Thea Dix Class: Junior Hometown: Ellenwood, GA Height: 5-6 Position: Middle Distance/Cross Country Major: Management

Clemson Highlights
2006-07:
Cross Country: Scored for the Tigers in the season's first event...finished 30th at the Gamecock Invitational...had a career-best 5K time of 19:41 at that meet...scored at Gardner-Webb and in the Furman Invitational...team's final scorer at regionals.

2005-2006: Cross Country: Middle distance runner was an asset to the cross country program in her first season running with the team...competed in all six events for Clemson and came close to scoring on multiple occasions...best finish of the season was a 23rd-place showing in the Gamecock Invitational...copmleted that course in 20:02.3...best time of the year was 19:59.73, which was good enough for 62nd-place, at the FSU Invitational...competed in both the ACC Championships and NCAA Southeast Regional for Clemson...missed scoring by a couple spots at the ACC meet.

2004-2005: Outdoor: Did not compete. Indoor: Recorded two of the top four times in the 800m for the Lady Tigers...ran a season-best 2:15.53 at the ACC Championships, finishing 10th in the preliminaries...ran a 2:17.56 at the Clemson Invitational, good enough for a sixth-place finish at the event...had a time of 2:18.65 at the Clemson Twilight meet, second-best at the event behind teammate Sudati Masasu...competed in the mile run at the Kentucky Invitational, she finished with a time of 5:26.18...competed in the distance medley relay at the Clemson Invitational and ACC Championships...had a time of 11:56.49 at the Clemson Invitational.

Cedar Grove High School Highlights: Named Atlanta Track Club's "Track Woman of the Year" for the 800m in 2002 and for the 4x400m in 2001...the 800m Dekalb Country champion in 2004...runner-up in the 1500m at the Youth Nationals in 2003...National Junior Olympic champion in the 1500m in 2003...won the 800m at the Mobile Meet of Champion in 2002...the 2001 Georgia 4A 4x400m state championship team...won the Georgia 4A state title in the 800m...in 2003, won the 800m and 1600m at the Region 7-5A meet...earned the 2004 Cedar Grove High School Outstanding Student-Athlete Award...tabbed MVP of the Jaguar Track Club in 2001, 2002 and 2003...born 11/15/85.

Personal
Born 11/15/85...named to 2005-06 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Best Marks
800m - 2:13.72
Mile - 5:26.18
4000m (XC) - 17:11
5000m (XC) - 19:41
6000m (XC) - 23:09.9