Faith Dismuke Hometown: Passaic, N.J. High School: Mary Help of Christians Academy Position: Sprints Birthdate: 04/12/1994 Experience: So./So.

On Dismuke: A steadily improving sprinter who is poised for a big sophomore season ... Made great progress over the past year and will be a key contributor for the team ... Has the potential to develop into a consistent BIG EAST scorer.

2012 Outdoor: Qualified for the BIG EAST Championships in the 400 meter hurdles and came in ninth out of 18 runners in the preliminaries at the conference meet with a time of 1:02.16 ... Ran a personal best time of 1:00.94 at the Widener Invitational and paced 18 competitors to win the event ... Finished in 16th place at the ECAC Championship with a time of 1:01.74, her second-fastest of the season ... Earlier in the year came in fifth at the Big Five Invite (1:04.22), eighth at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (1:02.27) and 14th at the Colonial Relays (1:05.73).

2012 Indoor: Had a successful collegiate debut which included helping the Wildcats score points in a pair of relays at the BIG EAST Championships ... Ran the second leg (400 meters) of the distance medley relay at the conference meet and helped Villanova earn All-BIG EAST honors with a runner-up finish ... Produced a split of 57.2 in the DMR and also ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay, in which the Wildcats placed eighth ... Competed individually in the 500 meters at the BIG EAST meet and came in 15th in the preliminaries with a time of 1:16.45 ... Established a personal best and set a meet record in the 500 meters with a time of 1:15.52 in her collegiate debut at the Jack Pyrah Invitational ... Came in 12th in the College section at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational (1:15.57) and was 14th at the Penn State National (1:17.47) ... Set a personal best time of 2:15.04 in the 800 meters with a third place finish at the NYC Gotham Cup.

Mary Help of Christians Academy: Was the Non-Public B group and sectional champion ... First athlete in school history to win a county title ... Named an NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete as a senior ... Member of the National Honor Society and an Honor Roll student.

Personal: Born 4/12/94 ... One of two daughters of Kenny Dismuke and Joy Robertson ... Has a younger sister, Tavia (5).

PERSONAL BESTS

400 Meter Hurdles        59.31                   2013 Penn Relays
500 Meters               1:13.51                 2013 BIG EAST Championships
800 Meters               2:11.57                 2013 Colonial Relays
1000 Meters              2:57.11                 2012 Jack Pyrah Invitational

CAREER AWARDS

All-BIG EAST (Indoor Track)                      2012 (Distance Medley Relay)

BIG EAST TOP 8 FINISHES

Distance Medley Relay    2nd                     2012 Indoor
500 Meters               4th                     2013 Indoor
400 Meter Hurdles        5th                     2013 Outdoor
4x400 Meter Relay        8th                     2012 Indoor