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 Robert Quiroga
Robert Quiroga
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
San Antonio, Texas
High School:
Holmes
Height:
6-2
Event:
400
Birthdate:
02/07/1982
Experience:
3L
2003: Was the second leg of the Bears' Big 12 indoor champion 4x400 relay team that clocked a 3:08.56...The squad clocked a season-best 3:07.79 at the Red Raider Classic (1/25)...Also a member of the Big 12 indoor champion distance medley relay team that finished with a time of 9:50.23...Finished 10th at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/28) in the 400 meters with a time of 48.89...Ran a season-best 47.86 at the Tyson Invitational (2/14) to finish 11th...Was the second leg of the Bears' Big 12 outdoor champion 4x400 relay team that ran a 3:03.90...Ran a season-best 48.41 to finish 16th in the 400 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/19)...Was the Bears' leading receiver in 2003 with 42 catches for 490 yards and four TD...Also returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, including a school-record 100-yard return vs. Kansas State (11/1)...Earned first-team all-Big 12 honors and was selected to every major Texas newspapers' all-Big 12 squads.

2002: Earned All-America honors running the second leg of the 4x400 relay team that took second place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/1), clocking a season-best 3:02.41...Ran the third leg for the 4x400 squad that finished second at the Texas Relays (4/6)...Also ran on 4x400 squads that won the Michael Johnson Classic (4/20) and the UTSA Relays (3/16)...Member of 4x200 relay team that took third at the UTSA Relays (1:26.27)...Finished ninth in the 400 (47.66) and 12th in the 200 (21.70) at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/19)...Competed in the individual 400 in seven outdoor and five indoor meets...Clocked an indoor-best individual 400 time of 48.79... Finished as Bears' second-leading receiver in 2002 with 49 catches for 556 yards and one touchdown.

2001: Ran the 200 meters and the 400 meters as a freshman at Baylor...Recorded a season-best time of 49.02 in the 400 to place sixth at the Tellez Invitational (3/31)...Posted times of 49.24 at the Texas Invitational and 49.80 at the Michael Johnson Classic (4/21)...Clocked 50.14 twice during the outdoor season at the UTSA Relays (3/17) and at the Texas A&M Invitational (5/10)...Recorded a time of 49.85 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/24)...Turned in a season-best time of 21.90 in the 200 at the Texas Invitational...Finished 11th at the Tellez Invitational (3/31) with a 22.16 mark in the 200.

High School: Lettered in track and football at Holmes High School in San Antonio, Texas...Ran anchor leg of Huskies' 1999 Class 5A state champion 4x400-meter relay team with a time of 3:14.10...Earned first-team all-Greater San Antonio honors in football as a senior and was listed among Texas' Top 100 by the San Antonio Express-News.

Personal: Born Feb. 7, 1982 in San Antonio...Son of Robert and Sally Quiroga...Majoring in marketing.