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2011-12 Track & Field Roster

Profile

  • Hurdles
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • The Woodlands, Texas
    Hometown
  • 6'2
    Height
  • College Park
    Previous School
Philip Raaf
Philip Raaf
Hurdles
Position
Senior
Class
The Woodlands, Texas
Hometown

Summary

Biography

• 2011 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2010 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Six-time Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll selection

2011: Earned four top-five finishes in 400-meter hurdles outdoors, including fourth-place run of 54.02 at Mean Green Twilight Invitational...Ran season-best 400-meter hurdle time of 53.95 to place fifth at UTA Bobby Lane Invitational...Finished 19th at Big 12 Championship in 400-meter hurdles with time of 54.48...Ran career-best 800-meter indoor time of 1:54.98 to place 13th at Texas A&M Conference Challenge II...Earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors...Named to fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll and fall Baylor Dean[apos]s List.

2010: Recorded a season-best 400-meter hurdle time of 53.76 to placed 12th at the Texas Invite...Had a season-high finish at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight, placing fifth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 53.77...Finished 16th at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a time of 54.30...Earned first team Academic All-Big 12 honors...Named to the fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll and Baylor Dean[apos]s List with highest GPA on team.

2009: Recorded a season-best time of 52.70 in the 400-meter hurdles to finish fourth overall at the Michael Johnson Classic...Finished 17th at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a time of 53.56...Finished sixth at the Texas Invitational and the LSU Relays...Earned an eighth-place finish at the Drake Relays with a time of 53.13...During the indoor season, finished 10th in the 600 yards at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a time of 1:11.03...Took 15th in the 500 meters with a time of 1:05.05 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational...Season-best time of 50.14 in the 400 meters at the Razorback Invitational...Named to fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll

High School: Three-year letterwinner in track and field at College Park High School...District champion in the 300-meter hurdles as a senior...Finished third at the regional meet...Finished ninth at regionals as a junior...Placed sixth at regionals in the 4x400-meter relay with a school record time of 3:19...Holds a personal-best time of 37.45 in the 300-meter hurdles.

Personal: Full name is Philip Whitson Raaf...Born June 11, 1990, in Corpus Christi, Texas...Son of Dave and Roxi Raaf...Has an older sister, Bethany, and brother, Micah...Undecided on major.