Robert Dennis

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Robert Dennis
200 meters
College teamWest Virginia University track and field
University of Louisville football
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 010.28 s (Pennsylvania 1997)
200m: 020.58 s (Virginia 1998)

Robert Henry Dennis III (born May 1, 1975, in

Washington, DC
.

College and professional career

While competing for West Virginia University Dennis became the university's first Male Big East Conference Track & Field champion when he won the 100 and 200 meter events at the Conference Championships in May 1997. [1] Also, he was awarded the Most Outstanding Male Track Athlete Award at the 1997 Big East Outdoor Championships. He completed his collegiate career with multiple conference titles: Big East Conference champion in the 100 meter (1997, 1998) and 200 meter (1997), IC4A conference titles in the 100 meter (1996, 1997) and 200 meter (1997), and finished in the top 15 at the NCAA outdoor Track & Field Championship (1997 (100m), 1998 (200m)).

Dennis represented

Athens, Greece. His personal best time in the 100 meter are 10.28 seconds, achieved in May 1997 in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and in the 200 meter with a best time of 20.58 seconds in June 1998 in Fairfax, Virginia.[2]

Dennis attributes much of his athletic success to his training with

The Stable
and his high school coach and mentor Henry Brady.

Early years

Dennis was raised in

Morgantown, WV
where he pursued an outstanding and successful track career, leaving the football field behind.

References

  1. ^ Ken R. Wells. "Liberian americans". everyculture.com. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  2. International Association of Athletics Federations
    . Retrieved January 28, 2015.

External links

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