Walter Dix Bio - Biography

Name Walter Dix
Height 5’10
Naionality American
Date of Birth January 31, 1986
Place of Birth Coral Springs, Florida
Famous for
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;

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.

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