PERSONAL BEST
60m- 6.90 A-Sun Indoor Championships
100m- 10.68 Samford Multi and Track Invitational
200m-21.79 Sea Ray Relays
400m- 50.26 CCU Invitational
Long Jump- 7.42m A-Sun Indoor Championships
Honors
2012-13
Outdoor
A-Sun Conference First Team All-Conference (Long Jump)
Indoor
A-Sun Conference Third Team All-Conference (long jump and 4x400m relay)
2013-2014
Outdoor
A-Sun Conference First Team All-Conference (4x100m relay and Long Jump)
A-Sun Conference Second Team All-Conference (100m)
Indoor
A-Sun Conference Third Team All-Conference (Long Jump)
2014-15
Outdoor
A-Sun Conference First Team All-Conference (Long Jump, 4x100m relay)
A-Sun Conference Second Team All-Conference (100m)
Indoor
A-Sun Conference Second Team All-Conference (Long Jump)
A-Sun Conference Third Team All-Conference (60m)
2014-15
Outdoor
Won the long jump with a leap of 7.32m (24' 0.25") at the A-SUN Championships ... Also took home a gold medal in the 4x100m relay (40.48) and a silver medal in the 100m (10.99).
Indoor
Finished third in the long jump at the BSC Panther Icebreaker and the Crimson Elite in the long jump ... Finished second in the long jump with a leap of 6.88m (22'7) and third in the 60m with a time of 7.00 at the A-Sun Championships.
2013-14
Outdoor
Finished second in the 100m at the A-Sun Championship with a time of 10.84… Jumped 7.25m in the long jump at the A-Sun Championships.
Indoor
Placed third in the long jump at the A-Sun Championship jumping 7.10m… Ran a 6.93 in the 60m in the preliminary round to qualify for the finals where he finished seventh at the A-Sun Championship
2012-13
Outdoor
Won the Georgia Relays in the long jump (7.49m/24-07.00 ft.)… Placed first in the long jump (7.3m/ 21-11.5 ft.) at the Florida Relays. Also competed in the 100m-dash, 200m-dash, and 400m-dash.
Indoor
Finished in second place in the long jump (7.42m/24-04.25 ft.) at the A-Sun Championships… Won the long jump at the Niswonger Invitational (7.39m/24-03.0 ft.)… Placed fifth at the A-Sun Championships in the 60m dash (6.90)… Ran a 22.06 to place sixth at the A-Sun Championships in the 200m.
2011-2012
Rooks was selected as an All Atlantic Sun Conference first team member for the Long Jump during the outdoor season… He was selected as an All Atlantic Sun Conference third team member for the long jump and 4x4 during the indoor season…He had 9 total top-5 finishes in the 2012 season including third place at the Georgia Relays/UGA Alumni Meet with a 7.24m outdoor long jump.
High School
Rasmus come to KSU after running track and field at Tallinna Kuristiku Gümnaasium in Tallinn, Estonia… In his native country, Rooks established himself as one of the top junior runners in the country, earning seven Time Estonian U16 Champion honors, three Time Estonian U18 Champion honors, three time Estonian U20 Champion honors and earned Estonian Senior Champion. Rooks also competed and earned sixth place in the long jump at the European Youth Olympic Festival in 2009, and fifth place in the International Schoolsport Federation Gymnasiade in Doha, Qatar 2009.
Personal
Born Rasmus Rooks to Piret and Rein Rooks… Has four siblings, two brothers Erkki and Silver, and two sisters, Piret an Pille… Favorite sport other than track and field is basketball with his favorite athlete being Kevin Durant… Majoring in health and exercise science.
