MIZZOU PERSONAL RECORDS
Cross Country
6000m (XC) – 20:55.8 // JK Gold Classic (9/2/17)
Indoor Track & Field
400m Dash – 51.58 // Missouri Invitational (1/20/17)
600m Dash – 1:21.55 // Arkansas Invitational (1/12/18)
800m Run – 1:53.30 // Vanderbilt Invitational (1/20/18)
Outdoor Track & Field
800m Run (OTF) – 1:52.95 // Drake Relays (4/26/18)
2017-18
Season Bests
6000m (XC) – 20:55.8 // JK Gold Classic (9/2)
400m Dash (ITF) – 51.68 // Missouri Collegiate Challenge (2/16)
600m Run (ITF) – 1:21.55 // Arkansas Invitational (1/12)
800m Run (ITF) – 1:53.30 // Vanderbilt Invitational (1/20)
800m Run (OTF) – 1:52.95 // Drake Relays (4/26)
Cross Country – Ran at the JK Gold Classic (Sept. 2) in the 6000m, placing 14th on the team and 66th overall with a time of 20:55.8.
Indoor Track – Began the year with a strong showing at the Missouri Holiday Opener (Dec. 8), placing third in the 600m run with a time of 1:24.54 … Bested that time by posting a new 600m run personal record a month later at the Arkansas Invitational (Jan. 12), 1:21.55, and placing fifth … Continued by setting personal records in both the 400m dash (51.68) and the 800m run (1:53.30) at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge (Feb. 16) and the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 20), respectively … Finished the year by competing at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24) in the 800m run, placing 24th with a time 1:56.99
Outdoor Track – Competed in the 800m run at six meets and placed in the top-12 in four of them … Finished sixth in the 800m run at the Tom Botts Invitational (April 21), posting a time of 1:54.34 … Set a new personal record at the Drake Relays (April 26) with a ninth-place finish and a time of 1:52.95.
2016-17
Season Bests
400m Dash (ITF) – 51.58 // Missouri Invitational (1/20)
600m Dash (ITF) – 1:22.39 // Border Battle (1/7)
800m Run (ITF) – 1:59.38 // Commodore Invitational (1/14)
Cross Country – Redshirted the cross country season
Indoor Track – Made his collegiate debut at the Border Battle (Jan. 7), finishing seventh in the 600m run with a time of 1:22.39 … Finished 11th in the 400m dash at the Missouri Invitational (Jan. 20) with a time of 51.58 … Ran the second leg of the 4000m DMR at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 11), finishing second with a time of 9:57.55 … Finished second in the 600m run at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge (Feb. 17), crossing the finish line at 1:23.93 … Ran the second leg of DMR team that finished ninth at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25) with a time of 9:52.17.
Outdoor Track – Redshirted the outdoor season
HIGH SCHOOL
Bests
800m – 1:55.04
Robert competed for Lakes Community HS … Qualified for state in the 4x400m relay in 2015 and the 800m run in 2016 … Holds the school record for the 800m run, the 4x400m relay and the 4x100m relay … Was part of a team that was sectional champions in 2014, 2015 and 2016 … Helped his team to a sixth-place finish at state in both 2015 and 2016 … Earned the Walter Payton Award and the Prefontain Award in 2015 and 2016, respectively … Part of the Student Athlete Leadership Team in 2015 and 2016 … Named the Principal Scholarship recipient in 2016 … Plans to major in health sciences with an emphasis in wellness at Mizzou.
PERSONAL
Parents are Barbara and Joe