Michael Dickson (hurdler)

Raised in Beaufort, South Carolina, Dickson attended Beaufort High School where he was a 3 time South Carolina 3A state champion; winning the 110 meter hurdles twice and a 1-time champion in the 200 meters.[1]

In his freshman year at North Carolina A&T, Dickson won his first MEAC championship in the indoor 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.85.[2] He would qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships, placing 10th at the event.[3] In the 2016 outdoor season, he participated in 8 meets, including the Georgia Tech Invitational, where he broke, and then lowered, the school record in the 110 m hurdles.[4] In the preliminaries, Dickson ran a 13.91, breaking the previous record of 14.13. Dickson would then best his own record in the semifinals, running a 13.89, before lowering it again in the finals, winning the event, with a time of 13.67.[4]

In 2017, Dickson set a personal best in the 60m Hurdles, running at a time of 7.63 seconds.[5] He would attempt to defend his MEAC Indoor championship in the 60 meter hurdles, however he placed 7th in the finals of the event.[6] Dickson, would go on to qualify for NCAA championships, where he failed to get out of the preliminary rounds.[7] During the outdoor season, Dickson would qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 110m hurdles. At the event, he ran a time of 14.03, placing him outside of qualifying for the 2017 NCAA Championships.[8]

In 2018, Dickson returned to the MEAC Indoor Championships, where he reclaimed the title in the 60-meter hurdles event. In the outdoor season, Dickson won the 110-meter hurdles event at the MEAC outdoor championships, where he ran a personal-best of 13.54.[9] He would also run a personal best time of 20.83 in the 200-meter event, placing 7th in the finals.[10] Dickson also ran on the 4 x 100 meter relay team that won the MEAC championship, giving A&T its 3rd consecutive championship in the event.[9] Dickson would go on to qualify for the NCAA East regional competition in both the 100-meter hurdles and also the 4 x 100-meter relay events. At the event, he would not qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 110-meter hurdles but did qualify in the 4 x 100 relay. At the 2018 NCAA Championships, Dickson would compete in both the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relays. In the 4 x 400 relay, the A&T quartet would finish 4th in their heat, failing to advance to the finals.[11] In the 4 x 100 relay, the Aggies would run a season-best 39.05 to qualify for the finals; however they would be disqualified in the finals.[12]

In his senior season, Dickson would successfully defend his 60-meter hurdles championship from the previous year. Dickson would also compete in the 200 meters, where he would finish 6th overall.[13] At the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships, Dickson would qualify to run in the 60-meter hurdles, but failing to advance to the finals. During the outdoor season, he would qualify for the MEAC championship in the 100, 200 meters, 110-meter hurdles, and the 4 X 100-meter relay events. In the preliminary round of the 100 meters, Dickson ran a personal best time of 10.49, advancing him to the finals where he placed 6th.[14] In the 200 meters, Dickson also ran a personal best of 20.50 in the preliminaries, advancing him to the finals where he finished 8th.[15] In the 4 X 100-meter relay, Dickson, along with teammates Rodney Rowe, Malcolm Croom-McFadden, and Akeem Sirleaf won the MEAC championship with a time of 39.14.[15] Lastly, in the 110-meter hurdles, Dickson ran a 13.82 to defend his conference title from the previous season.[14] With this win, Dickson earned the second MEAC championship of his career in the event.[15] At the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Dickson competed in the 110-meter Hurdles event where he placed 6th in the finals.[16] Following the NCAA championships, Dickson qualified for the United States Championships in the same event.[17] In the semifinals, he ran a personal best time of 13.47, then lowered it again to 13.45 in the finals, where his 5th-place finish set a new MEAC record and bring his collegiate career to a close.[18]

In September 2019, Dickson was named to represent the United States at The Match Europe v USA in Minsk, Belarus.[19] At the competition, he finished 5th in the hurdles event with a time of 13.70.[20] At the 2020 USA Track & Field Indoor Championships, Dickson competed in the 60-meter Hurdles event. In Heat 1, he finished 2nd with a time of 7.68 to qualify for the semifinals, where his 7.68 time was the 4th fasted qualifying time for the finals.[21] In the finals, Dickson would finish in 6th place, with a time of 7.69.[21]

• All information taken from IAAF profile.