2018 Track & Field Roster
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Arop, Marco
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Marco Arop
- Position:
- Middle Distance
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Edmonton, Alb.
- High School/Previous School:
- Blessed Oscar Romero HS
Bio
Canadian National Record Holder (Indoor 800m) - 1:45.90
Pan American Games Record Holder (Outdoor 800m) - 1:44.25
MSU Freshman Record Holder (800m) - 1:45.25
School Record Holder (Indoor 800m) - 1:45.90
School Record Holder (Outdoor 800m) - 1:44.25
School Record Holder (Outdoor 4x800m Relay) - 7:14.16
2018 Indoor Second-Team All-American (800m)
2018 Outdoor Second-Team All-SEC (800m)
2018 Outdoor NCAA Runner-Up (800m)
2018 Outdoor First-Team All-American (800m)
2018 Outdoor Athletics Canada Champion (800m)
2018 Outdoor NACAC Championships Silver Medalist (800m)
2018 USTFCCCA Accusplit Relay Award (4x800m)
2019 Indoor Second-Team All-SEC (800m)
2019 Indoor NCAA Runner-Up (800m)
2019 Indoor First-Team All-American (800m)
2019 Outdoor Second-Team All-SEC (800m)
2019 Pan American Games Gold Medalist (800m)
2019 IAAF World Championships Finalist (800m)
2019 Outdoor Season
Canada: Posted the top qualifying time before placing second in the 800m finals at the Athletics Canada Championships (7/27)…won gold at the Pan American Games (8/10), clocking a meet-record and MSU record 1:44.25 in the 800m … advanced to the 800m finals at the IAAF World Championships (9/28) after clocking in at 1:45.07 to place second in his semifinal heat … finished seventh in the world in the finals, running 1:45.78.Mississippi State: Ran the second-fastest time in the nation this season in the 800m and then-second-fastest in the world when he opened his outdoor season with a 1:45.50 to win the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/12) … earned SEC Co-Runner of the Week honors for his performance… competed in the 400m at the National Relays (4/26) … took home a silver medal and scored in the 800m at the SEC Championships (5/11) where he clocked in at 1:46.93 …placed 15th in the 800m at the NCAA East Prelims (5/23).
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2019 Indoor Season
Ran the 4x400m relay and the 400m leg of the distance medley relay at the Blazer Invitational (1/11)… ran on the 4x400m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/19) … won the 800m with a mark of 1:47.63 at the Razorback Invitational (1/26) … ran 1:45.90 in the 800m at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/9) to break both the MSU and Canadian national record in the indoor 800m … finished third in the 800m prelims at the SEC Championships (2/22), running 1:48.96 … earned silver in the 800m at the SEC Championships (2/23), running 1:47.86 in the final to earn Second Team All-SEC honors.Â
2018 Outdoor Season
Canada: Took second in the 400m at the Caltaf Track Classic (6/15) in 47.39… won the Athletics Canada Championships (7/8), defeating school-record-holder McBride by 0.27 seconds in the 800m … finished second to former Bulldog and Canadian record holder Brandon McBride at the NACAC Championships (8/11) … time of 1:46.82 was just 0.68 seconds off McBride’s and helped Canada go 1-2 in the 800m …Â
Mississippi State: Won the sprint medley relay and ran on the second-place 4x400m relay at the Bulldog Relays (3/23) to open the year… ran the third-fastest 4x800m relay in school history (7:22.43) at the Florida Relays (3/31) where he also ran the open 800m … won the 800m at the Tennessee Relays (4/12) where his 4x800m relay team took second … ran the anchor leg of the school-record and Championship of America-winning 4x800m relay at the Penn Relays (4/28) with a time of 7:14.16 … won a silver medal at the SEC Championships (5/13), finishing the 800m in 1:47.45 … was the top qualifier in the 800m out of the NCAA East Prelims (5/25) while breaking his prior personal best and freshman record with a time of 1:46.78 … paired with Dejon Devroe to give MSU two men in the 800m semifinals at the Championships for the first time since 2008 …finished as the National Runner-Up in the 800m at the NCAA Championships (6/8) with an MSU-freshman-record time of 1:45.25, which ranks second in school history … that time also broke the Alberta 800m record …
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2018 Indoor Season
Won his first collegiate 800m in his debut at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/20) with a time of 1:48.21 … named SEC Freshman of the Week for his performance (1/23)… time broke the MSU freshman record, was 17th in the world at the time and garnered him SEC Runner of the Week accolades (2/6) … improved on his then-SEC-leading time in the 800m by turning in a 1:47.62 at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational (2/3) to win the event … ran the 4x400m relay at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/9) … the distance medley relay finished in 9:34.44, the second-fastest time in school history, and the 4x400m relay posted the fifth-fastest time in MSU history at 3:07.33 … ran the 4x400m and the distance medley relays at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/17) … ran on the distance medley relay that posted the third-fastest time in MSU indoor history and scored with a sixth-place finish at the SEC Championships (2/25) where he also placed 13th in the 800m …qualified for the NCAA Championships (3/9) where he finished 11th.Â
Before the Bulldogs
Finished second in the outdoor 800m at the 2017 U20 Pan American Games while eclipsing the meet record set by 1984 Olympic gold medalist Joaquim Cruz with a time of 1:47.08 … won the 2017 Athletics Canada Junior Championships with an 800m time of 1:49.95 … was named the 2017 Athletics Alberta Male Athlete of the Year … ran the 2016 outdoor season for Archbishop Romero High School competing in the 400m and 800m and winning the High School Division 2 Gold title in both.Â
Personal
Born Marco Rau Arop on Sept. 20, 1998 to Rau Komjak Akol and Aluel Laul Deng … has five brothers, Mathang, Chol, Deng, Akol and Agoth … cousin, Mangisto, played basketball at Gonzaga and Indiana State before playing professionally in Europe … majoring in computer science.Â
Collegiate Bests:
Indoor
800m - 1:45.90 (Tiger Paw Invitational - 2/9/2019)Â
Outdoor
400m - 47.39 (Caltaf Classic - 6/16/2018)800m - 1:44.25 (Pan American Games - 8/10/2019)
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