Lady Demon Top 5 Performances
100m Hurdles, 2nd, 13.38, 4/1/17, 4/8/17
400m Hurdles, 3rd, 59.96, 3/30/17
4x200, 1st, 1:35.70, 4/1/17-D. Gordon, D. Jones, N. Jackson, T. Style
4x400, 2nd, 3:39.16, 5/5/17-D. Gordon, D. Jones, N. Jackson, T. Style
4x400, 4th, 3:41.09, 3/18/17-D. Gordon, N. Jackson, D. Jones, M. Morton

2017 Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Newcomer of the Year
2017 LSWA’s All-Louisiana Track and Field Team, 4x400
 
2018 Outdoor Season: Competed in the 200 meter dash, 100 and 400 meter hurdles as an individual…ran as a member of the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay teams…won the 100 meter hurdles at two meets, the TCU Invitational (13.39) and SLC Outdoor Championships (13.14)…earned three other top-10 finishes during the season in the hurdles…third at the Texas Relays (13.12), eighth at the LSU Alumni Gold (13.37) and NCAA East Preliminary (13.31)…won the SLC Outdoor Championship in the 400 meter hurdles with her fastest time of the season 58.83…finished third in the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a time of 1:02.67…posted a time of 59.12 at the NCAA East Preliminary…ran the 200 meter dash once during the season at the TCU Invitational placing 14th with a time of 24.61…member of the 4x100 meter relay team seven times during the season that earned four podium finishes…the team of Gordon, De’Shalyn Jones, Deja Moore, and Natashia Jackson, took the top spot at the MSU Cowboy Relays/Bob Hayes La. Challenge with a time of 46.03 and the SLC Outdoor Championships with a time of 44.75…took second at the Texas Invitational with a time of 46.12 and third at the TCU Invitational with a 46.12…their fastest time of the season came in the NCAA East Preliminary taking ninth overall with a time of 44.74…ran in the 4x200 meter relay on two occasions with the only result coming in the NCAA East Preliminary with a time of 3:38.14 on the team of De’Shalyn Jones, Natashia Jackson, Widline Lageroy and Gordon
 
2018 Indoor Season: Competed in both the 60 meter dash and hurdles as well as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team on two occasions…ran the 60 meter hurdles at five meets on the year with four wins and another fourth place finish…took first place in six straight races to start the season with wins in both preliminary and finals races at the TAMU Ted Nelson Invitational, Pittsburgh State Invitational, and LSU Bayou Bengal…posted a new career best time of 8.15 in the UA Tyson Invitational finals, the only final she did not win on the season…took the SLC Indoor Championship with a time of 8.26 after winning the preliminary race with a time of 8.29…ran the 60 meter dash three time on the season finishing second at the Pittsburg State Invitational (7.69) and eighth at the SLC Indoor Championships (7.65)…member of the 4x400 relay team at two meets with the best finish and time coming at the Pittsburg State Invitational (3:48.55) taking third with De’Shalyn Jones, Natashia Jackson, and Widline Lageroy
 

2017 Outdoor Season: Competed in the 100 and 400-meter hurdles, also was a member on the 4x200 and 4x400-meter relays… tallied six top-five finishes in seven 100-meter hurdle events with two wins, one coming at the McNeese Cowboy Relays (14.15), and the other at the UH Tom Tellez Invitational (13.43)… etched her name in Lady Demon lore by recording two individual times in the Lady Demon top five, including the second-fastest 100m hurdle (13.38) and the third fastest 400m hurdle (59.96)… teamed with De’Shalyn Jones, Natashia Jackson and Tamara Style to record the fastest 4x200-meter time in Lady Demon history (1:35.70)… also was a part of the 4x400 teams that is second and fourth on the Lady Demon top five list with times of 3:39 and 3:41.
 
2017 Indoor Season: Participated in the 60-meter, 400-meter and the 4x400-meter relay along with her specialty event, the 60-meter hurdles… won four events in the 60m hurdles, including the SLC Indoor Championships with a time of 8.20… other victories came at the UAB Vulcan Invite (8.38), Pittsburg State Invitational (8.27 and the Pittsburg State Gorilla Classic (8.26)… teamed with Tamara Style, Natashia Jackson, and De’Shalyn Jones to win the 4x400 at the Pittsburg State Invitational in a team season best time of 3:45.37.
 
Prior to NSU: Attended LSU for two years, garnering All-American (outdoor) honors and was named to the All-SEC team… won bronze at the 2015 Pan Am Junior in the 100-meter hurdles.
 
Outdoor (LSU): Earned All-American honors by taking an eighth-place finish in the hurdles (13.26) at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Oregon… was the No. 8 ranked Lady Tiger in its history in the 400 hurdles (57.24).
 
Indoor (LSU): Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championship with a personal-best (8.20) in a fifth-place finish in the final of the 60 hurdles at the SEC Indoor Championships… won her first collegiate title in the 60 hurdles at the Razorback Invitational (8.30)… finished runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles in her collegiate debut at the LSU Indoor Invitational (8.50).
 
Personal: Daughter of Miranda and Deron Gordon… born on Aug. 20,1996… majoring in elementary education with plans to become a teacher after graduation.
 
High School: A 2014 graduate of Northeast High… was one of the premier dual hurdlers in the nation… top-ranked hurdler in the state of Florida in the class of 2014… left the Jamaican Junior Championships as the No. 1-ranked 400 hurdlers in the United States.

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