Cecil Rose Class: Senior Hometown: Missouri City, Texas High School: John F. Dulles High School Event: Distance Birthdate: 01/04/1980

Bests: (Indoor) Mile: 4:33.41 (2001); 3000 meter: 8:55.97 (2001); (Outdoor) 1500 meter: 4:30.46 (1999); 5000 meter: 15:44.55 (2000); 3000 meter steeplechase: 9:39.10 (2000)

In 2001 (Junior) (Indoor): Made major cuts again in his career-best times ... dropped his mile time by two seconds ... dropped his 3000 time by 12 seconds ... finished 41st in the 3000 at the Big 12 Indoor with a 9:11.52 ... (Cross Country) Ran in all seven meets for OU last fall ... was one of OU’s top three finishers in two of those meets and was among the top four in the first five of the seven ... finished 81st at the Big 12 Championship ... covered the 10k course in 28:55 ... also competed in the NCAA Regional ... finished 130th with a 34:21 in the 10k event.

In 2000 (Sophomore): (Outdoor): Made huge improvements in his career-best times ... dropped his 5000 meter time by 25 seconds ... finished 34th in the 5000 at the Big 12 Championship ...ran the 3000-meter steeplechase for the first season ... had the best mark on the team ... finished 17th in the Big 12 ... (Indoor): Dropped his career best in both events he competed in ... cut his mile time by 20 seconds ... cut his 3000 best by 40 seconds ... had the best time on the team in the 3000 ... also had the third best time on the team in the mile ... (Cross Country): Ran in all seven events as a sophomore … Finished as one of OU’s top four placers in five of those meets … dropped his 8k time in every race … season best in the 8k was a 28:15 at the Big 12 Championship … cut more than a minute from his first 8k time of the season to his final 8k … ran a 33:52 in the 10k NCAA Regional meet … also an improvement of more than a minute from his previous 10k time at the Arkansas Chile Pepper.

In 1999 (Freshman): (Outdoor) Showed steady improvement throughout the season … bettered his previous performance each time he competed … finished sixth in the 1500 meter at the UCO Relays with a career-best time of 4:30.46 … posted his fastest 5000-meter time of the season (16:09.28) at the Michael Johnson Invitational … (Indoor) Saw limited action in competition … established collegiate career best in the mile (4:55.59) in the OU Classic … registered collegiate career mark in the 3000 (9:35.10) in the Sooner Indoor ... (Cross Country) Finished 17th overall at Arkansas-Little Rock with an 8k time of 30:47 … ran the 8k at ORU in 29:28.33 … ran in four meets in the season … best overall OU finish was third at ORU.

In High School: Regional finalist in cross country and the 3200 meter in 1997 while competing at John F. Dulles High School... AAU finalist in the 1500 meter and the 3000 meter as a junior ... advanced to the southwest finals of the 5000 meter as a junior ... MVP of the cross country team in his junior and senior seasons ... earned three varsity letters in track, two in cross country and one in basketball ... two-time captain of the cross country and track teams ... named to Who’s Who Among American High School Students for two consecutive years.

Personal: Son of Portia Rose ... born 1/4/80 ... majoring in finance ... career plan is to go to law school and practice entertainment or corporate law ... named to the 2000 Big 12 All-Academic track team ... also named to the 2000 Big 12 All-Academic team for cross country ... named the 2000 Prentice Gautt Outstanding African-American Student-Athlete ... received the E.H. Miles Scholarship … is a member of the Black Student Association … former co-president of the freshman action team … a multi-time selection to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll … serving as a track representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Board … was a volunteer at the Renewable Energy and Environment Protection Program at Texas Southern and has served as a YMCA summer camp counselor ... ran for the Dallas Flyers club team.