NIL Opportunities

2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships Qualifier

2023 Second-Team All-Big Ten

2023

• Earned Second-Team All-Big Ten honors with his ninth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships (24:38.2)
• Personal-best 10k at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (10th, 30:27.6)
  • Qualified at large for his first NCAA Cross Country Championships
• Placed 157th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (31:07.4)
• Ran the program's seventh-fastest 8k in his win at the Gans Creek Classic (23:48.8)
• Won three races on the year (Illini Open, Gans Creek Classic, Bradley Pink Classic)
  • Only regular season race he didn't win was the Badger Classic where he earned second.

2022

• Placed 45th in the 10k on personal-best (30:30.2) at the NCAA Midwest Region Cross Country Championships
• Placed third in the 6k on personal-best (18:07.0) at the Illini Challenge
• Placed 19th in the 8k on personal-best (24:10.3) at the Gans Creek Classic

2021

• Ran a season best 24:40.9 in the 8k at the Redbird Invite, placing 6th
• Placed 64th in the 5.2 mile at the Big Ten Championships (26:20.6)
• Clocked a 31:34.34 in the 10k at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, finished 47th and was the third Illini to finish

2020-21

• Placed 45th overall at the Big Ten Championships, scoring as the fourth Illini. His time was 25:22.4

2019

• Competed at every meet for the Illini in his freshman campaign, scoring for the team in four of its six meets
• Timed season-best 8K finish of 25:22.9 at the Bradley Pink Classic

High School

• 2x IHSA All-State Cross Country
• NXR 15 place All-Midwest 2018
• HSA 3A Downers Grove North Sectional Champion
• IHSA 3A State Champion Team 2017
• 4th Place team at NXN 2017
• 3x Varsity Track
• 3x Varsity Cross Country

Personal

• Born February 25, 2001
• Son of Dan and Candice Roberts
• Has two siblings, Mason and Hanna
• Chose Illinois because It has a great coaching staff and a really awesome team

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