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Daje Pugh - Track & Field - University of Kentucky Athletics

DajePugh

  • class Senior
  • Previous School Washington
  • High school Fairfield
BIO

Collegiate Bests
60H: 8.62 | 100H: 13.99 | 200m: 26.22 | 100H: 1:03.38

Prior to UK
Joins the UK hurdles and jumps groups having been one of the top recruits in the nation for the 2012 signing class … Won the 2012 USATF Junior Olympic Nationals title in the 100m hurdles, running a PR of 13.61 seconds, and also ran the 400m hurdles in 60.88 seconds … Her collegiate experience includes starts in the 4x400m relay at the 2013 NCAA West Preliminary Championships and the 2013 Pac-12 Championships in both the 100h and 4x100m relay … Won the 2012 California High School Div. I 300m hurdles title, with a U.S. leading time of 40.57 seconds, the No. 8 mark in U.S. history … Also placed third in the 2012 California 100m hurdles final with a Sac-Joaquin Section record 13.69, ranking seventh among seniors nationally and 15th overall … Was named the Daily Republic Athlete of the Year all four years of her high school career.

Personal
Born in Vallejo, California … parents are Rosalin and Lewis Pugh … has one older sister, Dessare.

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