2025 Demon Track and Field Roster

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Robert Norton

  • Position:
    Hurdles/Sprints
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 /
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Trophy Club, Texas
  • Highschool:
    Northwest HS
  • Prev School:
    Southwestern CC

Summary

Biography

2025 Outdoor Season: Ran a season-best 50.26 in the 400-meter dash at the Southland Conference Championships ... finished 13th in the 4000-meter hurdles at the conference meet, clocking a 55.40 ... clocked a season-best 54.89 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Bobcat Invitational ... placed seventh in the 110-meter hurdles at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a time of 16.07 ... posted a time of 55.19 in the 400 hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold ... ran a 55.21 in the 400 hurdles at the Texas Relays ... clocked a 22.62 in the 200-meter dash at the Michael Johnson Invitational ... placed second as a member of the 4x400 relay team at the Pelican Relays, clocking a 3:16.77.
2025 Indoor Season: Competed primarily in the 400-meter dash and 600-yard run ... personal-best 1:14.16 in the 600 at the Gorilla Classic ... posted a season-best 1:14.81 in the 600 at the Stan Scott Invite & Multis ... ran a 50.80 in the 400 dash at the Corky Classic ... clocked a 1:15.38 in the 600 at the Corky Classic.

2024 Outdoor Season: Earned points for NSU in the 400-meter hurdles in the Southland Conference Championships, clocking a season-best 55.12, finishing seventh ... posted a 56.36 in the prelims at the SLC Championships to advance to the finals ... ran a 55.55 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Bobcat Invitational ... clocked a 56.77 in the 400h at the Louisiana Classic to place fifth ... placed third as a member of the 4x400 relay team that clocked a 3:15.83.
2024 Indoor Season: Earned points for NSU at the Southland Conference Championships in both the distance medley relay and as a member of the 4x400 relay team ... finished fourth in the relay with a time of 3:15.23 ... placed seventh in the DMR, clocking a season-best 10:39.57 ... clocked a 1:26.89 in the 600-meters in the season opener at the LSU Purple Tiger ... ran a season-best 50.98 in the 400-meter dash at the Jarvis Scott Open ... member of the 4x400 relay team that posted a season-best time of 3:13 at the Jarvis Scott Open.

Prior to NSU: Transfer from Southwestern Community College … national outdoor championship qualifier in the 400 hurdles, where he holds the school record with a 54.42 … also holds a school record in the sprint med … ran a 50.9 in the 400 in the outdoor (No. 4 all-time) and 50.52 in the outdoor (No. 10 all-time) … clocked a 22.4 in the 200-meter outdoor (No. 9 all-time) … ran a 2:03 in the 800-meters outdoor (No. 14 all-time) … part of a 4x100 outdoor team that is No. 4 all-time … part of a 4x400 team that is No. 5 all-time in outdoor and No. 6 all-time in the indoor … also has collegiate bests of 7.44 (60), 1:24.98 (600), 4:51.05 (1500) and 4:56.57 (mile).
 
High School: Named Versatile Athlete of the Year for the NISD as a senior at Northwest (Texas) High , where he was a member of the 4x400 school record team that ran a 3:19.47 and finished fourth at the regional championships … that 4x400 team also won the area and district championship … ran a 53.2 in the 400 and 2:01 in the 800  … district mile runner-up as a sophomore, running a 4:37 … named NISD Freshman of the Year, running a 5:03 in the mile … member of NHSTV.
 
Personal: Son of Elizabeth and Bill Norton … has four brothers (Kyle, David, Eric and former NSU teammate Brian) and one sister (Emma) … general studies major who would like to become an aquatic director

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Historical Player Information

  • 2024Junior

    Distance
    6'2"
  • 2025Senior

    Hurdles/Sprints
    6'3"