Johnny Dutch

2009: Indoor and Outdoor NCAA Participant … NCAA Outdoor silver medalist in the 400m hurdles at 48.62 … SEC Outdoor and NCAA East Region champion in the 400m hurdles … U.S. Outdoor Championship silver medalist after running 48.18 to earn a bid to the IAAF World Championships … finished 16th overall at the World Championships in the 400m hurdles … NCAA Indoor bronze medalist in the 60m hurdles at a personal best 7.71 … SEC Outdoor champion in 4x400m relay … Member of relay team that placed fifth at NCAA Outdoor Championships … Placed seventh at SEC Indoors at 7.92 in 60m hurdles … Ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay team that ran a 3:07.83 to finish fourth at NCAA Indoors … SEC Indoor silver medalist in the relay at 3:06.11 … Indoor All-SEC first and second team … Outdoor All-SEC First Team … indoors, finished in the top 10 in every race as a 60m hurdler … took third at the New Balance Collegiate at 7.85 … also ran the 400m at the NCAA Last Chance meet, placing third at 47.57 … outdoors, competed in the 110m and 400m hurdles … specialized in the 400m hurdles where he was ranked No. 1 in the nation the entire season before claiming silver at nationals … claimed first or second in every race except the Penn Relays after a sour start … won SEC title with a time of 48.58 … won the NCAA East Region title at 48.70 … in the 110m hurdles, took sith at the Penn Relays … took fourth at the UNC Elite Meet … ran a season best 13.68 to take fourth at the SEC Outdoor Championships … claimed seventh at the NCAA East Region meet … as a member of the 4x400m relay team, earned gold at the SEC Championships as the second leg … also ran secnod leg for fifth place NCAA Championship meet team.

2008: Competed in 400mH at the US Olympic Trials where he finished fifth at 48.52, setting the South Carolina record and narrowly missing a berth to the Olympic Games in Beijing … earned a silver medal at the World Junior Championships in Poland with a time of 49.25 … took second at USA Junior Nationals at 49.70 … named to indoor and outdoor All-SEC Freshman teams … runner-up at SEC Outdoor Championships in 400mH at 48.68 and fourth in 110mH at 13.63, the highest-scoring freshman in both events … indoors, ran a 7.99 in the 60mH to take the bronze medal at the Millrose Games … battled injury in the middle of the indoor season but ran three qualifying times … ran an indoor best 7.85 at the SEC Indoors in the 60mH and placed seventh in the finals … placed seventh in 400mH at Penn Relays (51.40) … did not participate at NCAA[apos]s due to a strained hamstring but qualified as a member of the mile relay … took silver in 110mH and 400mH at Weems Baskin Relays … took first in 110mH and second in 400mH at Shamrock Invitational … won 11mH (13.85) and 400mH (49.78) at Carolina Classic … South Carolina outdoor rookie of the year.

HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Steve McGill at Clayton High School … named All-American all four years of high school for indoor and outdoor hurdle events and a nine-time state champion in both hurdle events … Won 2006 Nike Outdoor Nationals in 110 meter hurdles junior year (13.54) … won 2007 Nike Indoor Nationals senior year (7.71) … won 2007 Pan American Juniors in 400 meter hurdles (50.87) and 110 meter hurdles (13.47) … Carribean Scholastic Invitational champion … placed second with the USA[apos]s 4x400m team (3:06) … placed second at 2007 Junior Nationals in 400 meter hurdles (50.07) and 110 meter hurdles (13.39) … won 2007 Simplot Games 60 meter hurdles in Idaho … broke national record in 55 meter hurdles at an indoor meet with a time of 7.07.

PERSONAL: Johnny Dominique Dutch was born January 20, 1989 … pursuing a degree in media arts … mother is Deborah Dutch … hobbies include creating films, going to the movies, swimming and jogging … favorite athlete is James Carter … chose USC over Tennessee, Florida and Southern California.