2017-2018 Men's Track Roster
Biography
Personal Records
Cross Country
8,000 meters: 27:11.2 (2017 ECU Pirate Invitational)
Indoor
800 meters: 1:54.25 (2016 South Alabama Invitational)
Mile: 4:35.32 (2017 Jack Pyrah Invitational)
Outdoor
400 Meters: 49.17 (2018 Charlotte Invitational)
800 Meters: 1:50.81 (High School)
5,000 Meters: 16:47 (High School)
2017-18: Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters. Cross Country: Was NSU’s highest finisher at the Cappy Anderson Invitational at Maryland Eastern Shore, placing 15th … Season-best 8K time was 27:11.2, which he ran at the ECU Pirate Invitational … Finished 36th at the MEAC Championships. Indoor: Runner-up in the mile at the Jack Pyrah Invitational (4:35.32) … Notched two top-10 finishes at the VMI Keydet Invitational … Was sixth in the 800 meters (1:56.10) and third as part of the 4x800 relay team … Also finished top-10 in both the 800 (1:54.83, eighth) and the distance medley at Penn State … Sixth in the 800 at the Darius Dixon Invitational (1:55.07) and won the 1,000 meters at the VMI Winter Relays (2:33.80) … Ran a leg on the fifth-place DMR team at the MEAC Indoor Championships … MEAC indoor qualifier in the 800. Outdoor: Placed eighth in the 400 (50.35) and ninth in the 1,500 at the Fred Hardy Invitational (4:19.88) … Ran a leg on the winning 4x200 meter relay team and fifth-place sprint medley relay team at the Colonial Relays … Ran a season-best 800m time of 1:53.30 at the Charlotte Invitational, placing seventh … Secured a top-10 finish in the 400 at Charlotte (49.17) …  Also qualified for the MEAC outdoor meet in the 800 … Ran a leg on NSU’s eighth-place 4x400 relay team at the conference meet.
2017-18: Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters. Cross Country: Was NSU’s highest finisher at the Cappy Anderson Invitational at Maryland Eastern Shore, placing 15th … Season-best 8K time was 27:11.2, which he ran at the ECU Pirate Invitational … Finished 36th at the MEAC Championships. Indoor: Runner-up in the mile at the Jack Pyrah Invitational (4:35.32) … Notched two top-10 finishes at the VMI Keydet Invitational … Was sixth in the 800 meters (1:56.10) and third as part of the 4x800 relay team … Also finished top-10 in both the 800 (1:54.83, eighth) and the distance medley at Penn State … Sixth in the 800 at the Darius Dixon Invitational (1:55.07) and won the 1,000 meters at the VMI Winter Relays (2:33.80) … Ran a leg on the fifth-place DMR team at the MEAC Indoor Championships … MEAC indoor qualifier in the 800. Outdoor: Placed eighth in the 400 (50.35) and ninth in the 1,500 at the Fred Hardy Invitational (4:19.88) … Ran a leg on the winning 4x200 meter relay team and fifth-place sprint medley relay team at the Colonial Relays … Ran a season-best 800m time of 1:53.30 at the Charlotte Invitational, placing seventh … Secured a top-10 finish in the 400 at Charlotte (49.17) …  Also qualified for the MEAC outdoor meet in the 800 … Ran a leg on NSU’s eighth-place 4x400 relay team at the conference meet.
At Troy University: Spent two academic years at Troy, using two seasons of indoor (2016, 2017) and one season of outdoor (2016) eligibility … Did not participate in cross country … As a sophomore, was runner-up in the 800 meters during indoor season at the South Alabama Invitational (1:54.64) … Qualified for the Sun Belt Conference outdoor meet in the 800 in 2016, placing 10th … Collegiate-best in the 800 was a 1:51.07 at the UNF Twilight Meet in 2016, which was good for fourth place.
High School: Six-time All-American in relay events for Western Branch, which was coached by NSU alumnus Claude Toukene … Was the Group 6A state runner-up in the 800 meters as a senior and owns a PR of 1:50.81 … Also as a senior, helped Western Branch win the New Balance Outdoor Nationals championship in the Swedish relay … Lettered all four years in track and cross country.
Personal: Tyson Miguel Robinson was born on Dec. 24, 1996 … Son of Samuel and Tyra Robinson … Majoring in mass communication.
