The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2014-15 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Byron Robinson
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Western Branch
- Prev School:
- Penn State
- Hometown:
- Chesapeake, Va.
• 2016 Rio Olympic Games 9th place - 400m Hurdles
• 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Silver Medalist - 400m Hurdles
• 2017, 2016 Big 12 Champion - 400m Hurdles
• 2017, 2016, 2015 USTFCCCA Indoor All-America First Team - 4x400m Relay
• 2016 USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Second Team - 400m
• 2017 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Second Team - 400m Hurdles
TEXAS CAREER RESULTS & BESTS VIA TFRRS
2016-17
Outdoor:
• Defended his Big 12 Championship crown in 400m hurdles, running 49.98
• Ran an NCAA West Preliminary Rounds meet record 48.58 to win and advance to NCAA Championships
• Finished 10th at NCAA Championships
• Clocked new personal best 48.50 to finish 4th at USATF Championships
• Logged a 2nd place finish in the 400m hurdles final at the 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 49.93
• Finished 2nd in the 200m at the Victor Lopez Classic with a time of 21.11
• Was a member of the 4x100 relay team that finished 2nd at the Victor Lopez Classic with a time of 40.02
Indoor:
• Ran a leg of the 4x400 relay that finished 7th at the NCAA Championship with a time of 3:05.88, the 5th-best performance in school history and becoming the first team in school history to finish Top 8 in 3 consecutive years
• Was a member of the 4x400 relay that won the Big 12 Championship with a time of 3:06.08 to secure the overall team title
• Placed 2nd in the 600yd final at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 1:09.54
• Helped set the second-best performance in school history as a member of the 4x400 relay team, finishing 2nd at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 3:04.95
• Finished 4th in the 400m Olympic Invitational at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 46.34
• Was a member of the 4x400 relay that finished 2nd with a time of 3:07.83 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational
• Finished 2nd in the 400m at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational with a time of 46.68
2015-16
Outdoor:
• Finished 3rd in his semifinal heat of the 400m hurdles at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, running a personal-best time of 48.65 seconds and coming just .01 shy of advancing to the final
• Qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in the 400m hurdles with a time of 48.79, finishing 2nd at the USATF Olympic Trials and recording the no. 2 performance in school history
• Finished 1st in 400m hurdles at Big 12 Championships with a time of 49.39
• Won the 400m Hurdles Section A with an NCAA-best time of 49.10 at LSU Alumni Gold
• Was a member of the 4x400 relay team that finished 3rd at LSU Alumni Gold with a final time of 3:06.06
• Member of the 4x400 relay team that finishing 2nd in the Cleburne Price, Jr. Invitational 4x400 relay at Texas Relays with a team time of 3:02.18, breaking the previous school record of 3:03.33 set in 1983
• Won the 400m hurdles invitational at the Texas Relays with a time of 50.48
Indoor:
???????• Member of 4x400 relay team that placed 4th at NCAA Indoor Championships with a team mark of 3:05.26
• Set a school record in the 600yd at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 1:07.99, finishing in 1st place
• Ran a leg of the 4x400 relay final for Texas A, finishing 2nd with a team mark of 3:05.17
• Member of the 4x400 Texas A relay team that won the event with a school record time of 3:04.41 at the Tyson Invitational, which is also the 13th all-time best time in the NCAA
• Was a member of the 4x400 Relay team that finished 2nd at the Power Five Invitational with a school record time of 3:06.36
• Ran a leg in the Distance Medley Relay at the Power Five Invitational, finishing 1st with a facility record of 9:47.12
2014-15
Outdoor:
• Finished 8th in 400m hurdles at Big 12 Championships
• Placed 5th in the 400m hurdles with a personal best time of 50.42 at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, ranks as No. 6 performer in UT history
• Ran leg of 4x400m relay that finished 5th at Texas Relays
• Competed on 4x100m and 4x200m relays at Penn Relays, finishing 5th
Indoor:
• Placed 2nd in 400m at the Arkansas-Texas Dual meet with a time of 47.63
• Ran a 1:10.93 placing 2nd in the 600yd at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet
• Member of the 4x400m relay team that placed 2nd at the Arkansas-Texas Dual meet with a time of 3:25.59
• Took 2nd in 600yd with a personal best time of 1:09.58 at Big 12 Championships
• Member of the 4x400m relay team that earned 2nd place at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 3:07.63 (over-sized)
• Member of the 4x400m relay team that placed 3rd at the NCAA Indoor National meet with a time of 3:06.56
2013-14 (PENN STATE)
Outdoor:
• 3rd place in 400m hurdles at Penn Relays in 51.70 seconds
• Ran leg of 4x400m that won Penn Relays in 3:07.94
• Ran leg of sprint medley relay that finished 2nd at Penn Relays
• Won 400m hurdles at Crimson Tide Invitational with time of 50.75 seconds
• Ran on 4x100m and 4x400m relays that finished 3rd at Crimson Tide Invitational
• 3rd place in 400m at Sun Angel Track Classic in 46.12 seconds
Indoor:
• Helped Penn State win Big Ten Championship, finishing 8th in 400m and running on 4th-place 4x400m relay
• Finished 2nd in 200m at SPIRE NCAA D-1 Invitational in 21.42 seconds
• Ran 21.25 to win 200m at Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup, also ran on winning 4x400m relay
PRIOR TO PENN STATE/TEXAS
• 2013 All-MileStat.com Outdoor Track & Field Boys Hurdler of the Year
• Top performer in the indoor 500m as a senior, 1:04.37 was the No. 3 performance in the country in 2013
• Won 2 events at New Balance Outdoor Nationals in 2013, running as a member of the winning 1000-meter sprint medley and anchoring Western Branch’s 3:11.09 effort to win the championship 4x400
PERSONAL
• Major is Government with a minor in Communication.
