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Cayden Dawson

Distance Runner
BIXBY HS
BIXBY, OKLAHOMA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

14th

national Garmin RunningLane Cross Country Championship

2nd

Class 6A state meet
“Cayden leads by example. She has been so dedicated to the sport and her team over the past four years. Running is her passion.”
Mike Stanton
Head Coach - head coach of Bixby High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-3 senior became the first Oklahoma female runner to break the 17-minute mark in a five-kilometer race as she finished 14th at the national Garmin RunningLane Cross Country Championship to earn All-American honors this past season. Dawson also took second at the Class 6A state meet and was the winner of the 17-18-year-old age group at the Cross Country Coaches National Youth Championships. Also a member of the Spartans track team, she set a state record in the 3,200-meter run as a junior.

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Academic Achievement

Dawson has maintained a weighted 4.50 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at Oklahoma State University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A four-year member of the Bixby High Student Council, Dawson has volunteered locally as a running mentor, and she has donated her time to multiple community service initiatives through her church.