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2013 Cross Country Media Guide
Southern Illinois Cross Country
SIUSalukis.com
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2012
NCAA Qualifier...All-MVC...MVC Scholar-
Athlete...Four-time MVC Scholar-Athlete of the
Week (Sep. 26, Oct. 3, 17 and 31)...19th-place
finish at NCAA Midwest Regionals qualified him
to run in the national meet, where he finished
143rd...First Saluki to qualify for NCAA Champi-
onship Meet since Jeff Schirmer in 2009...In the
remaining four meets, never finished worse than
seventh...Finished second at the Saluki Invita-
tional...best 8K time came at the Bradley Classic
on Oct. 12, where he clocked in at 24:37.
2011
Competed in six meets for the Salukis...Only
finished outside the top ten in two of them...
Out of his four top ten finishes, three of them
were in the top five, including two second place
finishes...Of those second place finishes, his best
time came at the Saluki Invitational with a time
of 25:45.9...Placed ninth at the MVC Champi-
onship...Had the top Saluki men’s finish at the
NCAA Regional with his 37th place finish...
Finished season with an average finish of 15.8...
Named the Missouri Valley Conference’s Athlete
of the Week and the MVC Scholar Athlete of the
Week, both for the week of Sep. 13...Named to
the MVC Scholar-Athlete team and the All-MVC
squad...Named an MVC Elite 18 athlete, which
is awarded to the athlete with the highest cumu-
lative GPA at each of the Missouri Valley’s 18
conference championships.
Brian Dixon
Senior
Springfield, Ill.
Glenwood HS
2010
Competed in four meets for SIU in 2010...Posted
an 18th place finish at the MVC Championship
with a time of 25:34.53...Posted a season-best
time of 25:26.40 at the Bradley Classic, where
he finished 55th.
High School
Named all-conference in track three times at
Glenwood High School...Earned all-state honors
in the 3200m with a ninth place finish...Notched
a
personal-best time of 4:28 in the 1600m...Went
to same high school as World Series champion
and MLB All-Star Jayson Werth.
Personal
Born Nov. 8, 1991, in Springfield, Ill...Son of Tim
and Joy Dixon...Father is an engineer and moth-
er is a nurse...Majoring in accounting.
Brian Dixon
Men’s Bios