Oklahoma State University Athletics
2022-23 Women’s Cross Country & Track Roster
Roster
Cayden Dawson
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bixby, Oklahoma
- High School:
- Bixby HS
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/8237627/Oklahoma_State/Cayden_Dawson.html
Personal Bests
1,500 Meters – 4:32.62
Mile – 4:52.69
3,000 Meters – 9:25.83
5,000 Meters – 16:28.38
10,000 Meters – 34:42.98
3K (XC) – 10:25.0
6K (XC) – 20:32.4
Honors and Awards
2024 Cross Country Academic First Team All-Big 12
2024 Track & Field Academic First Team All-Big 12
2023 Cross Country Academic First Team All-Big 12
2023 Cross Country All-Region
2025 Indoors
Competed once during the indoor season at the Razorback Invitational.
2024 Cross Country
Placed 23rd at the Cowboy Jamboree in her lone appearance.
2024 Outdoors
Opened her outdoor season with a personal-best time of 34:42.98 at the Stanford Invitational in California… Finished third overall in the 5,000 Meters at the John McDonnell with a time of 16:51.49… Ran in both the 5K and 10K at the Big 12 Championships.
2024 Indoors
Competed twice during the indoor season, setting a new personal best in the Mile with her time of 4:52.69 at the Razorback Invitational in January.
2023 Cross Country
Was the only Cowgirl to compete in all five cross country meets during the 2023 season, scoring in four of them… Opened the season leading the Cowgirls with her fifth-place finish at the Cowboy Preview… Her time of 10:25.4 was the fourth-fastest 3K time in program history on the grass… Dawson followed up that performance with a fourth-place finish at the Cowboy Jamboree, helping the Cowgirls to a near-perfect score of 16… Set a new personal best 6K time on the grass with her mark of 20:32.4 as she finished 21st overall… One of seven Cowgirls to earn All-Region honors as she took home a tenth-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional, scoring for the Cowgirls as they took home their second consecutive regional title… Was the fifth and final scoring finisher for the Cowgirls at the NCAA Championships, finishing 100th overall as the Cowgirls earned their best team finish in program history in third.
2023 Outdoors
Ran in three meets outdoors across two separate events… Ran a personal-best time of 16:28.38 in the 5,000 Meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational… Dropped another personal best two weeks later at the Arkansas Twilight in the 1,500 Meters… Finished 12th overall in her first postseason competition at the Big 12 Championships.
2023 Indoors
Competed in three meets during the indoor season… Ran a personal-best time of 9:25.83 in the 3,000 Meters in Boston… Completed another personal best in the Mile at the Husky Classic in Washington.
2022 Cross Country
Appeared in two meets as an unattached runner but showed her talent in both races… Placed 53rd in the Cowboy Jamboree with a 6K time of 21:20.8… Bested that mark at the Weis-Crockett Invitational, where she was the first unattached runner across the board with a 13th-place finish and tabbed a 21:09.3 finish.
High School
Attended Bixby High School in Bixby, Okla… Lettered four years in cross country and track… Was the 3200 Meter state champion… Earned All-State and All-Conference honors and was named a Second Team All-American in cross country… Also participated in power tumbling and trampoline for seven years.
Personal
Daughter of Tome and Nicole Dawson… Sibling to Zachary and Xander Dawson… Born in Maryland… Studying allied health science.
