2019 Track and Field Roster

Raquel Robinson

  • Position High Jump
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool DeSoto HS
  • Hometown DeSoto, Texas

Biography

Personal Records:
Event Outdoor Indoor
High Jump 1.70m 1.71m
Triple Jump 11.76m 11.49m

2018 Outdoor: Three top 10 finishes... Took 10th in the high jump at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships... Cleared season best 1.70m (5-7) at Bobcat Classic to place fourth... Came in fifth in the high jump at the Bobcat Invitational.

2018 Indoor: Six top 10 finishes... Placed eighth with season best clearance of 1.71m (5-7.25) at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships... Jumped season best 11.49m (37-8.5) in the triple jump at the indoor conference meet... Took eighth at the Jaguar Invitational... Placed fourth in the high jump and fifth in the triple jump at the New Mexico Team Invitational (1/27)... Claimed third with clearance of 1.69m (5-6.5) at the Ted Nelson Invitational... Opened year with fifth-place finish in the high jump at LSU Purple Tiger.

2017 Outdoor: Nine top 10 finishes... Placed 10th in the high jump at SBC Outdoor Championships... Finished sixth in the high jump and seventh in the triple jump at Bobcat Classic... Claimed fourth in the high jump and sixth in the triple jump at Bobcat Twilight... Recorded personal best 11.76m in triple jump at Texas Invitational... Runner-up with personal best 1.70m in high jump at Bobcat Invitational... Finished 10th in the high jump at Bobby Lane Invitational... Claimed fourth in the high jump and eighth in the triple jump at Cougar Spring Break Invitational.

2017 Indoor: Four top 10 finishes... Took sixth in the high jump at SBC Indoor Championships with season best clearance of 1.66m... Placed eighth with clearance of 1.65m at adidas Classic... Claimed ninth at Texas A&M Team Invitational... Finished fifth at LSU Purple Tiger in 1.63m.

2016 Outdoor: Three top eight finishes… Finished third with a career best 1.65m in the high jump at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational… Finished sixth in the high jump at the Ricardo Romo Invitational… Finished seventh in the high jump at the Texas State Bobcat Classic.
 
2016 Indoor: One top eight finish… Finished sixth in high jump with a career best 1.65m at the Howie Ryan Invitational.

DeSoto High School: Competed for Coach Villers ... Career bests are 5-feet-6-inches in high jump and 36-feet-10-inches in triple jump ... Was also yearbook editor and volunteered at animal shelters.

Personal: Born July 27, 1997 ... Daughter of Tameria and Tracy Robinson ... Has an older brother, Garrett, who competed in jumps for Texas State Track and Field from 2011-15 ... Chose Texas State because her brother attended and the campus is beautiful ... Favorite hobbies include photography, reading and drawing ... Nicknamed Rocky ... Major is biochemistry.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    High Jump
  • 2017Sophomore

    High Jump
  • 2018Junior

    High Jump
  • 2019Senior

    High Jump