Dahmar Wartts-Smiles

Dahmar Maurice Wartts-Smiles, also known as only Dahmar Smiles (born January 3, 1990 in St. Paul, Minnesota), is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the hurdles.

Smiles competing at the University of Missouri .
Dahmar Wartts-Smiles
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  United States
Atlantic 10 Track and Field Championships
2011 North Carolina110 Hurdles
2010 Massachusetts110 Hurdles
2010 Massachusetts400 Hurdles
2009 North Carolina400 Hurdles
MPSSAA 3A Outdoor Track and Field Championships
2008 Maryland110 high hurdles
2008 Maryland4x200m Relay
2008 Maryland300IH
Penn Relays Championship of America
2008 Philadelphia4x400m Relay
National Scholastic Indoor Championships
2008 New York4x400m Relay
MPSSAA 3A Indoor Track and Field Championships
2008 Maryland500m
2008 Maryland4x400m Relay
2008 Maryland4x800m Relay
Maryland 3A Central Regional Indoor Championships
2008 Maryland55mh
2008 Maryland500m
2008 Maryland4x800m Relay
2008 Maryland4x400m Relay
Anne Arundel County Indoor Championships
2008 Maryland55mh
2008 Maryland4x800m Relay
2008 Maryland4x400m Relay

High school

He received 3 medals in the 2008 MPSSAA 3A Outdoor Track and Field championships and was the 110 high hurdle champion running 14.24 tying the #10 All-Time record. He also earned 3 medals at the 2008 MPSSAA 3A Indoor Track and Field championships and helped lead the mustangs to 3 consecutive team state championship titles. He was also a member of the US# 3 2008 high school indoor 4 × 400 m relay team from Meade Senior High School in Fort Meade, MD that placed 2nd at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships making him an NSIC All-American. He was also a member of the same 4 × 400 m relay team that placed 3rd in the 2008 Championship of America at the Penn Relays.

College

Smiles ran for Saint Louis University and holds the school records in the 55 meter high hurdles, 60 meter high hurdles, 110 meter high hurdles, and 400 meter hurdles. In his freshmen year he was named Atlantic 10 Track and Field Rookie of the Week a total of 4 times.

At the 2009 Atlantic 10 Track and Field Championships held in Charlotte, N.C. at the Irwin Bell Track and Field Center on the Charlotte campus he finished second in the 400-meter hurdles with a school-record (SLU) time and PR of 53.12. He also finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.72. He advanced to the finals of the event after registering a school-record time (SLU) of 14.65 in the prelims. These performances qualified Smiles to run in the 2009 USA Junior Outdoor Championships making him the first Billiken to qualify in more than one event.

At the 2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Amherst, Mass, Smiles claimed the first conference title of his career in the 110-meter hurdles, posting a school-record time of 14.02, becoming the first male student-athlete to earn a conference title. He also finished second in the 400-meter hurdles at the A-10 meet, becoming the first Billiken to ever claim two All-Conference honors. Smiles along with teammate Brittany Cloudy helped the women's and men's squads to ninth-place showings, the Billikens' best finish since the program's inception.

In 2011, Smiles repeated as the Atlantic 10 Conference champion in the 110m hurdles at the Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

References
  • "Cloudy, Smiles Win Conference Titles". Sports. Saint Louis University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
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