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Dana Giordano (born December 30, 1993) is a professional Adidas athlete who runs mid-distance and specializes in the 1500 m from Bernardsville, New Jersey. Giordano attended Dartmouth College in 2012 where she competed in track and field and cross country. Giordano joined the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) oand is coached by B.A.A High Performance Coach Ricardo Santos.

High School
She attended Bernards High School, where she ran track and field and cross country. She finished third at New Balance Nationals Outdoor in her 2012 season running a 2 mile in 10:16.30. She also ran a leg in 4×Mile in 21:02.79 (5:15.7/mile average) finishing 4th with her teammates Laura Quintana, Katherine Gunson, and Zoe Wojtech at the same meet.

College
She attended Dartmouth College in 2012, where she continued to run track and field and cross country. She finished 31st during the 2013 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships her sophomore year where her teammate Abbey D'Agostino finished first for the women's 6 km. She also finished 45th and 66th in 2014 and 2015 in the NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship. In 2015, Giordano competed in the 2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships running the 3000 m in 9:16.20 finishing 12th. Four months later she ran the 5000 m at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 17:12.54 finishing 23rd. In November of 2015 she finished 66th place in the 2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. In 2016, Giordano competed in the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, finishing first in the semi-finals in a time of 4:13.18 and placing third in the finals in a time of 4:11.86

2018
Giordano ran a personal best in the 1500m in 4:08.62 during the prelims of the 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She qualified for the finals and ran a 4:16.76 finishing 10th.

2019
Giordano ran a personal best in the mile, both indoor and outdoor with a time of 4:34.29i and 4:33.07 respectively.

2020
Giordano set a personal best in the indoor 1500m in 4:10.31i and 2 weeks later she set a personal best in the indoor 3000 m in 8:51.78i. She ran her personal best in the 5000m in 15:18.06

2021
Giordano ran the 5000 m in the 2020 USA Olympic Trials finishing last in the prelims in a time of 16:06.18.