请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Rob Novak
释义

  1. Running career

     High school  Collegiate  Post-collegiate 

  2. References

{{Infobox athlete
|name = Rob Novak
|image =
|imagesize =
|caption =
| sport = Track
| event = 800 meters, 1500 meters
| nationality = American
|alias =
|club = NYAC
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|3|20}}
|birth_place = Burlington County
|collegeteam = Seton Hall
|height =
|weight =
|turnedpro =
|retired =
|pb = 800 meters: 1:46.01[1]
1500 meters: 3:40.90[1]
|olympics =
|worlds =
|highestranking =
|coaching =
|updated =
|medaltemplates ={{MedalSport | Men’s athletics}}{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}{{MedalCompetition|NACAC U23 Championships}}{{MedalGold|2008 Toluca|800 meters}}
}}Rob Novak (born March 20, 1986) is a runner who specialized in the 800 meters. He represented the United States at the 2008 NACAC U23 Championships, where he placed first overall in the men's 800 meters. He ran at the 2012 US Olympic Trials.[2]

Running career

High school

Novak attended Bordentown Regional High School until he graduated in 2005. In his freshman year, he ran 4:52 in a 1600-meter trial in his gym class.[3] He had a background in American football, in which he played for Bordentown as wide receiver.[3] At one point before high school he was diagnosed with asthma.[4]

Collegiate

Novak attended Seton Hall University with a track scholarship. There he would be coached by John Marshall, who was also an 800-meter runner at Plainfield High School in the 1980s and would go on to compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics. While at college, he was called up by the US national team to compete at the 2008 NACAC U23 Championships in Toluca, Mexico, where he would go on to win the men's 800 meters.

Post-collegiate

After his spell at Seton Hall, Novak trained and competed with New York Athletic Club. He ran sat the 2012 US Olympic Trials and made it to the semi-final round of the men's 800 meters, where he placed 13th of 16 competitors.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/93770|author=All-Athletics|title=Profile of Rob Novak}}
2. ^  Star Ledger & Nj.com: Olympics 2012 USA Track trials: New Jersey runners participating - June 25, 2012
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2005-04-09/sports/25427394_1_elite-middle-distance-runner-bob-erickson-wal-mart|author=Pompey, Keith|title=Tough Road Paves Way to College: Bordentown's Rob Novak is an elite middle-distance runner with a track scholarship to Seton Hall|date=April 9, 2005}}
4. ^  Healthy Magazine: ROB NOVAK RACES TOWARD HIS OLYMPIC DREAM - December 20, 2013
5. ^  USATF: 2012 Olympic Trials Day 3 Results: Men's 800 Meter Run Semi-Final
{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Novak, Rob}}

6 : American male middle-distance runners|1986 births|Living people|People from Bordentown, New Jersey|Sportspeople from Burlington County, New Jersey|Track and field athletes from New Jersey

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/9/29 20:33:43