Robert Marshall
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- Height:
- 5-11
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- Weight:
- 185
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- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- High School:
- Middleton
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- Events:
- Sprints
Bio
Personal Bests: 60: 7.11 100: 10.81 200: 22.83
TFRRS Profile (Top performances and meet-by-meet results)
Freshman (2020-21): Competed in 10 meets (four indoor and six outdoor) ... Placed first in the 200-meters (22.11) and second in the 100-meters (10.97) at the HCAC Outdoor Championships ... Member of a 4x100 relay team that placed second the at HCAC Outdoor Championships ... Finished second in the 200-meters (23.07) at the HCAC Indoor Championships ... Ran top 10 times in program history for the 60 (7.11) and 200 meters (23.07) during indoor and the 100 (10.81) and 200 (23.34) during outdoor ... Named HCAC Men's Track Athlete of the Week on April 12 after placing first in both the 100 and 200 at the Blue & Gold Twilight Meet.
Prep: Graduated in 2019 from Middleton High School... Also attended Chamberlain High School... Competed in track and field as a sprinter... Played football for the North Tampa Pride.
Personal: Son of a nurse and school teacher... Mother ran track at Texas A&M University... Majoring in social work with a minor in music... Also a member of the DC football team.
News mentions
After a slow start on day one of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship on Friday, the Defiance College men’s track team had an impressive outing on Saturday, winning two events and finishing 6th out of 10 teams with 54 points. Tawon Cannon and Robert Marshall each claimed event titles.
The Defiance College men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled north to Ann Arbor, Mich. on Saturday to compete in the Legacy Meet hosted by Concordia University Ann Arbor. The Yellow Jackets won two events on the day with Lisa Markau placing first in the women’s 100-meters and the men’s 4x100 relay team winning their race.
The Defiance College track and field teams competed in the Reggie Thomas Classic hosted by Tiffin University on Saturday, with multiple athletes setting new personal bests.
Defiance College freshman sprinter Robert Marshall has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Track Athlete of the Week following his blazing fast performance at Brescia University’s Blue & Gold Twilight meet last Friday evening.
The Defiance College men's track & field team placed fourth out of five teams thanks in large part to sprinter Robert Marshall who placed first in both the 100 and 200 meters. His times in both events are the fastest in the HCAC so far this season.
The Defiance College track & field teams traveled to Owensboro, Ky. on Friday to compete in the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational. Joshua Gaffney placed first in the men’s 400 meters with a time of 52.60 seconds.
The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced the results of its preseason coaches poll for the 2021 outdoor track and field season on Wednesday morning. The Defiance College men’s team was chosen to finished fifth in the conference while the women were picked to finish ninth.
On Saturday the Defiance College men’s and women’s track and field program will begin the 2020-21 outdoor season at the Cedarville Yellowjacket Collegiate Open. This season will be the first outdoor season for Defiance head coach Nathan Christianson, who was hired during the 2019-20 indoor season.
Despite being picked last in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference preseason coaches polls, the Defiance College men's track and field team placed third at the HCAC Championship in Terre Haute, Ind. on Sunday afternoon with a total of 66 points. This is the team's highest finish since 2015 when they placed fourth. Gabriel Melvin won the 60-meters with a time of 6.98 seconds followed closely by teammate Ja'qway Janvier who placed second with a time of 7.02 seconds. Robert Marshall finished second in the 200-meters with a time of 23.07 seconds, a personal best, while Janvier returned to the podium with a third-place finish in the event.
DEFIANCE, Ohio - Three first-place finishes from Ja'qway Janvier set the tone for an impressive outing by the Defiance College track and field teams at the John Hartpence Invitational on Friday evening. Janvier ran the third-fastest time in school history in the 60-meters, clocking in at 6.96 seconds in the finals to win the event. He followed up this record performance by win the 200-meters with a time of 23.48 seconds and also placing first in the long jump with a distance of 5.93m.
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