2017-18 Women's Track and Field

Damira Banks

  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Westlake
  • Hometown:
    Oxon Hill, Md.

Summary

Biography

2016 Outdoor: Two-time mention on the ECC Weekly Honor Roll (3/28 & 4/18)…First Team All-Conference in the women’s 400-meter and 110-meter hurdles…Ran a personal best 1:05.97 to finish runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles at the East Coast Conference Championship (4/23)…Won the 100-meter dash at the Coach Omeltchenko Invitational in a wind-aided 12.61 seconds (4/17)…Achieved a personal best of 15.31 seconds to win the 100-meter hurdles at the Stockton University Invite (3/25).
 
2015-16 Indoor East Coast Conference Champion and Meet Record Holder in the 60-meter hurdles (9.02 seconds)…First Team All-ECC in the 60-meter hurdles, Second Team in the 60-meter dash and 4x400-meter relay…First place in the women’s 60-meter and 200-meter dashes at the Collegiate Track Conference Championships (2/14)…PR’d in the 400-meter dash at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational, running 58.93 seconds…Helped the Knights to a program best time of 3:57.44 in the women’s 4x400-meter relay to take second at the 34th Yale Collegiate Invitational (1/9)…Recorded a pair of top-five finishes at the Yale Season Opener, taking fifth in women’s 60-meter dash and third over 200 meters (12/5).

Before Queens: Spent one season at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, N.J., where she was a member of the school''s women''s track and basketball teams... Attended Westlake High School in Maryland.

Personal: Nickname is "Mira"... If she could travel anywhere in the world, it would be to Brazil... Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant... Favorite team is the Washington Redskins... Favorite movie is Selena... Favorite artists is Monica... Favorite TV Show is House.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Junior

    5'3"
  • 2017-18Senior

    5'3"