Daniella du Toit

Rowing at the 2017 Atlantic 10 Championship

Photo by: Mitchell Leff - Atlantic 10

Class:
Junior
Height:
6-0
High School:
Chisipite Senior School
Hometown:
Harare, Zimbabwe

AS A SENIOR IN 2018-19
Spring 2019: Reached the Varsity Eight Grand Final at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/18), finishing fifth (6:54.115) ... Won the Petite Final (6:29.222) in the Varsity Eight at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/11), nipping conference rival Fordham in a race that came down to the wire ... Won the Quad at the Knecht Cup (4/14), finishing with a time of 7:27.76 which was over 10 seconds faster than second place Harvard ... Also at the Knecht Cup, raced the Varsity Eight to sixth (6:58.75) in the Petite Final ... Had a fourth place finish (7:04.91) in the 2V8 Petite Final at the Doc Hosea Regatta (3/30) ... Won the 2V8 final (7:06.27) at the Cooper Sprints (3/24).

Fall 2018: Did not compete.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2017-18
Spring 2018: Capped the Spring in the Varsity Eight with silver (6:30.092) in the Grand Final at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/11-5/12) ... Advanced to the V8+ Grand Final at the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/5), ultimately finishing second (6:40.23) ... Earned placement in the Grand Final by way of winning the early morning heat (6:39.89) ... At the Knecht Cup (4/14), took second in her Single flight (8:24.31) ... Took fourth in the Varsity Eight Petite Final (6:58.48) at the Knecht Cup (4/14) ... Took fifth in the V8+ Petite Final (6:50.65) against a challenging field at the Doc Hosea Regatta (3/31) ... Claimed bronze in the Varsity Eight Grand Final (7:34.12) at the Cooper Sprints (3/25) to open the Spring season.

Fall 2017: Was second in the Collegiate 4x (14:51.16) at the Head of the Fish (10/28) ... Took seventh in the Women’s Championship 2x (19:19.52) at the Head of the Charles (10/21-10/22) ... Won the 2x (20:03.4) with Grace Bundy at the Hadley Chase (10/14) ... Also took gold with Bundy in the 2x (7:42.11) at the Small Boat Challenge (10/7-10/8).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2016-17
Spring 2017: Wrapped up the Spring season at the NCAA Championships, placing second in the Varsity 8+ D Final (5/28, 6:49.054) ... Raced the Varsity 8+ to first in the Grand Finale (6:45.14) at the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/6) ... Won her flight in the 1x (8:39.28) at the Knecht Cup (4/9) ... Finished fourth (6:49.90) in the Varsity 8+ at the Knecht Cup (4/8), just six seconds off the lead boat ... At the Doc Hosea Regatta (4/2), was third in the V8+ Petite Final (6:54.62) ... Opened the Spring season at the Murphy Cup (3/25), winning the Varsity 8+ heat (6:39.11).

Fall 2016: At the Collegiate Small Boat Challenge 1x (10/6), she finished second with a time of 8:16.34 ... Finished in second with a time of 16:34.4 at Head of the Fish (10/29) in the 1x and competed with the 8x boat in which they finished third with a time of 12:56.9 ... Competed in the 8+ at the Head of the Charles (10/23) ... Placed first at the Seven Sisters Sculling Regatta (10/9) with a time of 21:11.16 ... Came in fifth at the Head of the Oklahoma (10/2) in the Open 2-, crossing the finish line with a time of 17:53.39.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2015-16
Spring 2016: Tallied a first place victory in the Varsity 8+ with a time of 6:43.57 in a dual regatta at Connecticut (4/2) ... Sat six seat in the Varsity 8+ at the inaugural Doc Hosea Regatta in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (4/3) ... Tallied a first place finish in the Varsity 8+ in a home dual-regatta against Connecticut with a time of 6:54.05 (4/2) ... Took home fifth in the Varsity 8+ at the Knecht Cup after a 6:55.21 finish in the Grand Final. The crew opened the weekend with a win in Heat 4 at 7:18.91, followed by a second-place finish in Semifinal 3 at 6:54.83, good to advance to the Grand Final (4/10) ... Finished fourth in Varsity 8+ with a time of 6:40.3 at the Four-School Regatta on the Charles River against Boston University, Dartmouth and Northeastern (4/17).

Fall 2015: Sat sixth seat in the UMass A boat at the Princeton Chase and finished the three-mile course with a time of 15:47.7, good for 25th place of 65 (11/1) ... Took ninth of 38 competitors at the Head of the Charles in the Club 8+ with a time of 176:44.6, good for an automatic reentry into the Club 8+ in 2016 Head of the Charles (10/17) ... Competed at the Seven Sisters Sculling regatta and finished first in the 4x with a time of 17:59.3 (10/11).

BEFORE UMASS: Rowed for the Chisipite Boat Club ... Placed ninth in the 1x at the 2014 Youth Olympics and 18th at Junior World Championships in 2013 ... Was the 2014 runner up for the National Junior Sportswoman of the Year ... Attended Chisipite Senior School in Harare, Zimbabwe ... Was a member of the Chisipite squad named best girls team at the Zimbabwe National Championship ... Was her school's most outstanding rower in 2011, 2013 & 2014 ... Took home Zimbabwe Junior Colors Award in 2014 after she received Full Colors & White Honors Blazer status in 2013 and the Half Colors Award in 2012 ... Also a member of her high school's field hockey and soccer teams.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Alan and Audrey du Toit ... Sister to Tracey and Renee.