Skip To Main Content

Northeastern University Athletics

Northeastern Huskies

2011-12 Men's Track and Field Roster

Darius Velez

  • Position Sprinter
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cambridge, Mass.
  • Highschool Cambridge Rindge and Latin

Biography

2011-12: Indoors, posted a time of 6.59 in the 55-meter dash and a mark of 22.95 in the 200-meter dash at the Jay Carisella Invite for fourth and fifth place, respectively…placed fourth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.05 at the Harvard Open…placed third in the 200-meter dash at the Tiger Open with a time of 22.79…finished sixth in the finals of the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.91 at the Great Dane Classic and set a school record in the preliminary with a time of 6.89…ran a 6.40 to win the finals of the 55-meter dash at the Joe Donahue Games…was runner up in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.88 and finished seventh in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.07 at the Battle of Beantown…placed 11th in the 60-meter dash at the New England Indoor Championships with a time of 7.05…Outdoors, finished 38th in the 100-meter dash at the Shamrock Invitational with a time of 10.73…also finished in 59th in the 200-meter dash there with a time of 22.83…won the 100-meter dash at the Northeastern Spring Open with a time of 11.05m…was part of the 4x200 meter relay team that placed 22nd with a time of 1:27.55 at the Florida Relays…won the 100-meter dash at the Solomon Invitational with a time of 11.01…was part of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed 12th at the Larry Ellis Invitational with a time of 42.89...came in third at the Brown Springtime Invitational in the 100-meter dash with a mark of 10.97...was part of the silver medal-winning 4x100-meter relay team at the New England Outdoor Championship which finished with a time of 41.72

2010-11: Made his official Northeastern debut in grand fashion and broke the school record for the 60-meter dash with a second-place mark of 6.90 at the Dartmouth Relays, with a final time of 6.90; also helped the Huskies to a second place finish in the 4x200m relay, running the third leg…qualified seventh in the 60-meter dash at the Yale Invitational before false starting in the final; also anchored the Huskies’ ‘B’ 4x400m relay team to a tenth-place finish…Outdoors, ran sixth in the 100 meters at the Seahawk Invitational with a time of 10.75…his 10.80 in the 100 meters took another sixth place at the FSU Relays…finished 13th in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.17 at the Duke Invitational…sprinted to seventh place in the 100 meter dash at the Solomon Invitational with a time of 11.37……passed into the 100-meter dash finals and finished seventh with a sprint of 10.73 at the 2011 CAA Championship… ended a 20-year draught for Northeastern sprinters and emerged as the 100-meter dash champion after a jaunt of 10.90 at the 2011 New England Outdoor Championship

High School: Two-year member of track & field team...captained track team during senior season..played one year of varsity basketball…named team MVP senior year…owns second-fastest 55-meter time in UMass-Amherst history

Personal: Born July 19, 1989…uncle, Rumeal Robinson, played basketball at Michigan and for six NBA teams over an eight-year pro career…uncle, Louis Ford, played basketball at Howard...Class of 2012.


Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Junior

    Sprinter
  • 2011-12Senior

    Sprinter