2023 Track & Field Roster
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Gaik, Daniel
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Daniel Gaik
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kent, Wash.
- High School:
- Kentwood
- Prev School:
- Eastern Washington
Bio
2024 All-America Second Team (DMR)
2023 All-America First Team (DMR)
2024: The top quarter-miler for the Dawgs indoors, helping UW set an American Indoor Record in the distance medley relay, and earning All-America honors in that event for the second year in a row … set a new PR, indoor or outdoor, at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet in the Dempsey, running 46.98 for 400-meters, going to No. 7 in school history indoors with the fastest time in six years … ran the 400m leg on the DMR at the Arkansas Qualifier where UW ran 9:18.81 to set the American Indoor Record … ran the 400m leg on the DMR at the NCAA Indoor Championships where the group finished ninth for Second Team All-America … won the 400-meters at the Spokane Invitational (47.76), the UW Preview (47.46), and the UW Invitational (47.21) … part of the top 4x400m relay of the season going 3:10.27 to win the Husky Classic … outdoors, limited to just one race due to injury … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team as well as the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Raced at the Pac-12 Championships on both relays to cap his outdoor season, taking 10th on the 4x100m relay in 44.22 and 8th on the 4x400m in 3:14.87 ... a 200m time of 21.50 at the Desert Heat Classic on Apr. 29 ... clocked a 47.98 in his outdoor opener at the Mt. SAC Relays ... indoors, earned First Team All-America honors on the DMR, running the 400m leg to help UW finish fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championships as the overall team also finished a program-best fourth ... ran the 400-meter leg on the Husky distance medley relay that clocked the No. 2 time in NCAA and World Indoor history, going 9:16.65 at the Arkansas Qualifier, where he split 46.37 … ran a 400m season-best of 47.50, converted to 47.61 for altitude, at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, taking the victory … also at New Mexico, ran on the 4x400m relay that ran 3:07.19, converted to 3:07.63, the fastest 4x4 by the Huskies in 17 years and third in school history … second at the Husky Classic 400m in 47.67 ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team status.
2022 (At Eastern Washington): Qualified fourth overall to the Big Sky Championships final in the 400-meters, but did not run the final … ran on Big Sky runner-up 4x100m relay that ran 40.47 … a 200-meters PR of 21.46 at the Steve Scott Invitational … second in the 400m at the Hayward Premiere in 47.24 … indoors, was fifth in the 400m at the Big Sky Indoors in 48.97 … a time of 47.40 to win the 400m at the Idaho Team Challenge … went 21.48 to win the 200m at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open.
2021 (At Eastern Washington): Set a 400-meters PR of 47.00 in the Big Sky Outdoors final, placing third overall … ran on the Big Sky Champion 4x010m relay in 40.75 and third on the 4x400m relay in 3:15.12 … did not compete indoors … named team’s Rookie of the Year.
High School and Personal: Born in Renton, Washington … parents are Vladimir and Oksana Gaik … the Washington 4A state runner-up in the 400-meters as a junior in 2019, running 49.03, and was fourth in the 200-meters in 22.57 … a 200m prep PR of 22.10 to win the 2019 district title … also made the 400m state final as a sophomore in the 400-meters … missed out on his senior 2020 track season due to Covid-19 … a two-time team MVP.
Major Meets
2021 Big Sky Outdoors – 3rd, 400m | 1st, 4x100m | 3rd, 4x400m
2022 Big Sky Indoors – 5th, 400m
2022 Big Sky Outdoors – 2nd, 4x100m | 10th, 4x400m
2023 NCAA Indoors - 4th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2023 Pac-12 - 10th, 4x100m | 8th, 4x400m
2024 NCAA Indoors - 9th, DMR (All-America Second Team)
Outdoor Bests
100m…….10.65
200m…….21.46
400m…….47.00
Indoor Bests
60m…….6.84
200m…….21.48
400m…….46.98
Academic Honors
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023 All-America First Team (DMR)
2024: The top quarter-miler for the Dawgs indoors, helping UW set an American Indoor Record in the distance medley relay, and earning All-America honors in that event for the second year in a row … set a new PR, indoor or outdoor, at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet in the Dempsey, running 46.98 for 400-meters, going to No. 7 in school history indoors with the fastest time in six years … ran the 400m leg on the DMR at the Arkansas Qualifier where UW ran 9:18.81 to set the American Indoor Record … ran the 400m leg on the DMR at the NCAA Indoor Championships where the group finished ninth for Second Team All-America … won the 400-meters at the Spokane Invitational (47.76), the UW Preview (47.46), and the UW Invitational (47.21) … part of the top 4x400m relay of the season going 3:10.27 to win the Husky Classic … outdoors, limited to just one race due to injury … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team as well as the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Raced at the Pac-12 Championships on both relays to cap his outdoor season, taking 10th on the 4x100m relay in 44.22 and 8th on the 4x400m in 3:14.87 ... a 200m time of 21.50 at the Desert Heat Classic on Apr. 29 ... clocked a 47.98 in his outdoor opener at the Mt. SAC Relays ... indoors, earned First Team All-America honors on the DMR, running the 400m leg to help UW finish fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championships as the overall team also finished a program-best fourth ... ran the 400-meter leg on the Husky distance medley relay that clocked the No. 2 time in NCAA and World Indoor history, going 9:16.65 at the Arkansas Qualifier, where he split 46.37 … ran a 400m season-best of 47.50, converted to 47.61 for altitude, at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, taking the victory … also at New Mexico, ran on the 4x400m relay that ran 3:07.19, converted to 3:07.63, the fastest 4x4 by the Huskies in 17 years and third in school history … second at the Husky Classic 400m in 47.67 ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team status.
2022 (At Eastern Washington): Qualified fourth overall to the Big Sky Championships final in the 400-meters, but did not run the final … ran on Big Sky runner-up 4x100m relay that ran 40.47 … a 200-meters PR of 21.46 at the Steve Scott Invitational … second in the 400m at the Hayward Premiere in 47.24 … indoors, was fifth in the 400m at the Big Sky Indoors in 48.97 … a time of 47.40 to win the 400m at the Idaho Team Challenge … went 21.48 to win the 200m at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open.
2021 (At Eastern Washington): Set a 400-meters PR of 47.00 in the Big Sky Outdoors final, placing third overall … ran on the Big Sky Champion 4x010m relay in 40.75 and third on the 4x400m relay in 3:15.12 … did not compete indoors … named team’s Rookie of the Year.
High School and Personal: Born in Renton, Washington … parents are Vladimir and Oksana Gaik … the Washington 4A state runner-up in the 400-meters as a junior in 2019, running 49.03, and was fourth in the 200-meters in 22.57 … a 200m prep PR of 22.10 to win the 2019 district title … also made the 400m state final as a sophomore in the 400-meters … missed out on his senior 2020 track season due to Covid-19 … a two-time team MVP.
Major Meets
2021 Big Sky Outdoors – 3rd, 400m | 1st, 4x100m | 3rd, 4x400m
2022 Big Sky Indoors – 5th, 400m
2022 Big Sky Outdoors – 2nd, 4x100m | 10th, 4x400m
2023 NCAA Indoors - 4th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2023 Pac-12 - 10th, 4x100m | 8th, 4x400m
2024 NCAA Indoors - 9th, DMR (All-America Second Team)
Outdoor Bests
100m…….10.65
200m…….21.46
400m…….47.00
Indoor Bests
60m…….6.84
200m…….21.48
400m…….46.98
Academic Honors
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
Raising the Bar | Hana & Amanda Moll
Monday, August 04
Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
Saturday, June 14
Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
Friday, June 13
