2009 Men's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Robinson, Robert

Robert Robinson
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, CA
- High School:
- Santa Monica HS
Bio
2010 (R-SENIOR)
OUTDOOR: Advanced to his first decathlon at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., where he finished 18th with 7,148 points...qualified for his second straight NCAA West Region Championship as a member of the 4x100 relay pool...won his first Big West decathlon championship with school record 7,526 points...high jumped a career-best 6-6 1/4 and ran a lifetime-best :48.53 in the 400 meters as well season-best time of :10.83 in the 100 Meters as part of the Big West Multi-Event Championship...at the conference meet, finished third in the long jump with a lifetime- best of 24-6 1/4...was 11th in qualifying for the 100 meters in a time of :10.94.
INDOOR: Finished as the runner-up in the heptathlon for the second straight year at the MPSF Championship after scoring a career-best 5,540 points...posted career-bests of :8.21 in the 60 hurdles and 24-2 1/2 in the long jump...ran an indoor career-best :7.03 in the 60 meters at the UW Invitational.
2009 (R-JUNIOR)
OUTDOOR: Qualified for his first NCAA West Regional in the 110 meter hurdles...ran a lifetime-best :14.11 in the prelims and narrowly missed advancing to the final...finished third in the decathlon at the Big West Championship with a season-best points total of 6,830...ran a personal-best :10.82 in the 100 meters to score 901 points...also set personal-bests in the 400 meters (:49.59) and high jump (6-3 1/2) during the decathlon...finished third in the Big West in the 110 meter hurdles in a time of :14.23...was also third in the long jump with a personal-best 24-0. 3/4.
INDOOR: Finished as the runner-up in the heptathlon at the MPSF Championship after scoring a season-best 5,363 points...ran indoor lifetime-bests of :7.07 in the 60 meters and 8.32 in the 60 hurdles as part of the heptathlon...posted a personal-best 23-1 3/4 in the long jump at UW Indoor Invitational.
2008 (R-SOPHOMORE)
OUTDOOR: Finished as runner-up in the Big West decathlon for the second consecutive year...posted a career-best
point total of 7,020 points which ranks fifth in Northridge history...won both the 110 meter hurdles (:14.93) and the 400 meters (:50.91) during the decathlon...his 110 hurdle time was a season-best and also posted a caeer-best in the 100 meters with a time of :11.12...also finished fifth in the Big West in the javelin with a career-best throw of 176-10 and was sixth in the long jump with a mark of 22-11 3/4 and qualified for the 110 meter hurdles and 400 meter hurdles but did not reach the event finals.
INDOOR: Scored an indoor personal-best 4,894 points in the heptathlon at the UW Invitational...finished sixth in the heptathlon at the MPSF Championship with 4,859 points...ran a lifetime-best :8.48 in the 60 meter hurdles during the heptathlon.
2007 (R-FRESHMAN)
OUTDOOR: Finished second in the Big West decathlon after scoring a season-best 6,656 points...his point total ranked ninth all-time in Matador history...won the 100 meters, 110 meter hurdles and long jump events during the decathlon...went on to finish fifth in the Big West long jump with a season-best leap of 23-8 3/4.
INDOOR: Finished fourth in the heptathlon at the WAC Indoor Championship scoring an indoor season-best 4,850 points.
2006 (REDSHIRT): Redshirted the indoor and outdoor seasons for the Matadors.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2005 graduate of Santa Monica High School...earned letters in track and field and basketball...competed in the high jump, 400 meters and the 4x400 relay for the Vikings track squad...the basketball team won the Ocean League championship in 2004 and Bay League in 2005...graduated with a 3.34 grade point average.
PERSONAL: Son of Valerie Brooks and Mark Robinson...stepmother is Kathryn Robinson...major is Engineering...has one younger brother, Kolton Walker...favorites include the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, actors Chris Tucker and Halle Berry and “The Karate Kid” ...plays video games in his spare time.
OUTDOOR: Advanced to his first decathlon at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., where he finished 18th with 7,148 points...qualified for his second straight NCAA West Region Championship as a member of the 4x100 relay pool...won his first Big West decathlon championship with school record 7,526 points...high jumped a career-best 6-6 1/4 and ran a lifetime-best :48.53 in the 400 meters as well season-best time of :10.83 in the 100 Meters as part of the Big West Multi-Event Championship...at the conference meet, finished third in the long jump with a lifetime- best of 24-6 1/4...was 11th in qualifying for the 100 meters in a time of :10.94.
INDOOR: Finished as the runner-up in the heptathlon for the second straight year at the MPSF Championship after scoring a career-best 5,540 points...posted career-bests of :8.21 in the 60 hurdles and 24-2 1/2 in the long jump...ran an indoor career-best :7.03 in the 60 meters at the UW Invitational.
2009 (R-JUNIOR)
OUTDOOR: Qualified for his first NCAA West Regional in the 110 meter hurdles...ran a lifetime-best :14.11 in the prelims and narrowly missed advancing to the final...finished third in the decathlon at the Big West Championship with a season-best points total of 6,830...ran a personal-best :10.82 in the 100 meters to score 901 points...also set personal-bests in the 400 meters (:49.59) and high jump (6-3 1/2) during the decathlon...finished third in the Big West in the 110 meter hurdles in a time of :14.23...was also third in the long jump with a personal-best 24-0. 3/4.
INDOOR: Finished as the runner-up in the heptathlon at the MPSF Championship after scoring a season-best 5,363 points...ran indoor lifetime-bests of :7.07 in the 60 meters and 8.32 in the 60 hurdles as part of the heptathlon...posted a personal-best 23-1 3/4 in the long jump at UW Indoor Invitational.
2008 (R-SOPHOMORE)
OUTDOOR: Finished as runner-up in the Big West decathlon for the second consecutive year...posted a career-best
point total of 7,020 points which ranks fifth in Northridge history...won both the 110 meter hurdles (:14.93) and the 400 meters (:50.91) during the decathlon...his 110 hurdle time was a season-best and also posted a caeer-best in the 100 meters with a time of :11.12...also finished fifth in the Big West in the javelin with a career-best throw of 176-10 and was sixth in the long jump with a mark of 22-11 3/4 and qualified for the 110 meter hurdles and 400 meter hurdles but did not reach the event finals.
INDOOR: Scored an indoor personal-best 4,894 points in the heptathlon at the UW Invitational...finished sixth in the heptathlon at the MPSF Championship with 4,859 points...ran a lifetime-best :8.48 in the 60 meter hurdles during the heptathlon.
2007 (R-FRESHMAN)
OUTDOOR: Finished second in the Big West decathlon after scoring a season-best 6,656 points...his point total ranked ninth all-time in Matador history...won the 100 meters, 110 meter hurdles and long jump events during the decathlon...went on to finish fifth in the Big West long jump with a season-best leap of 23-8 3/4.
INDOOR: Finished fourth in the heptathlon at the WAC Indoor Championship scoring an indoor season-best 4,850 points.
2006 (REDSHIRT): Redshirted the indoor and outdoor seasons for the Matadors.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2005 graduate of Santa Monica High School...earned letters in track and field and basketball...competed in the high jump, 400 meters and the 4x400 relay for the Vikings track squad...the basketball team won the Ocean League championship in 2004 and Bay League in 2005...graduated with a 3.34 grade point average.
PERSONAL: Son of Valerie Brooks and Mark Robinson...stepmother is Kathryn Robinson...major is Engineering...has one younger brother, Kolton Walker...favorites include the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, actors Chris Tucker and Halle Berry and “The Karate Kid” ...plays video games in his spare time.
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