2024 Track & Field Roster
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Gaik, Daniel
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Daniel Gaik
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Senior
- 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 โฆ 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 โฆ ran the 400m leg on the DMR at the Arkansas Qualifier where UW ran 9:18.81 to set the American Indoor Record โฆ ran the 400m leg on the DMR at the NCAA Indoor Championships where the group finished ninth for Second Team All-America โฆ won the 400-meters at the Spokane Invitational (47.76), the UW Preview (47.46), and the UW Invitational (47.21) โฆ part of the top 4x400m relay of the season going 3:10.27 to win the Husky Classic โฆ outdoors, limited to just one race due to injury โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team as well as the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023:ย 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 โฆ ran a 400m season-best of 47.50, converted to 47.61 for altitude, at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, taking the victory โฆ 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 โฆ second at the Husky Classic 400m in 47.67 ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team status.
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2022 (At Eastern Washington): Qualified fourth overall to the Big Sky Championships final in the 400-meters, but did not run the final โฆ ran on Big Sky runner-up 4x100m relay that ran 40.47 โฆ a 200-meters PR of 21.46 at the Steve Scott Invitational โฆ second in the 400m at the Hayward Premiere in 47.24 โฆ indoors, was fifth in the 400m at the Big Sky Indoors in 48.97 โฆ a time of 47.40 to win the 400m at the Idaho Team Challenge โฆ went 21.48 to win the 200m at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open.
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2021 (At Eastern Washington): Set a 400-meters PR of 47.00 in the Big Sky Outdoors final, placing third overall โฆ ran on the Big Sky Champion 4x010m relay in 40.75 and third on the 4x400m relay in 3:15.12 โฆ did not compete indoors โฆ named teamโs Rookie of the Year.
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High School and Personal: Born in Renton, Washington โฆ parents are Vladimir and Oksana Gaik โฆ 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 โฆ a 200m prep PR of 22.10 to win the 2019 district title โฆ also made the 400m state final as a sophomore in the 400-meters โฆ missed out on his senior 2020 track season due to Covid-19 โฆ a two-time team MVP.
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Major Meets
2021 Big Sky Outdoors โ 3rd, 400m | 1st, 4x100m | 3rd, 4x400m
2022 Big Sky Indoors โ 5th, 400m
2022 Big Sky Outdoors โ 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)
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Outdoor Bests
100mโฆโฆ.10.65
200mโฆโฆ.21.46
400mโฆโฆ.47.00
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Indoor Bests
60mโฆโฆ.6.84
200mโฆโฆ.21.48
400mโฆโฆ.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 โฆ 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 โฆ ran the 400m leg on the DMR at the Arkansas Qualifier where UW ran 9:18.81 to set the American Indoor Record โฆ ran the 400m leg on the DMR at the NCAA Indoor Championships where the group finished ninth for Second Team All-America โฆ won the 400-meters at the Spokane Invitational (47.76), the UW Preview (47.46), and the UW Invitational (47.21) โฆ part of the top 4x400m relay of the season going 3:10.27 to win the Husky Classic โฆ outdoors, limited to just one race due to injury โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team as well as the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023:ย 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 โฆ ran a 400m season-best of 47.50, converted to 47.61 for altitude, at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, taking the victory โฆ 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 โฆ second at the Husky Classic 400m in 47.67 ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team status.
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2022 (At Eastern Washington): Qualified fourth overall to the Big Sky Championships final in the 400-meters, but did not run the final โฆ ran on Big Sky runner-up 4x100m relay that ran 40.47 โฆ a 200-meters PR of 21.46 at the Steve Scott Invitational โฆ second in the 400m at the Hayward Premiere in 47.24 โฆ indoors, was fifth in the 400m at the Big Sky Indoors in 48.97 โฆ a time of 47.40 to win the 400m at the Idaho Team Challenge โฆ went 21.48 to win the 200m at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open.
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2021 (At Eastern Washington): Set a 400-meters PR of 47.00 in the Big Sky Outdoors final, placing third overall โฆ ran on the Big Sky Champion 4x010m relay in 40.75 and third on the 4x400m relay in 3:15.12 โฆ did not compete indoors โฆ named teamโs Rookie of the Year.
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High School and Personal: Born in Renton, Washington โฆ parents are Vladimir and Oksana Gaik โฆ 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 โฆ a 200m prep PR of 22.10 to win the 2019 district title โฆ also made the 400m state final as a sophomore in the 400-meters โฆ missed out on his senior 2020 track season due to Covid-19 โฆ a two-time team MVP.
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Major Meets
2021 Big Sky Outdoors โ 3rd, 400m | 1st, 4x100m | 3rd, 4x400m
2022 Big Sky Indoors โ 5th, 400m
2022 Big Sky Outdoors โ 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)
ย
Outdoor Bests
100mโฆโฆ.10.65
200mโฆโฆ.21.46
400mโฆโฆ.47.00
ย
Indoor Bests
60mโฆโฆ.6.84
200mโฆโฆ.21.48
400mโฆโฆ.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
