Dana Pounds


Dana Pounds is an American track and field athlete competing in the javelin throw. In 2007, she competed in the 2007 [World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|women's javelin throw] event at the 2007 [World Championships in Athletics] held in Osaka, Japan. She did not qualify to compete in the final.
Competing for the Air Force [Falcons track and field] team, she won the NCAA [Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Women's javelin throw|women's javelin throw] event at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships both in 2005 and in 2006.
In 2008, she won the women's United States [Air Force Athlete of the Year] award.

Personal life

In December 2013, her husband David Lyon was killed by a car bomb in Afghanistan.