Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
2019 Gibson Invitational Champion (5,000-meter)
2019 Stan Lyons Champion (3,000-meter)
College Bests (following 2020-21 season)
1500m- 4:06.03, 2018 Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational (Outdoor)
Mile- 4:30.10, 2019 Eastern Ilinois Friday Night Special (Indoor)
3000m- 8:43.67, 2021 Pacesetter Sports Invitational
5000m- 15:02.88, 2021 Canderbilt Black & Gold Invitational
Collegiate Results:
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6429874/Butler/Blake__Roberts.html
2019 Cross Country: Helped the Bulldogs to a third-place team finish at the BIG EAST Championships, placing 44th with a time of 27:33.8... Was 12th at the Bulldog Invite with a season-best 8K time of 26:05.8... Had his best finish of the season (sixth) at the Cardinal Classic, trekking the 8K in 26:20.2...Opened his junior season with a life-time best 6K (19:11.7) at the Butler Twilight, finishing 13th.
2018 Cross Country: Placed 37th at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships with a time of 25.59.7 on the 8K course... Ran the Bradley Pink Classic in 26:06.8, landing him 109th place in a field of 39 teams... Saw his highest finish at the Butler Twilight, placing 20th with a time of 20:01.8 on the 6K course.
2017 Cross Country: At the Illini Open, Roberts found himself finishing in 22nd place after running the race in 27:38.3… He placed 105th after posting a 22:55.8 at the Adidas D1 Pre Nationals race… At the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational he finished the race in 27:34.8 and finished in 26th in place… He posted a 26:34.1 at the John McNichols Invitational which led him into 16th place… In his first collegiate race he ran the Butler Open in 19:48.2 and finished in 15th place in the field.
PRIOR TO BUTLER: Four-year letterwinner...All-State as a senior...team captain...multiple all-conference accolades...finished seventh (indoor) and tenth (outdoor) in the 3,200 meters at state championships...top performances in the 5k include times of 17:25, 16:40, 16:25, 16:02...team was 2016 state runner-ups...two-time Academic All-Ohio...four-time Academic All-Conference...high school coach: Mark McConnell.
Son of Rick Roberts and Jane Roberts.
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