The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2020-21 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Haftu Knight
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- Tyler, Texas
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Robert E. Lee
- Major:
- Strategic Communication - Grad Certificate
COLLEGIATE BESTS & RESULTS VIA TFFRS:
• 2023 All-Region Team - Cross Country
• 2023 All-Big 12 Cross Country Team
• 2022 USTFCCCA All-American - Cross Country
• 2022 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Team
• 2022 All-Region Team - Cross Country
• 2022 All-Big 12 Team - Cross Country
• 2022 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Champion - 10K
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (track)
• 2021 All-Big 12 Team - Cross Country
• 2021 NCAA All-Region Team - Cross Country
• 2021 NCAA South Central Region Champion
2023-24 (Grad)
OUTDOOR: Ran a personal best in the 1500m (3:50.05) and the mile in 4:17.73 at the Texas Relays... Finished the 10K in 28:50.90 at the Bryan Clay Invitational... Ran the 5K at the Payton Jordan Invitational in 14:23.08...
INDOOR: Opened the indoor season at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in the 3,000-meter and finished in 8:16.10... Was the runner-up in the 5000m (14:10.61) and ran the anchor leg of the DMR that finished in 9:41.92 at the Eagle Elite Invite...
Cross Country: Ran a PB in the 5K (14:51.4) and finished fourth overall at the Southwestern-Concordia Opener... Was seventh at the Cowboy Jamboree in the 8K with his time of 24:14.3... Competed in the 8K at the 2023 Nuttycombe Invitational and finished with a time of 25:03.0... Finished 15th at the Big 12 Championships running the 8K with a personal-best time of 23:21.0... Finished ninth at the NCAA South Central Regional in the 10K with his time of 29:39.0... Helped Texas finish seventh at the NCAA Championships running the 10K in 30:22.3.
2022-23 (Senior)
OUTDOOR: Opened his season at the USF Bulls Invitational finishing second in the 1500m with PB time of 3:52.55... Finished second in the mile at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a personal best time of 4:03.32... Championed the 10K at the Mt. Sac Relays with his time of 28:32.53... Broke the Texas record in the 5K with his time of 13:32.23 at the Payton Jordan Invitational... Finished 8th at the Big 12 Championships in the 10K with his time of 30:47.17... Competed in the 10K at the NCAA West Prelims and ran his second-best time of the season at 30:44.13.
INDOOR: Competed in the 3K at the John Thomas Terrier Classic and finished with a time of 8:19.31...Ran the 5K in 13:46.79 at the David Hemery Valentine Invite.. Was the 5K runner-up at the Big 12 Championships with his time of 14:18.75 and finished 9th in the 3K 8:15.82...
Cross Country: Led the Longhorns at the 2022 Cowboy Jamboree with a top-25 finish, finishing 24th, with a nine-second personal-best 8K time of 23:50.0.... Posted a top-10 finish in the men's 8K at the Panorama Farms XC 23 Invitational with a pb time of 23:24.6 to finish eighth overall... Finished eighth at the Big 12 Championships in the 8K with his time of 24:28.4 and earned All-Big 12 Team honors for the second time in his career... Was fifth in the 10K at the NCAA South Central Regional with his time of 30:32.0 and added another All-Region Team honor to his name... Became the 20th-ever Cross Country All American in Texas history with his 27th-place finish at the NCAA Championships, the best individual finish for a Longhorn since 2019 with a 20-second PB (29:27.9) in the 10K.
2021-22 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Finished eighth in the 5000m at the Texas Relays…Won the 3000m in the dual meet against Texas A&M with a time of 8:18.94... Became the No. 2 performer in Texas history in the 10K with his time of 28:30.93 at the Mt. SAC Relays... Was the 10K Big 12 Outdoor Champion and finished sixth in the 5K to help Texas win the team title, while qualifying for the NCAA West Prelims in the 10K
INDOOR: Debuted his indoor season running the No. 2 time in program history in the 5000m with a personal-best time of 13:41.70... Scored three points in the 5000m finishing with a time of 13:46.57 and finished ninth in the 3000m after a time of 8:06.39 at the Big 12 Championships.
Cross Country: Started the 2021 season finishing just shy of first place in the 5K at the Tornado Watch Invitational with a time of 14:59.6 to help the men's team score a perfect 15 points... Was the top men's finished at the Cowboy Jamboree, finishing seventh with his time of 23:54.2, helping the Longhorns finish fourth in the team standings... Helped No. 24 Texas finish sixth overall at the FSU Invite, crossing the finish line first for the Longhorns with his time of 23:28.2... Finished 13th overall, second for Texas, in the 8K at the Big 12 Championships with his time of 24:32.7 to lead the Longhorns to its fourth-straight third place finish... Won the NCAA South Central Region 10K with his time of 30:10.4, helping Texas defend its 2019 team title in the event... Was the second Longhorn to finish the 10K at the NCAA Championships with his personal-best time of 29:47.8 and helping Texas match its best score (14th) since 2013.
2020-21 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Finished fourth in the 10,000-meter with a time of 29:09.13 at the Longhorn Invitational... In the dual meet against Texas A&M, ran a personal-best time of 8:13.93 in the 3000-meter run to finish second... Competed in the 5000-meter run at the Michael Johnson Invitational and finished second with a time of 14:23.19... Scored six points at the Big 12 Championships with a seventh-place finish in the 5000-meter (14:03.00) and and four points with a fifth-place finish in the 10,000-meter (28:53.08)... Reached the 10,000-meter NCAA West Prelims and ran a time of 30:18.23.
INDOOR: Finished 11th in the 3000-meter run at the Wooo Pig Classic with his time of 8:35.32... Ran a personal-best time of 14:02.28 in the 5000-meter to finish seventh at the Tyson Invitational... Competed in the 3000-meter and 5000-meter at the Big 12 Championships and scored two points with his time of 14:30.31 in the latter with a seventh-place finish.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in both cross country meets of the 2020 season... Earned his second career win at the Arturo Barrios Invitational completing the 8K in 23:52.1... Earned his second All-Big 12 honor finishing fourth at the Big 12 Championships in the 8K with a personal-best time of 23:27.0.
Before Texas
- Earned four high school letters in track and field.
- Personal bests in high school: Cross Country (5k): 14:51; 800m: 1:58; 1600m: 4:16; 3200m: 9:11; Track 5k: 14:33; 15k: 48:33.5; Marathon: 1:11.11.
- Four-time cross country district champion and qualifier for Texas 6A regional and state meets.
- Fourth-place finisher in 2017 Texas 6A cross country state championship meet.
- Third-place finisher in 2018 Texas 6A cross country state championship meet.
- Texas 2018 Cross Country All-State First Team member.
- Won the Tyler (Texas) 2018 One-Half Marathon.
- 2018 Christus Cross Country Athlete of the Year.
- 2015 All-District Student of the Month.
- 2015 Lee High School Student of the Month.
