WALTER DIX
Event: Sprints
Height: 5-9
Weight: 190
PR: 100m 9.91 (2008), 200m 19.69 (2007)
Born: January 31, 1986 in Coral Springs, Fla.
Current Residence: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
High School: Coral Springs High School (Fla.) '04
College: Florida State University '08
Coach: Bob Braman
Agent: Kimberly Holland
Coach: Terry Long
Club: Nike

Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Games 100m & 200m bronze medalist; 2008 Olympic Trials 200m champion and 100m runner-up; 3rd at 2007 USA Outdoors 100m; 2007 NCAA Outdoor 100m and 200m champion; 2006 NCAA Indoor & Outdoor 200m champ; 2005 NCAA 100m champion; U.S. men’s 100m Junior record holder.

At age 22 Dix qualified for the Team USA roster for the 2008 Olympic Games in both the men’s 100m and 200 meters. Dix was the runner-up in the 100m in 9.80w seconds at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., before winning his first-ever national title in the 200 meters by five-thousandths of a second over runner-up and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Shawn Crawford. His performance shattered the previous Hayward Field record of 19.87 seconds by Lorenzo Daniel from 1988. Dix went on to win bronze medals in the 100 meters and 200 meters at the 2008 Olympic Game in Beijing. Only the second man to ever win the NCAA 200m outdoor title three times, he is tied for third in NCAA history with six individual outdoor national championships and accumulated 18 All-America honors.On May 26, 2007, Dix set the collegiate record in the 200m in Gainesville, Fla., with his winning time of 19.69 seconds at the NCAA East Regional, which is the seventh-fastest time in the history of the event. In 2007, the first to win the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships since 1969. In his freshman year at Florida State in 2005, Dix had an amazing season that ended with him winning the NCAA Outdoor men’s 100m title, finishing fourth at the USA Outdoor Championships, and ending the campaign ranked #4 in the nation in that event by Track & Field News.  At the 2005 NCAA East Region Championships at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island in New York City, Dix broke the American junior record, FSU all-time, NCAA East Region and Icahn Stadium track record with a 10.06 clip to lead all qualifiers. His performance was the third-fastest junior time in the world, with the top mark being 10.01. Dix added the honor of Mondo Regional Athlete of the Year and ACC Outdoor Rookie of the Year to his list of awards. He is the first to sweep 100m & 200m ACC titles since Brendon Mahoney (Georgia Tech) in 2000. He was the top high school sprinter in the nation for the 2004 season, running Olympic standard times in the 100m and 200m...shattered the state mark with a 10.28 in the 100 meters at the Florida Class 4A state meet, after tying it at 10.38... broke the Florida high school record with a 20.62 in the 200 meters this past season before besting the mark with a 20.54 at the state regional meet... one of six SchoolSports Magazine's top high school athletes in the nation...two-time Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel Track Athlete of the Year.

2008: Olympic Games 100m bronze medalist (9.91PR) & 200m bronze medalist (19.98)…Olympic Trials champion in 200m (19.86)…2nd at Olympic Trials in 100m (9.80w) ...3rd in semi-finals (9.93)...1st in preliminaries (9.96)... NCAA Outdoor 200m champion (20.40) and 4th in 100m (10.22)…bests of 9.91 & 19.86.
2007:  3rd at USA Outdoor Championships 100m (10.09)…1st at Gainesville (19.69PR)…4th Tyson Invitational Indoor 60m (6.67)…NCAA Outdoor champion in 100m and 200m (9.93PR, 20.32)…NCAA East Regional champion in 100m and 200m (10.05, 19.69PR)…ranked #3 U.S. at 100m, #8 in world, #6 U.S. at 200m by T&FN…bests of 9.93 & 19.69. 2006: NCAA Indoor 200m champion, 60m runner-up (20.27, 6.62)…2nd at NCAA Outdoors in 100m (10.18)…1st at NCAA Outdoors in 200m (20.30)…1st in Atlanta (20.25)…1st in Greensboro (10.12)…ranked #7 in U.S. at 200m by T&FN…bests of 10.12, 20.25.
2005: 4th in 100m at USA Outdoor Champs (10.29)...1st in 100m at NCAA Outdoor Champs (10.21)...4th in 200m at NCAA Outdoors (20.44)...1st in New York (10.06AJR)...6th in 60m at NCAA Indoors (6.70)...2nd in 200m at NCAA Indoors (20.37)...1st at 100m at NCAA Outdoor East Regional (10.22w)...1st at 200m at NCAA Outdoor East Regional (20.23w)... 1st in 100m at ACC Outdoor Championships (10.22)...1st in 200m at the ACC Outdoor Championships (20.41)...ranked #4 in U.S. at 100m by T&FN...bests of 10.06AJR & 20.18.
2004: 6th in 200m qualifying at Olympic Trials (21.19)...bests of 10.28 & 20.62.

08/18/08