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Dirk Homewood Class: Senior Hometown: Cedar Falls, Iowa High School: Cedar Falls Event: Sprints Honors: 2x All-American, 2x Academic All-American, 6x NCAA Qualifier, 3x MVC Champ, 16x All-MVC

Outdoor Bests: 200m 20.91, 400m 46.10 Indoor Bests: 60m 6.96, 200m 21.15, 400m 46.91

2003: Outdoor - Ran his best time of the season in the 400 at the MUSCO Invitational where he received first place... Won the 200m at the UNI Twilight... Became conference runner-up in the 400m with his time of 46.36... Member of the 4x400 team that captured first place at the MVC Championships, fourth at the Drake Relays, and fourth at the regional meet... Took second place in his heat at the regional meet... Anchored the 4x200 team that broke the school record with their 1:24.37 time at the Drake Relays... Helped the Panthers' 4x100 relay team capture second place at the MVC Championships and second at the MUSCO Invitational... Finished 13th in the nation after his 46.70 time in the 400... Broke another UNI school record as a member of the sprint medley team that finished third with a time of 3:17.27 at the Drake Relays... Named as a first team 2003 Verizon Academic All-District VII and second team Verizon Academic All-American.

Indoor - Leads the Panther squad with the fastest times in the 200, 400 and 600... Won the 200... Broke two school records as well as set personal bests in the ISU Classic, running the 400 in 46.17, which automatically qualified him for nationals, and the 200 in 21.15, which provisionally qualified him for the national meet... Captured first place in the 200 and 60 at the UNI Invitational... Won the 400 at the Panther Classic... Member of the MVC 4x400 championship team that also took first place at the Panther Classic and second at ISU Classic with a school record-breaking time of 3:08.3... Was awarded two firsts at the Valley conference meet, both in the 400 and 4x400, and second place in the 200 with a time of 21.9... Placed first in the 200 at the Panther Open... Finished second in the 600 at the Minnesota Invitational.

2002: Outdoor - Started the season by winning the 400 meter dash in the first outdoor meet ...Captured first place in the 400m dash at the UNI Open ...Won the 400 at the MUSCO Twilight Meet ...Set a meet record with his first-place time of 47.06 at the Missouri Relays ...Broke the school record previously set by Joey Woody by more than half a second and ran an NCAA provisional qualifying time in the 400m dash at the MUSCO Twilight Meet in a time of 46.10 ...Named MVP at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships after finishing first in the 400m dash, second in the 200m dash, and running the third leg of the winning 4x100 relay team ...Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400m dash. Indoor - Was honored as an all-American when his distance medley team finished fourth with a time of 9:33.14, a school record ...Was named Missouri Valley Conference Athlete of the Week ...Won the Open 400 at the UNI-Dome Open ...Came in third at the ISU Holiday Meet ... Won the 200m dash at the Panther Open ...First place finisher out of 36 runners at the UNI Invitational in the 400m dash with a time of 47.65 ...At the MVC indoor championships, was fourth in the 400, and after running a 21.48 NCAA provisional qualifying time in the 200 prelims, he placed third in the finals.

2001: Outdoor - Won the Northern Iowa Open I in the 200m dash with his best time of the season, 21.98...Placed fifth in the 400m dash at the MVC Championships with a season best time of 48.05....Was a pivotal member of the 4x400m relay team that placed third at the conference meet and sixth at the Baldy Castillo Invitational. Indoor - Redshirted.

High School: Named all-state and all-conference...School record holder in the 400m...Lettered in track and basketball... Mississippi Valley Conference all-academic team for basketball...Graduated top in his class with a 4.0 GPA.

Personal: Majoring in Mathematics Education ...Son of Richard and Debra Homewood ...Born 1/21/82.