Ht
5'
10"
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Walla Walla,
Washington
Last School
College Place High School
Roster Years
2022
Personal
- Parents are Ron & Judy Rooks
- Major: Civil Engineering
- Mission: Kampala, Uganda & Orem, Utah (2019-21)
- Enjoys basketball, the outdoors and was a member of his high school's choir
- an only child
- Eagle Scout
Before BYU
- Two-time WIAA cross country state champion (2015, 2017)
- 2017 WIAA 1A state champion in the 1600m
- Broke the WIAA 1A state record in the 800m (1:53.56)
- Valedictorian of his graduating class
- H.S. Personal Bests: 1:53.56 (800m), 4:11.40 (mile), 9:20.86 (3200m)
Indoor Personal Bests |
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|---|---|---|
Time |
Event |
Meet |
4:04.10 |
Mile |
2022 Husky Classic |
1:51.76 |
800m |
2022 BYU Indoor II |
Outdoor Personal Bests |
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|---|---|---|
Time |
Event |
Meet |
8:22.56 (No. 2 all-time at BYU) |
3000S |
2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor National Championships |
1:50.90 |
800m |
2019 BYU Robison Invitational |
1500m |
3:44.44 |
2019 Bryan Clay Invitational |
Career Stats
Men's Cross Country Athlete Profile
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2022
Indoor
- Combined with Brandon Garnica, Cortez Ruiz and Joey Nokes to win the 2022 MPSF Men's Distance Medley Relay Championship with a time of 9:48.28.
- Named to MPSF All-Academic Team
- Competed in six meets, recording personal-bests in the mile and 800m.
Outdoor
- First Team All-American with a sixth-place finish in the men's steeplechase at nationals.
- Only a year removed from his full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Climbed to No. 2 all-time at BYU in the men's steeplechase with time of 8:22.56 in the NCAA Division I final on June 10.
- Finished the season ranked No. 6 in the men's steeplechase at 8:22.56.
- Competed in eight meets with three first-place finishes.
Sophmore Year
Junior Year
Senior Year
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year