Ky Robinson Season 2023

TFRRS Performance Profile

Longform feature

• Nov. 16, 2023: Living in the Moment (GoStanford.com)

Video feature

• 2022: Better Together, with Charles Hicks, Cole Sprout (GoStanford.com)

Career Accolades

• Two-time 2023 NCAA outdoor champion (5,000, 10,000)
• Men's Outdoor Track National Athlete of the Year
• Men's Outdoor Track Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• West Region Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year (2023)
• West Region Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year (2023)
• First-team Academic All-American (2023)  
• 10-time All-American
• NCAA West Region cross country champion (2023)
• Pac-12 cross country champion (2023)
• Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year (2023)
• World Championships competitor in T&F and XC
• Stanford school-record holder in the steeplechase and indoor 3,000 and 5,000
• Australia and Oceania under-20 steeplechase record-holder
• West Region XC team champions (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Three-time All-West Region XC (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Pac-12 XC team champions (2020-21, 2022, 2023)
• Three-time All-Pac-12 XC first team (2021, 2022, 2023)
• All-Pac-12 XC second team (2020-21)
• Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Junior Award
• Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Sophomore Award
• USTFCCCA National XC Athlete of the Week (Oct. 17)
• Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year (2023)
• Five-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC 2021, 2022, 2023; T&F 2022, 2023)
• District All-Academic (2023)
• Six-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (XC 2021, 2023; T&F winter 2022, 2023, spring 2022, 2023)

Personal Bests (thru 2023 outdoors)

• 5,000: 13:11.53i
• 3,000 steeplechase: 8:32.01
• 10,000: 27:44.33
• 3,000: 7:42.30i
• Mile: 3:55.87i
• 1,500: 3:42.99
• 800: 1:53.32

As a Senior (2023-24)
Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions * NCAA West Region Champions

• All-American
• Placed personal-best third at NCAA Championships
• West Region Men's Athlete of the Year
• NCAA West Region champion
• Pac-12 champion
• Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year
• Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year
• All-West Region
• First-team All-Pac-12
• Fastest regional time in Sacramento history (10K, 28:55.6)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll  

As a Junior (2022-23)
Outdoors

• NCAA 5,000 champion
• NCAA 10,000 champion
• USTFCCCA Men's Outdoor Track National Athlete of the Year
• USTFCCCA Men's Outdoor Track Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• USTFCCCA West Region Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year
• Scored 20 points to lead Stanford to a third-place NCAA team finish, it's best in 23 years
• Two-time first-team All-American
• Bowerman award semifinalist
• Ran Lausanne Diamond League 5,000 and ran outdoor best 13:20.96 to place 10th
• Time moved him to No. 4 on Stanford's all-time outdoor list
• Won the NCAA West Prelims 5,000 in 13:22.29, the fastest collegiate time of the outdoor season
• Won the Big Meet 800 in a PB 1:53.32
• Second in the Pac-12 1,500 in a PB 3:42.99
• Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Junior Award
• First-team Academic All-American
• USTFCCCA All-Academic
• Academic All-District
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

• Two-time All-American
• First-team All-American in the 5,000, placing seventh at the NCAA Championships
• Second-team All-American in the 3,000, placing 10th at the NCAA Championships
• Broke the Stanford absolute 5,000 record at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston on Dec. 3
• Time of 13:11.53 was the third-fastest indoors in collegiate history
• It also placed him No. 4 in the 5,000, including indoors and outdoors, in Pac-12 history
• Broke the Stanford indoor 3,000 record (any-sized track) with 7:42.30 to win the Ken Shannon Invitational
• The time placed him No. 12 on the all-time collegiate indoor list for all conditions
• Ran his first sub-4 mile (3:55.87) to win the UW Indoor Preview
• The time places him No. 2 on Stanford's all-time indoor mile list
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll 

Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions * West Region Champions

• All-American
• Became a two-time XC All-American by placing 10th at the NCAA Championships, his career best
• Placed 23rd at the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, on Feb. 18 
• Won the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in season debut on Oct. 14
• Set a record on the Thomas Zimmer Championship course of 23:09.9
• USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (Oct. 17)
• All-West Region
• Placed fifth at the NCAA West Regionals
• All-Pac-12 first team
• Placed sixth at the Pac-12 Championships
• USTFCCCA All-Academic

As a Sophomore (2021-22)
Outdoors

• First-team All-American
• Fourth in the 5,000 at the NCAA Championships, in 13:30.23
• World Championships qualifier in the 5,000
• Sixth in 10,000 in a PB 27:44.33 at the Commonwealth Games
• Pac-12 runner-up in the steeplechase and third in the 5,000
• Moved to No. 4 in the 5,000 and No. 4 in the 10,000 on Stanford's all-time outdoor list
• Moved to No. 8 in the 10,000 on Pac-12's all-time list
• Qualified for NCAA's eighth in the NCAA West Prelims in the 5,000
• Broke Stanford Invitational 5,000 record, winning in 13:23.61
• In his 10,000 debut, ran 27:47.11 to place sixth at the Payton Jordan Invite
• The time placed him No. 4 in Stanford history and No. 8 in Pac-12 history
• Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Sophomore Award
• USTFCCCA All-Academic team
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

• First-team All-American in the 5,000
• Placed second in the 5,000 at the NCAA Championships in a PB 13:20.17,
• The time made him the 13th-fastest 5,000 performer indoors in collegiate history
• No. 4 on Stanford's absolute list and No. 2 indoors
• Broke Dempsey Indoor and Husky Classic record in the 5,000, winning in 13:21.85
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll

Cross Country * West Region Champions

• All-American
• Placed 14th at NCAA Championships, helping Stanford to fifth
• All-West Region
• NCAA West Region team champions
• Placed seventh at NCAA West Regional
• All-Pac-12 first team
• Placed fourth at Pac-12 Championships
• Team's No. 2 runner at all three championship meets
• USTFCCCA All-Academic
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

As a Freshman (2020-21)
Outdoors

• First-team All-American in the steeplechase
• Sixth in the steeplechase at the NCAA Championships  
• Broke 17-year-old school record in the steeplechase (8:32.01)
• Broke freshman school record in the steeplechase five times 
• Twice broke Australia and Oceania under-20 records in the steeplechase
• Third in the steeplechase at Pac-12 Championships
• Big Meet steeplechase winner

Indoors

• Did not compete

Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions

• All-Pac-12 second team
• Stanford's No. 3 runner at NCAA Championships
• Stanford placed fifth at NCAA's with freshmen in team's top three spots
• Placed eighth at Pac-12 Championships, as Stanford's No. 4 runner
• Made collegiate debut with fourth in the 'B' race at Florida State Winter Classic

International

• Placed 23rd at the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, on Feb. 18, 2023
• Competing for Australia, was the second non-African-born runner in the field
• Made first Australian senior national team appearance at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Ore.
• Finished eighth in his 5,000 heat in 13:27.03, three spots out of an automatic spot and was 19th overall
• Placed sixth in the 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 in a lifetime best 27:44.33 in Birmingham, England

Prior to Stanford

• Captured three Queensland under-18 track titles in 2019, in the 1,500 and 3,000, and 2,000 steeplechase
• Set Queensland meet record in the 2,000 steeplechase
• Placed third in the 1,500 at the Australian national under-18 championships
• Won The Great Public Schools Association of Queensland cross country championship in 2019 by running 18:12 over 6 kilometers
• Set a course record at Brisbane's Limestone Park by 37 seconds
• In August, 2019, placed third in the Australian U18 cross country championships
• Placed fourth in Australian U18 cross country championships in 2018
• In 2020, won the Queensland open title in the 3,000 steeplechase and won the 1,500 in the Queensland U20 final

Career Results