Austin Roberts

Position:
Distance
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
The Woodlands, Texas
High School:
The Woodlands HS

2025-2026

Cross Country – competed in 5 meets in the fall. Austin finished as the 7th best ACU finisher at the Arturo Barrios Invitational in College Station with a personal best time of 25:17 in the 6K. In the championship season for XC, he finished as the 6th ACU finisher in both the WAC Championship race in Arlington (47th overall) and the South Central Region race in Fayetteville as the 132nd place finisher in a personal record time of 33:54 in the 10K race.

Indoors – competed in 2 meets, finishing 15th in the TAMU Charlie Thomas 3K in a personal best time of 8:40.50. At the WAC indoor Championship, Austin finished 13th in the 5K with a personal record time of 15:14.723 and 19th in the 3K. He also scored points at the meet as he ran a leg on the 5th place 4x400 relay.

Outdoors – did not compete.

2024-2025

Cross Country – competed in 2 XC meets, but did not compete at the WAC XC Championship.

Indoors – did not compete.

Outdoors – competed in 3 meets during the season, highlighted by a 3rd place finish in the War Hawk Classic 5K and finishing 9th in the ACU Wes Kittley Invitational 1500.

Before ACU: Austin missed his entire junior season due to injury but made up for that with a strong senior season. In the fall of his senior season, Austin got 4th in District 13-6A XC, before getting 76th at the 6A state XC meet. In the spring, he finished 5th in the District 13-6A 3200. Earlier in the season, he placed 11th in a college field at the Rice Victor Lopez Classic 3K with a time of 9:03.24 that was the #12 best time in Texas for a HS runner. He also finished 9th in the John Cooper Moonlight Mile 1600 with a time of 4:20.90 that placed him with the #88 best time in the 1600 in Texas.

Personal: A 2024 graduate of The Woodlands HS. At ACU, Austin is a Finance major with a minor in Entrepreneurship. His parents are Angela and Mick Roberts and he has one sister, Rachael.