Bobby Russ
Bobby Russ
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Wauwatosa, Wis.
  • High School:
    Wauwatosa East
  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Major:
    Athletic Training, Pre-Physical Therapy
  • Indoor/Outdoor:
    Indoor/Outdoor

Bio

2015 Season (Freshman): Competed in the 55, 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes, as well as various relays and the javelin throw...INDOOR: Placed sixth in the 400-meter dash at the NACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 28), running a PR time of 53.30...Posted a season-best 7.08 in the 55 at the Tadd Metzger Invite (Jan. 30)...Was a part of the 4X400 team that ran a 3:34.30 at the UW-Platteville Invitational (Feb. 14)...OUTDOOR: Ran on the 4X400 team at the NACC Outdoor Championships (May 1-2), helping them to a fourth-place finish and a time of 3:31.31...Posted a PR of 11.92 in the 100 at the Augustana Meet of Champions (Apr. 18)...Ran a PR time of 24.05 in the 200 at the Rhodes Invitational (Mar. 20-21)...Tossed 39.19 in the javelin at the Benedictine Invitational (Apr. 11), good for a PR.

High School (Wauwatosa East High School): Lettered in soccer, baseball and basketball...Three-time All-Conference selection, twice honorable mention and once second team in soccer...Earned four letters...Team won regional championship senior year...Recorded assist in the 1-0 regional final win over Brookfield Central...Also lettered twice in baseball and once in basketball...Club Team was FC Milwaukee Academy.

Personal: Son of Steve and Michelle...Has one older sister, Ari and two younger sisters, Lizzy and Tessa...Great Uncle Archie Kodros was an All-American football player at the University of Michigan and drafted by the Green Bay Packers...Great Grandpa, Gus Kodros played at the University of Purdue.