Dylan Dimock '13 Recruiting Profile

My name is Dylan Dimock and I am a 5'11" 170 pound 400m hurdler/ 400m runner from Toronto, Ontario Canada. Last July I had the honour to represent my country in the 2011 World Youth Championship. Going in to the championship I had little experience with going up against fast hurdlers my age. Prior to worlds the largest scale of competition I have been to was Legion Youth Nationals twice. In 2009 I ran against the top fifteen year olds in the country and placed second in the 400m (52.35 PR), the 300m hurdles (40.75) and the medley relay. In 2010 I ran against the top ranked sixteen and seventeen year olds in the country, as a sixteen year old I placed 5th in the 400 (50.11 PR) and 5th in the 300m hurdles (39.17). At the World Youth Championship I placed seventeenth and set a new Canadian Youth Record at 52.76 in the heat. I am proud of my accomplishments and would have not trade the experience for the world.

I feel that my successes has much to do with my work ethic. Since I first started taking running seriously in my freshmen year at high school I was hooked. The grade nine track program at Father John Redmond was run by a cross country based coach so recovery was always minimal and workouts were long. I would do a cross country workout after school then a faster type of workout at the track then weights, this was repeated often six days a week for my freshmen track season. I learned how to jump hurdles myself and starting blocks were never a part of practice. On average I would get home at nine o'clock from the track, but I did not mind because I knew this is what must be done to reach my full potential. It was tough mentally and physically and I knew I had much more potential. One year later I joined with a new club (Elite Edge) and coach (Desai Williams) who was much more knowledgeable. After maturing, learning from Desai Williams and doing a lot of research about training on my own I realized how improper and dangerous my prior workouts actually were. I would never go back to that type of training. I feel that the experience of being pushed to the point of over- training made me mentally strong. Despite distractions and obligations three years later I still base my daily schedule around my workouts (with the exception of schooling). I refuse to let anything stand in my way of being the best athlete I can be. I feel that my will power makes me a leader and a role model in my community.

Attending school in the United States has always been my dream. At the moment my grade 12 average is 85/ 100. I am not looking for many specific characteristics in a school, I am open to all kinds of college's. The only thing that I want from it is to run for a district one school in the southern half of America and study kinesiology, to one day become a chiropractor.

My short term goals are to next year be blessed with the opportunity to compete at the 2012 World Junior Championships as a eighteen year old and finish better then seventeenth place. Also I hope to break the Ontario high school track record of 51.68 for the 400m Hurdles. My long term goals are to be a competitive force in NCAA Championships in the 400mH and 4x400.