- Class
- High School/Other
- Hometown
- Sophomore
- Fairfax
- Fairfax, Va.
2012 Indoor: Ran a season best mile of 4:09.46 to finish fourth at the VT Final Qualifier … Notched a season best time of 8:14.16 in the 3000 meters at the SPIRE Division I Invitational … Competed at the ACC Championship in the 3000 meters (8:23.57).
2011 Cross Country: Competed in two meets on the season before suffering an injury ... Applied for a medical redshirt … Finished 12th at the Charlotte Invite in a career-best 8k time of 24:45.2 … Was fifth on the team, helping the Hokies to the team title at Charlotte … Placed 23rd at the Clemson Invitational (24:56.1).
2011 Outdoor: Redshirted.
2011 Indoor: Redshirted.
2010 Cross Country: Competed in two meets during the season … Finished seventh at the Hokie Open in the 6k (19:00.43) and 12th at the Charlotte Invite in the 8k (25:14.8).
High School: 2009 Gatorade Virginia Cross Country Runner of the Year ... 2009 National Foot Locker Finalist ...Finished 18th at Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, earning All-South Region honors ... First team All-Region in 1,600- and 3,200-meters during the 2009 track season ... Earned a prep best of 14:54 in the 5,000-meters in cross country
Personal: Son of Kenneth and Donna Dowd ... Sister, Frances, also competes for the Tech cross country and track teams ... Environmental policy and planning major.
| Dowd's Collegiate XC Bests |
| 8k: 24:45.2, Charlotte Invite, 2011 |
| Dowd's Collegiate Track & Field Bests | |
| Indoor | Outdoor |
| Mile: 4:09.46 | |
| 3000m: 8:14.16 | |






