2023-2024: Indoors – did not compete. Outdoors: Back on the track after an injury that ended his 2023
season, Horatio competed in 6 meets during the season. He ran on the 4x400 relay for ACU at both the
Wes Kittley Invitational and the Corky/Crofoot Invitational in Lubbock – where he ran a collegiate PR
time of 51.15 in the open 400. At the WAC Championships in Orem, UT, Horatio finished in 18 th place in
the 400 – his first time to compete in a conference championship meet for ACU.
2022-2023: Indoors – did not compete. Outdoors – competed in 1 meet in the season, placing 24 th  in the
400 at the Wes Kittley Invitational.
 
Before ACU: Competing for Houston Christian HS, Horatio won the Southwest Preparatory Conference
300 hurdles and placed 4th in the 110 hurdles. With Horatio running the 2nd leg of the 4x400 relay, the
Houston Christian quartet won the SPC title and placed 5th in the Texas Relays Division 1 race. He
ranked #123 in the nation in the 300 hurdles his senior year. He has HS bests of 14.90 in the 110 hurdles
and 38.21 in the 300 hurdles, where he had the #6 fastest time in the nation for a private school
athlete in that event. He also lettered in football in HS. He was the 2-time HS T&F MVP and holds the
school record for the 300H and as a member of the 4x400 relay.
 
Personal: A 2022 graduate of Houston Christian HS. His parents are Horatio and Erica Brooks. He also
has 2 brothers and a sister. At ACU, he is a Political Science major and also was a sophomore class
representative in the ACU Student Government Association in the 2023-24 school year. Horatio has also
been the Vice President with Brothers, Inc. and is a member of Nu Kappa Psi. In 2024-25, Horatio is also
the VP of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and a representative to the WAC SAAC as well. He
has been active as a volunteer with both the Movement Church in Houston and Southern Hills Church of
Christ in Abilene.

Why did you choose ACU? Because of the spiritual aspect and the community at ACU.

What is your favorite thing about ACU? Definitely the community. The people here are what make ACU,
ACU. It has been a great experience.