A year after missing the entire 2015 season due to injury, heptathlete Matthew Dickerson Jr. ’16 represented Wabash College at the 2016 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, finishing fifth, setting a new school record, and earning All-America honors.
Dickerson is the first Wabash man to qualify for the national championship meet in the heptathlon.
"To cap this season by going to Nationals, that was my dream," Dickerson says. "This has been a redemption year for me. The injury was frustrating, but Coach Morgan explained that sometimes the best lessons are the ones we learn when we can't compete."
“He’s one of the nicest guys I know, and sometimes that’s his Kryptonite,” says Head Track and Field Coach Clyde Morgan. “He can’t focus too much because he’ll get too serious. I joke with him and say, ‘You need to lose focus.’ I’m happy that this worked out for him. He’s really worked for it.”