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2010-11 Track and Field

John Dingus

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Mission Viejo, Calif.
  • Highschool Tesoro

Biography

Honors and Awards
Hennessey Mile Relay Award (2009)
Westmore Wilcox 440 Award (2009)

Personal Bests
200 meters - 22.39
400 meters - 48.19
500 meters - 1:04.19

2009-10
Finished fourth in the 800 meter run at the Paul TurnerHarvard Select Meet with a time of 1:56.94 ... Came in third in the500 meter run at the Terrier Invitational with a time of 1:04.09... Took second at the Battle of Beantown with a time of 48.68 inthe 400 meter dash and also placed second at the HYP meet in the500 meter dash with a time of 1:05.50 … Helped 4x400 meterrelay team to third place finish at indoor heps and placed secondin the 400 with a time of 48.81 … Placed fifth in the 400 atUCF Invitational, posting a time of 48.33 … Captured thetitle at the Brown Outdoor Invitational with a time of 48.23 in the400 … Placed third at outdoor Heps in the 400 with a time of48.65.

2008-09
Broke the indoor school record in the 400 meters at the TerrierInvitational ... Finished fifth in the 500 meter run at the IndoorHeptagonal Championships and was part of the fourth place milerelay team ... Finished eighth in the 400 at the IC4A IndoorChampionships, lowering his own school record to 48.19 seconds ...Won the 500 meter run at the Harvard Open. ... Was part of the4x400 meter relay winning team at the Husky Winter Carnival and theBattle of Beantown ... Finished third in the 400 meters and waspart of the third place mile relay team at the HYP meet ... Amember of the 4x400 meter relay team that placed third a theHeptagonal Championships, with a time of 3:13.59 … Placedfourth in the 400 meters at the Penn Invitational with an outdoorpersonal best time of 48.35 … Competed in the 200 and 400meters at the Victor Lopez Classic, finishing fourth and sixthrespectively … A member of the 4x400 meter relay team at theTSU Relays that achieved an IC4A qualifying team of 3:16.0.

Personal
Competed in cross country and track and field at Tesoro HighSchool ... Received the Most Valuable Varsity Sprinter Award as ajunior ... Captained cross country and track and field teams as asenior ... Named Track and Field MVP as a senior ... Holds schoolrecords in the 200, 400, 800 and 4x400 meter relay ... Won a bronzemedal at the Arcadia Invitational in the 400 as a senior ... Leaguerecord holder in the 400 meters and Orange County record holder inthe 400 ... Class Valedictorian ... National Merit CommendedScholar .. Member of the National Society of High School Scholars... Received the Torch of Excellence Award for Jazz ... PlayedCarnegie Hall with wind ensemble and won a national competition ...Organized “Run for Relief” a cross country fundraiserafter Hurricane Katrina ... Tutored in chemistry and math.