Joey Roberts

Position:
Middle Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
John Marshall
Hometown:
San Antonio, Texas

Career Best: 400 - 47.41 / 47.19 i, 800 - 1:49.46 / 1:49.47 i 2011 (JUNIOR): Broke school record with a 1:49.47 victory at Reveille Invitational, which is currently the World, U.S. and collegiate leading mark for this season ... Also set a career best of 47.19 to place third in 400 at Texas A&M Conference Challenge. 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Led team in the 800 with a pair of personal best marks ... Won Texas Invitational in 1:49.46 after setting a then career best of 1:49.54 as runner-up in Arizona State Invitational ... Set a career best of 47.41 in 400 at Michael Johnson Classic ... Finished fifth at Oregon Pepsi Team Invitational (1:50.99) ... Placed 13th in prelims of Big 12 Championships ... Ran on 4 x 800 relay that set a school record of 7:22.21 to place seventh at Penn Relays ... Part of 4 x 800 crew that finished fourth at Texas Relays in 7:31.11 ... Ran anchor leg of sprint medley relay which placed second at Texas Relays (3:16.42) and fifth at Penn Relays (3:21.37) ... Silver medalist at Big 12 Indoor over 600 yards, running 1:09.52 ... Ran 1:02.36 over 500 meters as runner-up at New Balance Collegiate ... Also posted a 47.36 in 400, finishing fifth at Texas A&M Challenge II ... Over 800m indoors Roberts had a season best of 1:52.38 as runner-up in the Texas dual ... Placed fifth in Reveille Invitational, Texas A&M Invitational and Arkansas Qualifier ... Ran third leg on distance medley relay which posted a season best of 9:49.69 for fifth place at Texas A&M Challenge. 2009 (FRESHMAN): Turned in a career best of 47.60 to finish sixth among collegians at Texas Invite in Austin ... Also sixth (47.86) among collegians at Arizona State ... Runner-up in B division of 400 (48.02) at UCLA ... Placed third at USC and among collegians at LSU Alumni ... Member of 4 x 400 relay that placed second at Big 12 Championships and third at Penn Relays ... Ran third leg of relay that was first among collegians at UCLA ... First leg of 4 x 400 which won Texas Invite and ran second leg of third-place unit at USC ... Also ran on 4 x 400 squads that placed third at LSU Alumni and was third ... Indoors posted a season best of 48.24 for seventh at Big 12 - SEC Challenge. HIGH SCHOOL: 2008 graduate of John Marshall High School in San Antonio ... Member of Mu Alpha Theta math club, Spanish Honors Society and National Honor Society ... Lettered four years in track and cross country, coached by Barry Allen ... Team captain three years in track and two years in cross country ... Established personal bests of 47.91, and a hand-timed 47.7, in the 400 along with a 1:54.32 in the 800 ... Recorded his 47.91 as runner-up in Great Southwest meet ... Placed eighth in 400 as a junior in 2007 State 5A meet with a time of 48.95 ... As a senior, ran on 4 x 200 relay (1:26.55) that placed fourth in 2008 State 5A Championships ... Relay crew placed second in Region I-5A meet and Roberts also ran on fourth place 4x4 (3:20.88) ... In junior season, won the 400 (48.60) and placed second in 800 (1:59.11) in district 28-5A ... Placed second in 400 (48.47) and fourth in 800 (1:56.04) at Region IV-5A in 2007 ... District champion in 400 as a sophomore, disqualified in region final after posting fourth best time in prelim ... Placed fifth in district 400 as a freshman ... Lettered in soccer as a sophomore and junior ... Competed with Columbia track club ... Placed fourth in 800 at AAU Junior Olympics in 2006 and 2007, finished fifth in 2005. PERSONAL: Joey Roberts is the son of Timothy and Stephanie Roberts ... Born April 17, 1990 in Okawa, Japan ... Has a brother, Larry ... Majoring in Aerospace Engineering.