| Robert Griffin |
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Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Copperas Cove, Texas
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| High School:
Copperas Cove
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| Event:
400m Hurdles
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| Birthdate:
02/12/1990
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• 2008 All-American Outdoors (400-Meter Hurdles) • 2008 Midwest Region Champion (400-Meter Hurdles) • 2008 Big 12 Outdoor Champion (400-Meter Hurdles) • NCAA Midwest Region Record Holder (400-Meter Hurdles)
2008: Graduated a semester early from high school to enroll at Baylor in January of 2008 to compete in spring football drills...NCAA All-American in the 400-meter hurdles, placing third with a time of 49.46...Clocked a career-best time of 49.22 to win the Big 12 Outdoor Championships...The time ranks as the third-fastest in Baylor history...Won the NCAA Midwest Region title with a region record time of 49.53...Competed in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, finishing 11th overall with a time of 49.38.
High School: One of nation's top high school sprinters, received 2007 Gatorade Texas Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year award after setting state records in both the 110-(13.55 seconds with a personal best of 13.3) and 300-(35.33 seconds) meter hurdles...His 300 hurdles time was one-hundredth of a second off the national prep record...Also posted a 46.9 personal best in the 400 meters...His time of 49.56 in the 400-meter hurdles ranks as the second-best in prep history...Graduated No. 7 in his senior class.
Personal: Full name is Robert Lee Griffin...Born Feb. 12, 1990, in Japan...Son of Robert Jr. and Jacqueline Griffin...Majoring in economics.
