Sara Dickson
	Class: Senior Hometown: Port Charlotte, Fla. High School: Port Charlotte HS Height: 5-5

High School: Managed to shave time off her 5K cross country performances each of her four years as a prep, clocking her career-best time of 18:55 as a senior ... In 2002 as a freshman, she recorded her top time of 20:13, but had her season ended early due to injury ... Back into rotation as a sophomore, she improved by 20 seconds on her 5K, top-time running a seasonal-best 19:43 her second year en route to being a state qualifier, finishing 46th ... As a junior, she again trimmed time off her best overall mark, navigating the 5K course in a career-best 19:17 in cross country, recording a road race record of 18:54. She again was a state qualifier, finishing 13th as a junior. Track: Has experience running the 400-meter (1:08 top-time), 800-meter (2:28), the 1,600-meter (5:14 top-time), and the 3,200-meter run (11:26 top-time) ... Was a state qualifier in both the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs, finishing a career-best sixth in 1,600 and fifth in the 3,200 events as a junior ... Was also a team captain for her high school soccer team as a senior ... Academically, she ranked among the top 10 percent of her high school class, boasting a grade point average of 3.896.

Personal: Full name is Sara Emily Dickson ... Daughter of Robert Dickson and Emma L. Dennison ... Has an older brother, Paul, and two younger siblings, Michael and Rebecca.