Dayana Montano-Salama

Honors and Awards

• 2021, Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete (Track)
• 2020, Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete 
• 2021, NSAA Scholar-Athlete (Track)
• 2020, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
• 2020, NSAA Scholar-Athlete (Track)
• 2019, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
• 2019, NSAA Scholar-Athlete (Outdoor Track)
• 2018, NSAA Scholar-Athlete

2020 Season (Senior): Ran a season-best time in the 5k (24:31.7) at the Briar Cliff Open on October 3... Finished with a season-best time in the 1500-meter run (6:42.18) at the NSAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... Ran a season-best time in the 800-meter run (3:09.57) at the Sioux City Relays on April 16 ... Selected as BU's representative for the NAIA Champion of Character for the 2021 Outdoor Track and Field season.

2019 Season (Junior): Has been with the program since its inception and has two varsity letters ... Made huge improvements since her initial race and now holds a 5K personal best of 22:51 ... Ohe track, Dayana’s highest finish was at the 2019 NSAA outdoor track meet where she was 4th in the 1500 meters ... An excellent student majoring in Biology, Dayana is a member of the Bruins cybersecurity competition team and has also been a contributor to a paper published in a scientific journal.

2018 Season (Sophomore): Participated in all seven of the team's events ... Ran a season-best time of 24:02.5 at the Briar Cliff Invite ... Finished in 37th place at the NSAA Championships with a time of 24:43.0 ... Earned NSAA Scholar-Athlete honors. 

High School: Prepped at Omaha South High School under coach John Tripp. 

Personal: Daughter of Antonio Montano and Sonia Salama-Montano ... Twin sister Diana is also a member of the BU cross country team ... Born on Aug. 20, 1998 ... Majoring in Biology.