Dan Bieber

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Class: Junior Hometown: Cherokee, Iowa High School: Washington

Height: 5-11 Event: 400m

SOPHOMORE (2012): Competed in the 400-meter dash during three indoor meets...clocked a season-best 52.15 at the Air Force Invitational...competed on the 4x400-meter relay team that won the Robert Shine Invitational (3:29.89)...also finished second in the 600-yard run (1:20.74) at that meet...ran the 200-meter dash (23.87, Air Force Team Challenge) and 500-meter dash (1:08.81, Air Force Blue-Silver Open) once...competed in the 400-meter dash during five outdoor meets...posted a season-best 51.32 during fifth-place finish at the Front Range Classic...competed in the 200-meter dash and 800-meter run during two competitions, clocking respective career-best times of 23.15 (Front Range Classic) and 2:02.89, adjusted for altitude (Western State Invitational)...academic all-conference selection...MW Scholar-Athlete.

FRESHMAN (2011): Competed in the 200 and 400-meter dashes during the outdoor season...clocked a career-best 400-meter time of 50.85 at the Colorado Invitational...recorded a personal-best time of 23.40 in the 200-meter dash at the New Mexico Tailwind Invitational...also competed in those two distances during the indoor season...recorded indoor best times of 51.21 (400-meter dash, Air Force Invitational) and 23.79 (200-meter dash, Air Force All-Comers Meet)...academic all-conference selection...MWC Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Washington High School...two-time qualifier to the Iowa State Championships (400-meter dash as a sophomore, 800-meter run as a senior)...coached by renowned track and field coach Lynn Jolly...also played football...named all-district linebacker for Division 2A...earned all-state academic honors in football...named to the 3.5 Honor Roll all four years.

PERSONAL: Full name is Daniel Edward Bieber...goes by Dan or Danny...nicknames are "Biebs"...son of Jim and JoAnn Bieber...has a twin brother, John, who is attending Creighton University...also has one older brother, Philip, who is attending the University of Northern Iowa...majoring in humanities...earning minors in German and Philosophy...future plans includes becoming an intelligence officer...served as Element Leader...graduated in a class of 88 students...hobbies include reading, exercising, playing guitar and deliberating...went on a week-long diplomatic visit to Athens, Greece, over the summer...also participated in a four-week trip to Doha, Qatar...has two relatives that are in the military - Mike Knapp (Enlisted Air Force) and Mike Lowe (Air National Guard)...member of Cadet Squadron 31.