Dawson Sweat - Athlete Of The Year
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Nancy Marks, Reporter
Nancy Marks: MT43 News Secretary and News Editor |
Dawson Sweat - Athlete Of The Year
Nancy Marks, Reporter
Townsend’s Dawson Sweat comes by his athletic ability honestly. He has four sisters and two brothers who are all athletes in their own right as well.
Sweat earned four state track championships in the Class B track meet in Butte on May 27 ending his four-year high school career along with being valedictorian of his 2023 Broadwater High School class. He had played football all four years of high school winning a chance to play on the All-State team and All-Conference game. He also went out for track all four years in school where he was awarded a total of 16 medals.
Sweat is not only an outstanding athlete, he realizes the importance of giving back to his community, which he learned from his family as well. He volunteered in the “Take Down Drugs and Alcohol” program and was a member of the National Honor Society.
All his family is very athletic, so he comes by his ability honestly. Sweat, who was born in Salt Lake City, has lived in small towns all his life. He lived in Wendover, Wyoming until his family moved to Townsend in 2010 when he was in 4th grade. His family moved away during his 5th and 6th grades but moved back to Townsend in his 7th grade.
The middle child of four sisters and two brothers all of whom were athletic. He grew up playing football, basketball and baseball. His older brother, ------- was very encouraging. “He was always pushing me to do better but I would say I have my own self-motivation too. I like to work out in the gym, to keep getting better and stronger,” he said.
His college plans are to attend MSU-Billings where he earned a full-ride scholarship in track and will earn a business degree with the goal of setting up his own business in auto detailing such as ceramic coatings.
This summer Sweat is employed at Ashgrove Cement in Montana City where he works doing equipment and yard maintenance.
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Image 1 Caption: Dawson Sweat at state track meet
