2022-2023 Track and Field Roster

Dawn Hilton
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-3
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Lakota East High School
TFRRS Profile
2024 Outdoor Track & Field (Sr.)
- Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted
- Racing unattached at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier, placed third in the 100 (12.33) and fourth in the 200 (25.11)
- CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll member
2023-24 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
- Fastest times of the season in the 200 (25.20) and 400 (57.67) both came at the Liberty Open
- Helped the Lady Flames win the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational 4 x 400 in a season-best 3:47.18
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2023 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
- Came in seventh in the ASUN 400 final (personal-best 56.19) and 18th in the 200 prelims, while leading off for the Lady Flames’ second-place 4 x 100 (season-best 45.67, No. 3 in program history) and third-place 4 x 400 (season-best 3:48.04) squads
- Helped Liberty place fifth in the Penn Relays sprint medley relay in 3:59.28 (No. 7 in program history)
- Won two individual events on the year, including the WildCat Track Festival 200 and the Dr. Jack M. Toms Alumni Invitational 400
- ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2022-23 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)
- Came in 12th in the ASUN 60 prelims (season-best 7.77), while placing second in the distance medley relay (11:42.50, No. 3 in program history) and third in the 4 x 400 relay (season-best 3:48.57)
- Clocked a 58.88 400 at the Bob Pollock Invitational
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2022 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
- Led off for the Lady Flames' third-place ASUN 4 x 100 relay squad (season-best 45.84) and placed 16th in the 100
- Clocked a personal-best 12.30 for third place in the Liberty Twilight Qualifier 100 final
- VaSID Second Team All-State (4 x 100 relay)
- ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (R-Fr.)
- For the second year in a row, ran well at the Brant Tolsma Invitational, clocking times of 25.81 (200) and 1:00.12 (400)
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2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
- Placed eighth in the ASUN 400 (season-best 59.60) and ninth in the 200 (season-best 25.12)
- Fastest 100 of the season was 12.47 at the Virginia Grand Prix
- ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2021 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
- Best performances of the season came at the Brant Tolsma Invitational, where she finished third in the 60 (8.01) and sixth in the 200 (25.94)
Prep
- Graduated from Lakota East High School
- Helped her team win the Ohio Division I outdoor track & field team state title as a junior with a victory in the 4 x 100 relay (state-record 45.82) and runner-up finish in the 4 x 200 (1:39.32)
- Clocked 12.3 in the 100 dash
Personal
- Daughter of John and Shirletta Hilton
- Brother Justin played baseball at Kentucky Christian
- Cousin T.Y. Hilton is an NFL wide receiver
- Cousin Larry Southall played football at Urbana
- Birthday is July 3
- Graduated in 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in pre-law
- Currently working toward a juris master degree