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2015 Women's Cross Country

Nicole Dawson

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Hammond
  • Hometown Jessup, Md.

Biography

2015: Finished her career having ran in every race for the Retrievers... Ran in the opening races at the Mount 5k Duals (19:56) and the Wolfie Invite (21:04) before heading to the Paul Short Invitational, finishing in 23:10... Took to the Princeton Invitational for a finishing time of 23:31... Scored for the Retrievers at the America East Championships crossing the finish line in a time of 20:10... Ended the year at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals, finishing in 23:59. 

2014: Competed in every meet for the Retrievers as a junior... Started the year placing 22nd at the Mount 5K Duals with a time of 19:01... Recorded a time of 23:45 at the Salty Dog Invitational and a time of 22:17 at the Paul Short Invitational... Posted a time of 18:59 at the America East Championships, placing 28th in the event... Named to the America East Commissioners' Honor Roll. 

2013: Led the Retrievers across the line twice and scored in each of UMBC’s six competitions as a sophomore… Paced the Retrievers for the first time in her career by placing 11th overall at the season-opening America East Pre-Conference Meet at Binghamton on Sept. 7… Crossed the line first for UMBC the next weekend as well in Annapolis, Md. at the Salty Dog Invitational… Recorded a career-best run at the meet at Navy, finishing with a time of 21:58.88, the seventh-fastest for that distance in program history… Lowered her 5k time on the course at Binghamton to 19:12.34 at the America East Conference Championships to help UMBC earn its best-ever team finish, fifth… Selected to the America East All-Academic Team… Named to the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2012: Competed in and scored in each of UMBC's seven competitions, the only Retriever to do so... Scored at both the America East Championships and NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals... Recorded a career-best 6k time of 23:29.20 at the Princeton Invitational on Oct. 13... Finished 47th at the conference meet at New Hampshire with a 5k time of 18:43.03... Named to the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Background: Finished 7th at the Maryland 3A State Championships as a senior in 2011... Placed fifth the year before as a junior at the 2A state meet... Howard County champion in the 3200m at the 2011 meet... Led Hammond to the county and regional championships in indoor track as a senior... An 11-time Scholar Athlete Award recipient... A member of the National Honor Society and the editor of Hammond's school newspaper, The Bear Press, from 2010-2011.

Personal: Daughter of Sean and Sherry Dawson... Majoring in information systems... Born Aug. 4, 1994.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2013Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2014Junior

    5'5"
  • 2015Senior

    5'5"
Land Acknowledgement
UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. Learn more about this statement here.