Spartans set to continue outdoor season in meets around the region.
Personal Bests Long Jump - 6.33m (20-9) (School Record) Triple Jump - 12.69m (41-7) 60m - 8.24 100m - 12.42 200m - 25.92
2011-2012: OUTDOOR: Placed fifth in the 100m at the MSU Spartan Invitational in a time of 12.42...Won the long jump (5.86m) and triple jump (11.98m) at the MSU Spartan Invitational. INDOOR: Won the long jump at the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open with a jump of 5.62m...Won the long jump (5.95m) at the Notre Dame Invitational...Placed second at the Division I Team Challenge in the long jump (5.87m)...Finished fourth in the triple jump at the Notre Dame Invitational with a distance of 11.96m...Placed seventh at the Meyo Invitational in the triple jump (12.29m)...Finished fifth in the triple jump (12.46m) at the Division I Team Challenge.
2010-11: Pan American Junior Championships Silver Medalist U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Honorable Mention All-American NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier OUTDOOR: Long jumped a distance of 5.98m for a fifth-place finish at the Sun Angel Track Classic ... Placed first in both the triple and long jump at the Indiana University Outdoor Invitational with a long jump of 6.24m and a triple jump of 12.02m ... Posted a seventh-place finish with a triple jump of 12.48m at the Drake Relays ... At the Big Ten Outdoor Championships she finished second in the long jump with a distance of 5.94m and fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 12.30m ... Triple jumped a distance of 12.23m and long jumped a school-record distance of 6.33m for a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round ... Long jumped a distance of 5.91m at the NCAA Division I Championships ... Placed second at the USATF Junior National Championships in the long jump with a leap of 6.24m, earning her a spot on the USA's Pan American Junior Championships team ... Earned a silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Junior Championships with the top American leap of 6.13m. INDOOR: At the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational she place sixth in the long jump with a jump of 5.91m ... Placed fourth in both the triple jump and long jump with jumps of 12.10m and 5.77m respectively at the GVSU Big Meet ... Finished the indoor season with a first-place finish after a triple jump of 12.69m and a tenth-place finish with a long jump of 5.59m at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.
High School: Attended Thornton Township High School where she was a four-year letterwinner in track & field for Vince Mcualiff and Carolyn Estsce ... Named all-conference and all-state all four years of high school ... Named Athlete of the Meet following the 2010 Illinois Prep Top Times Indoor Classic after recorded a distance of 39-2 ½ in the triple jump and a mark of 18-11 in the long jump ... Finished first at the Class AAA long jump championship both her junior and senior years ... Was the state champion in the 200m dash ... Recorded a personal-best long jump of 19-5 her senior year ... Best distance of 39-6 in the triple jump occurred her junior season ... Team-best finish of third occurred her freshman and senior seasons ... Finished third in the triple jump her senior year and was sixth in the 100m ... Also was a four-year letterwinner in both volleyball and basketball.
Personal: Born January 25, 1992 ... Daughter of Donald and Daisy Knox and Jeffrey Dixon ... Plans on majoring in history at MSU.