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2017 Cross Country

Paul Roberts

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 0
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Boulder, Colo.
  • Highschool Lyons HS

Biography

CAREER RESULTS 

2016-17 (So.):

XC: All-RMAC First Team after finishing seventh and helping the Pack to fourth at the RMAC Championships (8K - 25:28.3) ... Named RMAC Runner of the Week Sept. 20 after a fourth place finish at the Stegmoller Classic National Preview ... Has finished in the top four in each of his four races leading into the RMAC Championships, which included first place among non-Division I competition at the Colorado State Duals (Sept. 1).

2016-17 (Fr.): USTFCCCA Academic Team Cross Country and Track and Field ... USATF Cross Country Junior Champion ... Named captain for Team USA at the IAAF U20 World Cross Country Championships ... Finished as the top American in the event and 33rd overall.

XC: USTFCCCA All-Region ... All-RMAC Second Team ... Ran a time of 31:25.8 at the NCAA Championships to finish 47th and help the Pack finish 9th ... Finished 14th with a time of 32:04 at the NCAA South Central Regional ... Placed 20th overall at the RMAC Championships with a mark of 26:11.35. 

ITF:

OTF: 

Lyons HS: Roberts was the first male athlete in the history of Colorado cross country to win four individual titles, and he also was part of four team titles...Roberts competed in the smallest classification in Colorado, and his time was the second fastest time at the state meet his freshman and sophomore years and the fastest time on the course his junior and senior years…In December, Roberts ranked 9th in the nation on Dye Stat and 9th on the Saucony Flo Top 50 list on MileSplit…He set a course record at the Rim Rock Farm Classic running 15:10 on Sept. 26…He clocked in a time of 1:58.98 in 800 meter run…Finished in 4:20.93 in 1600 meter run…finished the 3200 meter run in 9:13.55 while with the Lions…Roberts registered a 15:15 time in the Altitude 5K and 14:52 in Regular…Is a four-time all-conference and all-state selection in cross country…Earned all-conference all four years while competing in track...Roberts twice represented the Junior Men''s Team for USATF at the IAAF Cross Country Championships in China and the Great Endiburgh Cross Country Challenge in Scotland...He was 11th at Nike Cross Nationals and 5th at Footlocker in 2016...He was also the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame''s selection as the Colorado High School Male Athlete of the Year (all sports) in 2015.

Personal: Son of Mark and Kim Roberts…Has nine siblings, four brothers and five sisters…Plans to major in Construction Management…His sister, Miriam, competes in both cross country and track for the ThunderWolves…His brother, Andrew, ran XC and Track for Colorado State University and Adams State University and sister, Melissa, ran at Adams State.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2017Sophomore

    5'10"
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