- Dahmar Wartts-Smiles
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Medal record
Dahmar SmilesMen's athletics Competitor for United States Atlantic 10 Track and Field Championships Gold 2011 North Carolina 110 Hurdles Gold 2010 Massachusetts 110 Hurdles Silver 2010 Massachusetts 400 Hurdles Silver 2009 North Carolina 400 Hurdles MPSSAA 3A Outdoor Track and Field Championships Gold 2008 Maryland 110 high hurdles Silver 2008 Maryland 4x200m Relay Bronze 2008 Maryland 300IH Penn Relays Championship of America Bronze 2008 Philadelphia 4x400m Relay National Scholastic Indoor Championships Silver 2008 New York 4x400m Relay MPSSAA 3A Indoor Track and Field Championships Silver 2008 Maryland 500m Silver 2008 Maryland 4x400m Relay Bronze 2008 Maryland 4x800m Relay Maryland 3A Central Regional Indoor Championships Gold 2008 Maryland 55mh Gold 2008 Maryland 500m Gold 2008 Maryland 4x800m Relay Gold 2008 Maryland 4x400m Relay Anne Arundel County Indoor Championships Gold 2008 Maryland 55mh Gold 2008 Maryland 4x800m Relay Gold 2008 Maryland 4x400m Relay Dahmar Maurice Wartts-Smiles, also known as only Dahmar Smiles (born January 3, 1990 in St. Paul, Minnesota), is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the hurdles.
High school
He received 3 medals in the 2008 MPSSAA 3A Outdoor Track and Field championships and was the 110 high hurdle champion running 14.24 tying the #10 All-Time record. He also earned 3 medals at the 2008 MPSSAA 3A Indoor Track and Field championships and helped lead the mustangs to 3 consecutive team state championship titles. He was also a member of the US# 3 2008 high school indoor 4x400m relay team from Meade Senior High School in Fort Meade, MD that placed 2nd at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships making him an NSIC All-American. He was also a member of the same 4x400m relay team that placed 3rd in the 2008 Championship of America at the Penn Relays.
College
Smiles currently runs for Saint Louis University and holds the school records in the 55 meter high hurdles, 60 meter high hurdles, 110 meter high hurdles, and 400 meter hurdles. In his freshmen year he was named Atlantic 10 Track and Field Rookie of the Week a total of 4 times.
At the 2009 Atlantic 10 Track and Field Championships held in Charlotte, N.C. at the Irwin Bell Track and Field Center on the Charlotte campus he finished second in the 400-meter hurdles with a school-record (SLU) time and PR of 53.12. He also finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.72. He advanced to the finals of the event after registering a school-record time (SLU) of 14.65 in the prelims. These performances qualified Smiles to run in the 2009 USA Junior Outdoor Championships making him the first Billiken to qualify in more than one event.
At the 2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Amherst, Mass, Smiles claimed the first conference title of his career in the 110-meter hurdles, posting a school-record time of 14.02, becaming the first male student-athlete to earn a conference title. He also finished second in the 400-meter hurdles at the A-10 meet, becoming the first Billiken to ever claim two All-Conference honors. Smiles along with teammate Brittany Cloudy helped the women's and men's squads to ninth-place showings, the Billikens' best finish since the program's inception.
References
- "Cloudy, Smiles Win Conference Titles". Sports. Saint Louis University. http://www.slubillikens.com/sports/c-track/recaps/050210aaa.html. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Billikens Break 12 School Records at A-10 Track and Field Championships". Sports. Saint Louis University. http://www.slubillikens.com/sports/c-track/recaps/050309aaa.html. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- "2008 HS Indoor Rankings". MileSplit. http://www.milesplit.us/rankings/2008/indoor/hs/m/500m. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- "Dahmar Smiles bio". MileSplit. http://md.milesplit.us/athletes/46614. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- "New Balance Collegiate Invitational". Dyestat. http://www.dyestat.com//?pg=reg12008IndoorNY-New-Balance-Collegiate. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- Little, Carl (2008-05-25). "A Final Run". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/24/AR2008052401963.html. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- "First Team All-Metro". Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/highschool/bal-va.btrack26mar26,0,5780098.story. Retrieved 2008-06-10.[dead link]
- "Meade Wins State Title". Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/highschool/bal-va.track25may25,0,6408994.story. Retrieved 2008-06-10.[dead link]
- "All-State Hurdlers". RunningMaryland. http://www.digitalsports.com/article/type/organization/typeid/1/id/29588.aspx. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- "Justin Murdock and his Meade teammates blow out a 3:16.6 1600 Relay time in Orlando". RunningMaryland. http://www.digitalsports.com/article/type/organization/typeid/1/id/29744.aspx. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
Categories:- 1990 births
- American hurdlers
- Sportspeople from Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Living people
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