2007 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Kyle Roberts
- Position:
- Hurdles/Sprints
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Hutchinson, Kan.
2007 OUTDOOR:
Finished seventh at Mideast Regional with time of 52.17 in the 400-meter hurdles, notching all-Mideast Region honors ... Posted a personal-best qualifying time of 51.45 in preliminaries of 400-meter dash at SEC Championships and went on to finish in eighth in the finals ... Took 400-meter hurdle title at Mississippi Invitational with time of 52.67... Posted second- place finish in 400-meter hurdles at Bulldog Invitational ... Ran a personal-best 49.40 in the 400-meter dash at Alabama Relays.
AT HUTCHINSON (KAN.) CC:
During the 2006 indoor season at HCC, finished second in the pentathlon ... As a freshman, took third in the indoor pentathlon and second in the outdoor 400-meter hurdles ... His personal best times inculde 47.77 in the 400-meter dash and 52.04 in the 400-meter hurdles ... An athletic academic all-American, named to Who’s Who Among American Junior Colleges and named to the Dean’s Honor Roll the last three semesters.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Prepped under Bret Eckert at Hutchinson (Kan.) High School ... Qualified for the state track and field meet all four years and was a league and regional champion as a junior and senior ... Team took second overall during junior campaign and won the overall title during senior year ... A two-time state champion in the 300-meter hurdles junior and senior year ... Took second in the 110-meter hurdles both years.
PERSONAL:
Born Kyle Roberts on May 20 in Hutchinson, Kan. ... Son of Ken and Jacque Roberts ... Father played basketball and ran track at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College and sister, Monica Roberts, ran track as well at HCC.
