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2010-11 Track and Field

Robert Paris

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Venice, Calif.
  • Highschool Santa Monica

Biography

Personal Bests
400 hurdles - 56.32

2009-10
Finished ninth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 52.11 at theDartmouth Relays ... Placed 10th in the 200 meter dash with a timeof 23.67 at the Harvard Invitational ... Participated in the 400meter dash with a time of 51.00 at the Paul Turner Harvard SelectMeet ... Helped 4x440 yard relay team to the Battle of Beantowntitle with a time of 3:19.30 … Posted season-best time of23.34 in the 200 meter dash in a 10th-place finish at the Battle ofBeantown … Helped 4x400 meter relay team to third-placefinish at indoor Heps, posting a time of 3:18.72 … Finishedsixth in the 400 meter hurdles at the Sam Howell Invitational witha time of 55.00 … Also placed sixth in the 400 hurdles atthe Yale Springtime Invitational with a time of 55.38.

2008-09
Member of the distance medley relay team that finished third atthe Indoor Heptagonal Championships ... Finished sixth in the 500meter run with a season best time of 1:07.35 at the Battle ofBeantown ... Placed sixth in the 400 meter and fourth in the 400meter hurdles at the 2009 Maccabiah Games … Competed in the400 meter hurdles for the first time in his collegiate career atthe Victor Lopez Classic, finishing with a time of 56.32.

Personal
Three-year member of the track and field team ... Captained theteam as a senior ... League champion in the 300 meter hurdles andrunner up in the 110 hurdles as a sophomore ... Qualified for theCIF championships in both the 110 and 300 hurdles as a sophomore... Finished seventh in the 300 hurdles at the Div. I CIF meet ...Earned track MVP honors as a sophomore and junior ... Competed inthe Maccabi Games in Vancouver and won gold and silver medals ...Qualified for the CIF championships in the 300 hurdles as a junior... Took second in the 300 hurdles at the Ocean Leaguechampionships and qualified for the CIF championships in that event... Has the second fastest time in the 300 hurdles at Santa MonicaHigh School ... Class Valedictorian candidate ... Member of DeliansNational Honor Society ... Member and Principal Trombonist ofSamohi Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra from 2006-08 ... TwinBrother, Charlie, will play soccer at Yale.