University of Missouri Athletics

Career Highlights

• All-Big 12
• NCAA Regional Qualifier
• NCAA National Qualifier

YEAR-BY-YEAR

2010:
Indoor: Ran the program's all-time second-best time in the 1,000m run at 2:28.38 at the Adidas Classic and entered the Big 12 Championships as the No. 1 overall seed in the event ... Clocked in at 2:30.75 at the Big 12 Championships despite being tripped heading into the final lap of the race ... Even with being tripped and falling to the track, he rallied to clock in just five seconds behind the event-winner in the preliminaries ... Despite an appeal to try and get him into the event finals, Dixon did not get a chance to pursue the Big 12 title at 1,000m ... Despite the trials in the 1,000m run, Dixon earned a pair of All-Big 12 honors at the meet as part of the 4x400m relay and distance medley relay ... Ran the 1,200m leg of the DMR and helped the foursome clock a season-best mark of 9:48.81 , earning sixth overall ... Ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay at the Big 12 Championships and helped the team run a season-best time of 3:12.84 ... Posted an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 1:49.90 in the 800m run at the ISU Classic, which ranked third on the team and fifth in the Big 12 ... Clocked in at a personal-best and team season-best 1:49.05 in the 800m run at the Last Chance Meet but finished just short of earning a berth to the NCAA Championships. Outdoor: NCAA Championship qualifier in the 800m run after clocking in at 1:47.39 at the NCAA First Round in Austin, Texas ... That time ranks him fifth all-time on Mizzou's storied 800m performance list and ranked him 12th headed into the NCAA Final Round in Eugene, Ore. ... At the NCAA First Round, his time of 1:47.39 came in the fastest of the three heats as he finished fourth in the heat, but his time was the best among non-automatic qualifiers, earning him a spot at the NCAA Final Round ... That time of 1:47.39 was the fastest run by a Tiger in 2010 ... He helped the men's 4x800m relay team run the program's fifth-best time at 7:20.17 as he clocked at 1:47.80 split on the second lap ... Earned All-Big 12 honors in the 800m run at the Big 12 Championships after he placed sixth at 1:50.73 ... Ran as a member of the Tigers' 4x400m relay team at the Arkansas Twilight, helping the foursome clock in at 3:12.48 and ran as a member of the distance medley relay at the Drake Relays, helping the team clock in at 9:44.08 ... Helped the Tiger men claim the Kansas Relays title while running as a member of the 4x880-yard relay that clocked in at 7:39.25 ... Competed at every meet for the Tigers during the outdoor season.

2009:
Indoor: Posted a season-best time of 1:51.59 in the 800m run at the ISU Classic, placing 15th overall ... Also ran a season-best mark of 2:25.03 in the 1,000m run at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, placing third overall and earning six points for the Tigers at the meet. Outdoor: Set another personal-best mark in the 800m run at the Billy Hayes Invitational after finishing the race in 1:49.05 ... Set a season-best time of 3:57.14 in the 1,500m run at the Tom Botts Invitational.

2008:
Cross Country: Ran in two meets for the Tigers ... was team's fourth scorer at the SIU Early Bird.

High School:
Earned All-State in the 4x400, 4x800, 800- and 1600-meter runs in Class 4 while at Lee's Summit North High School.

Personal:
Son of Aaron Rule & Andrea Dixon ... transferred from Rend Lake (Ill.) JC for 2008-09 seasons. ... in 2008 team was the NJCAA National Champions, helping team in running a leg for the indoor national champions ... also qualified for the 800-meter run for both the indoor and outdoor national championships ... majoring in business management ... born February 14, 1988.