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ANDREW ROCK SPECIAL SECTION
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Biography:
Andrew Rock:
Event: 400m, 4x400m relay
Height: 6-1
Weight: 175
PR: 44.66 (2004)
Born: 01/23/1982 (Marshfield, WI)
Current Residence: Stratford, WI.
High School: Stratford (WI) HS '00
College: UWL (La Crosse, WI) '04
Coach: Mark Guthrie
Agent: Mark Wetmore
Club: Adidas
Career Highlights:
2006 USA Outdoor Champion; 2005 World Outdoor 400m silver medalist,
4x400m relay gold medalist; 2004 Olympic 4x400m relay gold medalist;
2-time NCAA Division III outdoor 400m champion, 17-time NCAA D-III
All-American.
In 2006, Rock continued staking his claim as one of the world's finest
one-lappers with his first USA Outdoor title and another top-five world
ranking by Track & Field News (#4). Rock made his mark on the world
stage in a big way in 2005 with his silver medal winning performance
in the 400 meters at the World Outdoor Championships in Helsinki,
Finland, with a new personal best time of 44.35 seconds. Rock also
added a gold medal to his collection in Helsinki with his performance
on Team USAs 4x400m relay team. Having never previously been world
ranked, Rock ended the 2005 season ranked #3 in the world (#2 U.S.)
by Track & Field News. As a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
student-athlete, Andrew Rock was named to Team USAs 4x400m relay pool
for the 2004 Olympic Games after placing sixth in the mens 400m final
at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials in Sacramento. Rock hit the finish line
in 44.95 seconds in the final and was later selected for the relay pool
by the Team USA coaching staff. He went on to run the third leg for
Team USA in the opening round of competition in Athens, and was later
awarded a gold medal when the U.S. finished first in the final Rock
qualified for the Trials by winning the 400m dash June 5 at the Jim Bush
Southern California Championships, where he set a meet record and
personal best with a winning time of 44.66, breaking the record of
46.29 set by Jerome Davis in 2003. A 2003 and 2004 College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American First
Team selection, Rock won the 400-meter dash and was a member of UW-Ls
national champion 4x400-meter relay at the 2004 NCAA III Outdoor
Championships. He became the sixth student-athlete in NCAA III history
to capture back-to-back national 400-meter outdoor titles with his
winning time of 45.58. Rock, a finance major with a 3.61 grade point
average, finished second in 2001 and 2002 at the NCAA Div. III
Championships. He also earned three career All-America honors in the
outdoor 200-meter dash, finishing eighth in 2001, second in 2002 and
first in 2003. Rock holds nine UW-L (four individual; five relays)
and six WIAC records (three individual; three relays)a finance major
in college.
2006: USA Outdoor Champion (44.45)...1st at adidas Classic
(44.83)...2nd at Reebok Grand Prix (44.82)...2nd at Meeting Gaz de
France Paris Saint-Denis (45.02)...5th at Golden Gala (44.82)...2nd
at London Grand Prix (44.81)...4th at World Athletics Final (44.69)...ranked
#4 in world (#3 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 44.45.
2005: Won silver medal at World Outdoor Champs (44.35PR)...4x100m
relay gold medalist at World Outdoors (2:56.91, lead leg)...3rd at USA
Outdoor Champs (44.70)...2nd at Kingston, JAM (44.75)...ranked #3 in
world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 44.35.
2004: Olympic 4x400m relay gold medalist in running opening round third
leg (44.81) as the team finished in 2:59.306th at U.S. Olympic Trials
(44.95)NCAA Div. III Outdoor champ (45.58)NCAA Div. III Indoor champ
(46.42)NCAA Div. III Outdoor 4x400m relay champ (NCAA record, 3:08.21)
NCAA Div. III Indoor 4x400m champ (anchor, 3:12.79)1st at Jim Bush
Southern California Championships (44.66PR)ranked #7 in U.S. by
T&FNbest of 44.66.
2003: NCAA Div. III Outdoor 400m champ (45.29)... NCAA Outdoor 200m champ
(21.07)... 6th in semifinal at USA Outdoors (46.13)... best of 45.29.
2002: NCAA Div. III Outdoor runner-up (46.08)... NCAA Div. III Indoor
champ (47.47)... 2nd in 200m at NCAA Outdoors (21.21)... bests of 20.91 & 46.08.
2001: 2nd at NCAA Div. III Outdoor Championships (46.52)... best of 46.52.
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