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Zach Dawson Class: Senior Hometown: Edmond, Okla. High School: Santa Fe Event: Sprints

• 2010 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (600-yard run, 4x400 relay)
• 2009 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (4x100 Relay, 4x400 Relay)
• 2009 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (Distance Medley Relay, 4x400 Relay)
• 2008 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (400-meter hurdles, 4x400 Relay)
• 2008 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (4x400, Distance Medley Relay)
• 2007 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (4x400 relay)
• 2007 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (600-yard run, 4x-400 relay)

Personal: Son of Steve Dawson and Susan Stout ... Has two sisters -- Tiffany and Christin ... Mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, uncle, great-uncle and sister all attended OU.

2010: (Indoor) Finished third in the 600-meter run at the Arkansas Invitational with a time of 1:20.85 ... Ran anchor leg of provisional qualifying 4x400 at the Texas A&M Invitational with a time of 3:09.51 ... Clocked a time of 48.61 in the 400-meter dash at the Razorback Invitational ... Took fifth in the 500-meter dash at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational with a time of 1:03.21 ... Ran the anchor leg of the NCAA provisional qualifying 4x400-meter relay (3:07.76)at the Tyson Invitational ... Earned All-Big 12 honors as he finished seventh in the 600-yard run at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 1:10.34 ... Also earned All-Big 12 honors as the anchor leg of the 4x400 relay that took third with a provisional qualifying time of 3:08.01 ... Ran the second leg of the 4x400 relay that finished ninth at the NCAA Championships with a time of 3:08.59. (Outdoor) Took fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Bobby Lane Invitational with a time of 54.04... Finished fourth in the invitational 400 hurdles at the Texas Relays with a time of 52.05 ... Improved season time to 51.93 at the Sun Angel Track Classic ... Ran the opening leg of the 4x400 that finished third at the Sooner Invitational in 3:06.43.

2009: (Indoor) Took third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.75 at the Arkansas Invitational ... Recorded a time of 21.97 in his first ever indoor 200-meter dash at the Razorback Invitational ... Posted personal-best 48.02 in the 400-meter dash to finish seventh at the Razorback Invitational ... Finished third in the 600-yard run at the J.D. Martin Invitational with a time of 1:11.98 ... ... Finished third in the 400-meter dash at the New Mexico Classic with a time of 48.03 ... Earned All-Big 12 honors as the 400-meter leg of the distance medley relay that finished fourth at the Big 12 Championships ... Also garnered All-Big 12 honors at the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay that finished fourth at the Big 12 meet with a time of 3:09.81 ... Helped relay improve time with a 3:08.91 mark at the Iowa State Last Chance Qualifier. (Outdoor) Ran thethird leg of the 4x400 that earned a regional qualifying mark, 3:08.61,en route to finishing second at the John McDonnell Invitational ... Claimed a regional qualifying mark on an individual level at the event, finishing fifth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.29 ... Lowered his regional qualifying mark in the 400 hurdles with a time of 51.24 at the Sooner Twilight ... Earned All-Big 12 honors as thesecond leg of the 4x100 relay that finished sixth with a time of 41.09 ... Also ran the opening leg of the 4x400 relay that took eighth with a time of 3:14.31.

2008: (Indoor) Opened the year strong with a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the Arkansas Invitational with a season's best time of 48.57 ... Also ran the anchor leg on the 4x400 team that took fourth at the same event with a time of 3:13.94 ... Ran the second leg on the school-record holding Distance Medley Relay that finished second at the Razorback Invitational with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 9:42.35 ... Finished fourth in the 600-yard run (1:12.25) at the J.D. Martin Invitational ... Ran the second leg on the Distance Medley Relay that finished fourth at the Tyson Invitational with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 9:45.64 ... Posted a season-best time in the 600-yard run (1:11.11) to finish second at the Sooner Indoor Open ... Finished 13th in the 600-yard run at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 1:11.96 ... Ran the anchor leg on the 4x400 relay that finished seventh at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 3:13.87 ... Also ran the second leg on the Distance Medley Relay that finished third at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 9:59.70. (Outdoor) Runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles (52.32) at the Bobby Lane Invitational ... Took first in the 400-meter hurdles (51.12) at John McDonnell Invitational ... Finished first in the 400-meter dash (46.61) and team placed second in the 4x400 relay at the Sooner Open ... Claimed first-place honors in the 400-meter hurdles (51.28) at the Sooner Twilight... Finished fifth in the 400-meter hurdles (50.67) at the Big 12 Championships.

Summer 2007: Ran 11th overall (48.01) in the 400-meter dash at the U.S. Junior Track & Field Championships (June 22).

2007: (Indoor) Finished fifth in the 400-meter dash (48.54) at the adidas Classic ... Took second place in the 600-yard run (1:11.71) at the J.D. Martin Invitational ... Placed fifth (1:10.18) in the 600-yard run at the Big 12 Championships. (Outdoor) Opened season running 49.03 in 400-meter dash at Tulsa Duels ... Season best of 47.53 came at John Jacobs Invitational ... Finished fourth in the invitational field (48.01) at the John McDonnell Invitational ... Placed 16th in the 400 at the Big 12 Championships, clocking 47.30 ... All-Big 12 honoree as part of the team's sixth-place 4x400-meter relay ... Ran the opening leg on OU's 4x400 relay that placed 12th at the NCAA Championships.

High School: State runner-up in the 800-meter run and third in the 400-meter dash in 2006 ... Ran personal bests of 1:54.34 in the 800 and 48.58 in the 400 at the meet, which ranked second and fourth, respectively, among the state's high school athletes ... Also ran legs on Edmond Santa Fe's third-place 4x400 relay and fourth-place 4x800-meter relay.