2012-13 Cross Country & Track and Field Roster

Rodney Sasse

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Ht./Wt.:
    0-0 / 0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Bentonville, Ark.
  • High School:
    Bentonville HS

Summary

Biography

2013 Outdoor Season:  Ran the 5000m in a time of 16:52.29 to finish 28th at the SBC Championships (May 10)...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll for maintaining a GPA between 3.0 and 3.49.

2012-2013 Indoor Season:  Finished with an indoor career-best time of 15:25.90 in the 5000m to finish third at the Arkansas State Classic (Dec. 2)… Finished 20th with a time of 15:54.44 in the 5000m at the SBC Championships (Feb. 24).

2012 Cross Country Season:  Finished 20th with a season-best time of 26:05.1 in the 8k at the SBC Championships (Oct. 27)… Finished 54th in the 10k with a time of 32:41.1 at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 9)… Finished 31st in the 5k with a time of 16:45.02 at the UALR Invite (Sept. 7).

2012 Outdoor Season:  Finished 10th with a career-best time of 33:05.69 in the 10000m at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (May 11)… Came in 16th with a career-best time of 15:24.53 in the 5000m at the Ole Miss Invitational (March 31)… Turned in the 10th-best time of 9:00.17 to finish second in the 3000m at the Arkansas State Red Wolf Open (April 28).

2011-2012 Indoor Season:  Finished seventh with a time of 9:17.76 in the 3000m at the Arkansas State Kickoff Classic (Dec. 2)… Finished 12th with a season-best time of 9:05.42 in the 3000m at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (Feb. 25).

2011 Outdoor Track Season:  Recorded season-high in the 3,000-meter run at the Memphis Tiger Invitational placing tenth in 9:10.73…Recorded season-high in the 5,000-meter run at the UCA Relays placing eighth in 15:35.38.

2011 Indoor Track Season:  Recorded season-high and highest finish in the 3,000-meter run at the ASU Kickoff Klassic placing seventh in 9:02.26…Recorded season-high in the 5,000-meter run at the Middle Tennessee Invitational placing 11th in 15:44.18…Recorded season-high in the mile at the ASU Invitational placing eighth in 4:33.20…Placed 16th in the 3,000 meters at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships in 9:17.18.

2010 Cross Country Season:  Recorded season-high in the 8K at the Brooks Memphis Twilight in 26:33.88…Recorded season-high in the 10K at the Chile Pepper Festival in 34:21.85…Recorded season-high in the 5K at the UALR Invitational placing 13th in 16:04.48…Placed 12th at the Arkansas Tech Twilight four-mile in 20:51.70.

2010 Indoor and Outdoor Track Seasons:  Redshirted.

2009 Cross Country Season:  Recorded season-highs of 27:09.53 in the 8K at the Greater Louisville Classic and 34:02.32 in the 10K at the Chile Pepper Festival…Placed 28th at the Brooks Memphis Twilight recording a time of 21:09.67 for the four-mile course and helping team to a second place finish.

2009 Outdoor Track Season:  Redshirted.

2009 Indoor Track Season:  Recorded career-high in the mile at the Iowa State Classic placing 48th in 4:32.21...Recorded highest finish in the mile at the McDonald’s Invitational placing 15th in 4:37.69...Recorded career-high and highest finish in the 3,000-meter run at the Sun Belt Championships placing tenth in 8:59.68...Also recorded 19th place finish in the mile in 4:34.09 at the SBC Championships and 25th place finish in the 3,000 meters at the Iowa State Classic.

2008 Cross Country Season:  Recorded career-high in the 8K at the UALR Open recording his highest finish of 16th in 26:53.74 helping the men’s team to a first place finish...Placed 19th at the Arkansas Tech Twilight recording a time of 21:51 for the four mile course and helping the men’s team to a first place finish...Placed 19th at the SLC Pre-Conference Meet 8K in 28:45.00...Placed 37th at the Sun Belt Conference Championships recording a time of 27:37.27 for the 8K and helping the Trojans to a second place finish.

High School:  Competed at Bentonville High School where he lead his track and field team to conference champions in 2007 and earned all-state honors in cross country...At the 2008 7A State Track and Field Meet, competed on the second leg of the 4x800-meter relay team placing fifth in 8:20.49...Placed 13th at the 7A State Cross Country Meet in 16:46.61 over the 5k course...Graduated with honors and was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal:  Son of Ken and Jemcy Sasse...Has one brother, Jeremy, who also competes on the UALR cross country and track team, and one sister, Melanie...Born April 4, 1990 in Jacksonville, Fla....Majoring in pre-pharmacy.

 

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