Robbie Farnham-Rose

Position:
Cross Country/Distance
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Borough Green, England
High School:
Wrotham

Accolades
• Honorable Mention All-American, 1,500 meters (2017)
• Second Team All-SEC, outdoor 1,500 meters (2017)
• NCAA All-South Region, cross country (2016)
• Second Team All-SEC, indoor DMR (2016)
• NCAA All-South Region, 2014 cross country
• SEC All-Freshman Team, 2013 indoor (Mile)
• SEC All-Freshman Team, 2013 outdoor (1,500 meters)

2016-17

2017 Outdoor Season
Finished 23rd in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA Championships on June 7 in 3:50.51 ... finished second in the 1,500 meters at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 13 in a time of 3:53.36 ... advanced to the final with a time of 3:47.76 in the prelims on May 12 ... competed in the 5,000 meters at the SEC Championships but did not finish ... finished fourth in the invitational 5,000 meters at the War Eagle Invitational on April 21 in a personal-best 14:26.25 ... finished eighth in the 1,500 meters at the Brian Clay Invitational in a personal-best 3:41.64, the third-fastest time in school history ... opened the 2017 season with a victory in the 1,500 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational on April 8 in a personal-best 3:45.25.

2017 Indoor Season
Ran the anchor leg on Alabama’s distance medley relay that finished fifth at the SEC Championships on Feb. 25 in 9:46.81 ... finished 14th in the 3,000 meters at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 24 in 8:25.75 ... finished 16th in the invitational mile at the Iowa State Classic in 4:10.40 ... posted his third event victory of the season with a win in the mile at the Bob Pollock Invitational in a time of 4:04.62 ... won the mile at the Auburn Invitational in a time of 4:05.06 ... won the 3,000 meters in a personal-best time of 8:03.68 at the Commodore Invitational on Jan. 14.

2016 Cross Country
Finished 123rd at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in a time of 31:04.3 ... finished third at the NCAA South Regional, and was Alabama’s top runner, in a personal-best time of 30:24.1 ... earned All-South Region honors for his performance ... finished 20th, and was Alabama’s No. 2 runner, at the SEC Championships in a time of 24:54.8 ... finished fifth, and was Alabama’s No. 2 runner at the 8k Crimson Classic in a personal-best time of 24:39.6 ... clocked a time of 24:49.0 at the five-mile Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, finishing as Alabama’s No. 2 runner ... made his 2016 debut at the Chattanooga Powerade Invitational and finished sixth in a personal-best time of 15:33.74, coming in as the Tide’s No. 2 runner over the 5k course.

2015-16
2016 Outdoor Season
Ran a time of 3:51.96 in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA East Regional meet … registered a 1,500-meter preliminary time of 3:46.64 to qualify for the finals in the event where he ran 3:51.11 to finish fourth at the SEC Championships … finished third in the invitational section of the 1,500 meters at the War Eagle Invitational, clocking a personal-best time of 3:44.39 … posted a time of 1:51.13 in the 800 meters at the Battle on the Bayou to finish 10th in the event … ran a time of 3:46.22 in section one of the 1,500 meters at the Stanford Invitational.

2016 Indoor Season
Registered a mile-prelim time of 4:07.82 to finish 11th in the event and ran a leg of the distance medley relay that finished second in 9:38.28 at the SEC Championships … clocked a time of 4:00.92 in the mile to finish fifth at the Iowa State Classic … finished the mile in a time of 4:07.65 to place seventh at the Conference Clash … ran the 3,000 meters in 8:08.77 to finish fifth in the event at the Commodore Indoor Invitational.

2015 Cross Country
Ran a top-25 time of 31:27.01 to place 19th at the NCAA South Regional meet ... crossed the finish line in 43rd place and scored 42 points at the SEC Cross Country Championships with a time of 24:48.60 ... finished the Crimson Classic 8k with a time of 25:45.01 ... finished 20th at the Cowboy Jamboree, recording an 8k time of 26:00.8 ... ran a 4-mile time of 20:07.89 at the Brooks Twilight Classic ... crossed the 5k finish line in a time of 15:56.53 at the Samford Cross Country Opener

2014-15
2015 Outdoor Season
Posted a time of 1:50.50 in the 800 meters to finish eighth at the LSU Invitational … won the 1,500 meters at the Border Clash with a time of 3:44.72 … won the 1,500 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a time of 3:46.58.

2015 Indoor Season
Crossed the mile finish line in 4:03.87 to place third in the mile at the SEC championships after finishing third (4:06.48) in the second heat of the semifinals ... recorded a personal-best mile time of 4:01.34 to win the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational ... won the men’s mile at the Auburn Invitational with a time of 4:03.75.

2014 Cross Country
Led the Alabama men’s team across the finish line at the NCAA South Regional 10k, recording an 18th place finish and a personal best of 30.58 ... finished with a time of 25:50.60 in the Crimson Classic 8k ... clocked an 8k time of 25:06 at the Paul Short Invitational ... won the Asheville Cross Country Carnival with a 25:04.98 8k.

2013-14
2014 Outdoor Season
Did not compete.

2014 Indoor Season
Did not compete.

2013 Cross Country
Did not compete.

2012-13
2013 Outdoor Season
Finished 4th at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a 1,500 meter time of 3:51.46 ... ran on the 4x800-meter relay team at the Drake Relays that came in 6th with a time of 7:33.83 ... won his second event of the outdoor season with a 3:47.55 1,500 meter time at the Crimson Tide Invitational ... won the 1,500 meter race at the Yellow Jacket Invitational, timed at 3:45.47, a new PR ... anchor leg on the winning distance medley relay (1st in 9:51.62) unit at the John Mitchell Alabama Relays.

2013 Indoor Season
Ran best time of the year at the SEC Championships and placed third in the mile with a time of 4:02.34 ... ran in the mile at the Mark Colligan with a time of 4:07.81 and a second-place finish ... added another top-10 finish at the Indiana Relays with a time of 1:53.55 in the 800 meter invitational ... ran a 4:08.04 at the Indiana Relays in the mile invitational, good enough for ninth ... finished third in the mile with a time of 4:11.63 in first collegiate meet of his career at the Auburn Invitational.

2012 Cross Country
Finished 56th at the SEC Championships in a time of 25:30.68 ... made his collegiate cross country debut with a fifth-place finish at the Crimson Classic with a time of 25:37.53.

Prep and Personal
Competed for the Tonbridge Athletic Club in his native England ... ran a personal best of 1:49.61 in the 800 meters to win the BMC Regional Races ... was second in the U20 section of the 1,500 meters at the Aviva England Athletics Championships & World Trials ... was third at the English Schools’ Cross Country Championships ... finished 23rd at the English Junior Cross Country Championships ... son of Robert Farnham and Eileen Rose.