50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #47

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 800m – 1:54.5
• 1600m – 4:20
• 5k (XC) – 16:06

• 8^th Place – Wayne County
• 2x State Qualifier
• 9^th Place – D1 State 800m
• 3^rd Place – Region 6 800/1600m
• 3^rd Place – KLAA 800m
• 2x 800m State Qualifier

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Adam Dicken	16:36.9	Canton	180.7	MITCA	11-Nov	2023
11	Adam Dicken	16:33.3	Canton	183.2	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Adam Dicken	17:18.0	Canton	167.7	Region 6	28-Oct	2023
11	Adam Dicken	17:17.5	Canton	182.5	KLAA Conference	20-Oct	2023
11	Adam Dicken	16:10.7	Canton	191.1	River Rat Open	13-Oct	2023
11	Adam Dicken	16:20.9	Canton	189.7	Wayne County	7-Oct	2023
11	Adam Dicken	16:18.1	Canton	195.3	Hansons	30-Sep	2023
11	Adam Dicken	16:27.0	Canton	193.7	Spartan	15-Sep	2023
11	Adam Dicken	16:24.6	Canton	189.8	Northwood	9-Sep	2023
11	Adam Dicken	17:07.8	Canton	186.7	Mustang	29-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Adam Dicken	17:51.0	Canton	162.7	Division 1 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Adam Dicken	16:20.2	Canton	186.9	Region 6	29-Oct	2022
10	Adam Dicken	16:44.5	Canton	184.5	KLAA	22-Oct	2022
10	Adam Dicken	16:22.9	Canton	186.4	River Rat Open	14-Oct	2022
10	Adam Dicken	16:23.2	Canton	184.3	Wayne County	8-Oct	2022
10	Adam Dicken	16:23.3	Canton	184.2	Marauder	1-Oct	2022
10	Adam Dicken	16:30.2	Canton	183.3	Jefferson	24-Sep	2022
10	Adam Dicken	16:48.4	Canton	188.9	Spartan	16-Sep	2022
10	Adam Dicken	16:43.8	Canton	186.1	Northwood	10-Sep	2022
10	Adam Dicken	18:35.0	Canton	166.7	Milford	1-Sep	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Adam Dicken	17:52.0	Canton	167.7	Region 6	30-Oct	2021
9	Adam Dicken	17:39.9	Canton	164.7	KLAA Championship	21-Oct	2021
9	Adam Dicken	18:10.4	Canton	164.5	River Rat	15-Oct	2021
9	Adam Dicken	17:52.2	Canton	167.3	Wayne County	9-Oct	2021
9	Adam Dicken	17:49.6	Canton	161.5	Marauder	2-Oct	2021
9	Adam Dicken	18:47.2	Canton	151.3	Jefferson	25-Sep	2021

The Rundown

We should’ve seen it coming. Ratings in the mid-160’s as a freshman, breaking 18:00 multiple times. Having the #9 freshman 1600m time. Racing to the mid-16’s many times as a sophomore. But man, those 800’s sure came out of left field (2:14 to 1:56 in about one calendar year). Starting in his sophomore year of track and extending into this spring, Adam has been on a tear in the 2-lap event. Although he’s missed out on the D1 State podium, I think he’s set the record for most sub-1:57 performances in these last two seasons. He ain’t just a trackster either, also a steady mid-16 guy for a top-5 team in 2023.

How Adam raced in the 1600m may be a good predictor of this fall season. A slew of efforts in the low-4:20’s shows that he’s gained strength, if extrapolated to the 5k, the 15’s shouldn’t be out of the question. With the surrounding depth that Canton has to offer and high aspirations that they have as a group, Dicken should be pushed to his best fall yet.