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Personal Bests:
Indoors: 600y, 1:25.07; 800m, 2:10.01; 1,000m, 2:49.30; Mile, 5:07.05
Outdoors: 400m, 55.59; 800m, 2:06.84
Honors:
Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2005)
In the Husker Record Books:
Indoors: 1,000m (8th); DMR, 11:25.08 (1st)
Outdoors: 800m, (9th); 4x800m, 8:43.55 (4th)
NCAA Championships:
2004 (I): Distance Medley Relay, 11:25.08 (11th)
2004 (O): 800m, 2:11.52 (26th)
Big 12 Championships:
2006 (I): 1,000m, 2:54.49 (6th)
2005 (I): 1,000m, 2:49.30 (4th)
2005 (O): 800m, 2:09.08 (8th)
2004 (I): 800m, 2:10.51 (6th); 4x400m Relay, 3:48.11 (7th)
2004 (O): 800m, 2:09.08 (5th); 4x400m Relay, 3:47.84 (7th)
2006: Danute Ceika (pronounced DAWN-uh-tay SAY-ka) earned her seventh all-conference honor with a sixth-place finish in the 1,000-meter run at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a time of 2:54.49... focused primarily on the 800 meters both indoors and outdoors... ran her indoor season best of 2:14.15 at the Iowa State Classic... clocked a season-best 2:13.98 outdoors to earn fourth place at the Emporia State Relays... finished runner-up in the 1,000 meters in a season-best 2:57.01 at the Nebraska-Colorado State-Kent State Triangular. 2005: Ceika set a personal-best time of 2:49.30 in the 1,000 meters to earn fourth place at the Big 12 indoor meet... finished eighth in the 800 meters at the Big 12 outdoor meet in a regional-qualifying 2:09.08... competed in the 800 at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing fourth in her 800-meter preliminary heat with a season-best time of 2:08.26... reached her first regional-qualifying mark of 2:09.23 to nab fourth place at the Drake Relays... finished runner-up at both the Kansas Relays (2:12.45) and Emporia State Relays (2:13.08)... ran the anchor leg of the fourth-fastest 4x800-meter relay in NU history at the Drake Relays (8:43.55)... won the Holiday Inn Invite in the mile (5:07.05) and 4x400-meter relay (3:46.29). 2004: Ceika topped off a solid freshman season by competing in both the NCAA indoor and outdoor meets... ran 2:11.52 in the preliminary round of the 800 meters at outdoor nationals, but did not advance to the finals... advanced to the national meet after taking fifth at the Midwest Regional in a time of 2:08.57... was fifth at the Big 12 outdoor meet in the 800 (2:09.08) and was a member of the seventh-place 4x400-meter relay team... won the K.T. Woodman Classic 800 meters in 2:13.96... won gold in the Nebraska Quadrangular with a 2:09.84 clocking in the 800... won the Ward Haylett Invite, covering 800 meters in 2:09.87... ran the 800-meter leg at the NCAA indoor meet in the distance medley relay, where the Huskers finished 11th in a school-record 11:25.08... ran the 800-meter leg on the women’s distance medley relay that won the Alex Wilson Invite and clocked an NCAA-qualifying time of 11:17.91... placed sixth in a time of 2:10.51 in the 800 meters at the Big 12 indoor meet, and anchored the 4x400-meter relay (3:48.11) to a seventh-place finish... won the 800 meters in 2:15.97 to begin the season at the Panther Open... won gold in the 800 in 2:13.06 and silver in the 600 yards in 1:25.07 at the Holiday Inn Invite... ran an 800-meter indoor career-best 2:10.01 to win the adidas Classic. In Latvia: Ceika ran career-best times of 55.59 in the 400 meters and 2:06.84 in the 800-meter run... competed in both European Junior and European Cup competitions. Personal: High school coaches were Raitis Ravinskis and Gint Bititis... major is economics... parents are Furis and Laila Ceika... born Dec. 18, 1983.