Ian Roberts (athlete)
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Ian Andre Roberts (born December 18, 1973) is a Guyanese-American educator and former Olympic athlete. He is the former superintendent of the Millcreek Township School District in Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania.[1] He is the current superintendent of the Des Moines Independent Community School District[2][3] in Des Moines, Iowa.
Sports career
[edit]As a male middle distance runner from Guyana, Ian specialized in the 800m.[4] He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. He won his first international medal, winning the 1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics in Bridgetown, Barbados where he won the gold medal. He competed in the Middle Eastern Athletic Conference where he won several conference titles and placed sixth in the 800m at the NCAA Championships. He went on to St. John's University where he competed in the Big East Conference winning several championships, and making the NCAA finals in 1999.
After winning conference titles in both Division 1 Conferences, he competed internationally. He competed in the 1999 World Indoor Championships in Maebashi, Japan but failed to advance past the quarter-finals. He competed in the 1999 World Outdoor Championships in Seville, Spain but failed to advance past the quarter-finals. He competed in the 1999 Pan-American Games in Winnipeg, Canada where he fell in the 800m finals.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "District Home | Millcreek Township School District". www.mtsd.org. Archived from the original on 2020-07-03.
- ^ "Announcing our New Superintendent: Dr. Ian Roberts - Des Moines Public Schools". www.dmschools.org. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ "Who is the new superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools?". weareiowa.com. May 16, 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- ^ "Profile of Ian ROBERTS | All-Athletics.com". March 4, 2016. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Ian Roberts at World Athletics
- Profile at Sports-Reference.com
- Profile Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine at All-Athletics.com
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