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Tyler Dixon
Backstroke, Butterfly - Back, Fly
Senior
Hometown
   Jeffersonville, Ind.
High School
   Jeffersonville
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Courtesy: Ball State Athletics
Release: 12/07/2006
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2008-09 (Jr.): Earned third letter at Ball State . . . academic All-Mid-American Conference . . . ranked second on the team in the 200 back (1:54.25) and third in the 100 back (53.01), with both times coming in the Sun Belt/MAC Championships (2/18) . . . tallied a season-fast time of 1:59.19 in the 200 fly at the IUPUI House of Champions (12/5) to rank fourth on the team in the event . . . scored BSU's eighth-fastest individual time in the 100 fly (56.64) at the Indiana Intercollegiates (10/18).

2007-08 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State . . . academic All-Mid-American Conference . . . posted four career-fast times at the Sun Belt/MAC Championships (2/28) . . . BSU's top finisher in the 100 (52.77, 22nd) and 200 (1:53.64, 20th) back with career-best and BSU season-fast times at the league meet . . . also posted career-fast clockings of 53.98 in the 100 fly and 1:58.37 in the 200 fly at the MAC Championships, to rank fourth and third on the squad, respectively.

2006-07 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State . . . Placed 15th in the 200 back (1:59.03), 16th in the 200 fly (2:10.12) and 18th in the 100 back (54.19) at the MAC Championships (2.22) . . . 100 back effort ranked as the third-best individual effort on the squad.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at Jeffersonville for Coach Keith Gast . . . named all-conference in the 100 back and 400 free relay as a senior . . . garnered all-conference honors after junior season in the 200 IM and the 200 medley relay . . . as a sophomore, reached all-conference in the 100 fly, 200 medley relay and 400 free relay . . . had an all-conference showing as a freshman in the 200 medley relay . . . established a school record in the 200 medley relay . . . collected career best times in the 100 back (54.64), 100 fly (54.86) and 500 free (4:58.86) . . . two-time sectional winner in 100 back . . . four-time sectional winner in the 200 medley relay . . . garnered all-state recognition in the 200 medley relay . . . academic all-state and all-American.

PERSONAL: Graduated in the spring of 2009 with a bachelor's degree in sport management . . . currently working on his master of science degree in information and communication sciences . . . born March 17, 1988 in Louisville, Ky . . son of Brian and Brenda Dixon . . . has one sister, Layne.

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