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Dara Salka

  • Major STEM
  • Height 5-7
  • Events Sprints / Hurdles
  • Class 2028
  • Hometown Somers, Conn.
  • High School Somers

Biography

Results

2025

Outdoor Highlights:
Competed at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships and helped Bates place seventh in the 4x400 relay in 4:03.27 while finishing eighth individually in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:07.89 (May 2-3).... Helped the Bates 4x400 relay finish seventh at the NESCAC Championship with a time of 4:09.09 (April 26).... Helped Bates place fourth in the 4x400 relay in 4:17.05 and finished eighth individually in the 800 meters in 2:27.13 at the Pine Tree Classic (April 18-19).... Won the 400-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 1:07.63 and helped Bates win the 4x400 relay in 4:12.34 at the Carla Coffey Invitational (April 11-12).... Placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:08.71 at the Wesleyan Swanson Invitational (March 22).

Indoor Highlights: Competed in three relays at the New England Division III Indoor Championship, helping Bates place ninth in the 4x400 relay in 4:07.42, 10th in the Distance Medley Relay in 12:53.86, and 12th in the 4x200 relay in 1:47.98 (Feb. 28-March 1).... Won the 600 meters in a season-best time of 1:45.96 at the Bobcat Tune-up (Feb. 22).... Recorded a season-best time of 1:01.93 in the 400 meters at Middlebury's New England Small College Invite (Jan. 26).... Placed sixth in the 600 meters in 1:46.69 at the Bates Invitational (Jan. 18).... Helped Bates place second in the 4x400 relay in 4:10.89 at the Suffolk Relays (Jan. 11).... Helped Bates finish fourth in the 4x400 relay in 4:13.83 and placed seventh individually in the 400 meters in 1:02.13 at the TRACK at New Balance Early Bird Invite (Dec. 7, 2024).

Personal: 2024 graduate of Somers (Conn.) High School where she competed in XC, track & field, basketball, and soccer ...CIAC Scholar Athlete Award.
 
Favorite book? The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
 
Skill or hobby you've always wanted to learn? Juggling
Most influential person in your life? My mom
Favorite quote or motto? "Believe you can and you're halfway there"
If you could have one superpower, what would it be? Flying or super speed (for obvious reasons)
If you could give advice to your younger self, what would it be? Try new things and get out of your comfort zone
Go-to karaoke song? Anything by Taylor Swift
TV show you could watch over and over? New Girl or Modern Family
 
If you could swap lives with any celebrity for a day, who would it be? Zendaya
What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve ever done? I went ziplining
What’s the most unusual food you’ve ever tried? Frog legs
Why Bates? I loved the small school community and the focus on academics.