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2000:
Started off the season by winning the all-around competition against
Illinois Chicago with a score of 38.325... Also won the bars against UIC
after posting a 9.825... Scored a 38.750 to win the all-around competition at
the Penn State dual... Scored a 9.825 to win the vaulting competition at Iowa... Also won the all-around at Iowa with a score of 39.250... Set a school
record of 9.950 in the floor exercise at the Illinois State Meet... Also won
the bars with a score of 9.850... Qualified for the all-around at the NCAA
Region 3 Championships... Named Most Outstanding Gymnast and earned the Most
Consistent Beam Routine award.
1999:
* Competed in the all-around in every meet of the season
* Set the
school record in the all-around with a score of 39.350 on March 6 against
Ohio State
* Established four of the top ten all-time scores in the
all-around during the season
* Scored a 9.900 on the uneven bars on
February 21 against Southeast Missouri State to crack the school's top ten
list
* Also appears on the school's top ten list on floor scoring a 9.900
against Minnesota and Ohio State
* Tied or set new career highs in each
event
* Earned Gymnast of the Week honors after leading the Illini to a
then school record team score against Minnesota (194.475). Dixon won two
events and set new career highs in three of five events. She won the
all-around (39.150) and floor exercise (9.900) and set a personal best on
vault with a 9.725
* Named the team's Most Outstanding Gymnast following
the season
1998:
* One of two Illini gymnasts who competed in every event at each meet
*
Cracked into the Illini varsity record book on bars (second - 9.90) and in the
all-around (fifth - 38.975)
* Scored a team-high 9.90 on the bars two times
(vs. Illinois State, 2/28/98; and vs. Southeast Missouri State, 2/14/98)
*
Had two of the team's top five all-around scores with her best effort
coming against Iowa on March 6, 1998 when she scored 38.975 (9.600 - vault;
9.850 - Bars; 9.700 - Beam; 9.250 - Floor)
As a Prep:
* National Bar Champion in 1995 and '96
* USGF National Team
Member
* 1997 Illinois state champion in the all-around
* Illinois
Gymnastics Institute coaches were Todd Gardiner and Kelly Eaton
Personal:
* Was Listed in Who's Who Among America's High School students
*
Graduated from Whitney Young High School in three years with a 4.2 grade
point average
* ESPN aired her bar routine in 1995 and '96 when she won the
national bar title
* Parents are John and Angela Dixon
Career Bests:
Vault: 9.825--March 6, 1999 vs. Ohio State
Bars: 9.900--Three times, Most recent February 21, 1999, at Southeast Missouri State
Beam: 9.775--Two times, Most recent March 27, 1999, at Big Ten Championships
Floor: 9.900--Two times, Most recent March 6, 1999 vs. Ohio State
AA: 39.350--March 6, 1999 vs. Ohio State
