Andrew Rock photo IAAF

Event: 400m
Height: 6-1
Weight: 175
PR: 44.35 (2005)
Born: January 23, 1982 in Marshfield, Wisconsin
Current Residence: Stratford, Wisconsin
High School: Stratford (Wisc.) HS '00
College: University of Wisconsin (La Crosse) '04
Coach: Mark Guthrie
Agent: Mark Wetmore
Club: adidas

Career Highlights: 2006 USA Outdoor champion; 2005 World Outdoor 400m silver medalist, 4x400m relay gold medalist; 2004 Olympic 4x400m relay gold medalist; 2-time NCAA Division III outdoor 400m champion, 17-time NCAA D-III All-American

Rock made his mark on the world stage in a big way in 2005 with his silver medal winning performance in the 400 meters at the World Outdoor Championships in Helsinki, Finland, with a personal-best time of 44.35 seconds. Rock also added a gold medal to his collection in Helsinki on Team USA’s 4x400m relay. Having never previously been world ranked, Rock ended the 2005 season ranked #3 in the world (#2 U.S.) by Track & Field News, and in 2006 he won his first U.S. Outdoor title. As a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student-athlete, Andrew Rock was named to Team USA’s 4x400m relay pool for the 2004 Olympic Games after placing sixth in the men’s 400m final at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials in Sacramento. Rock hit the finish line in 44.95 seconds in the final and was later selected for the relay pool by the Team USA coaching staff. He went on to run the third leg for Team USA in the opening round of competition in Athens, and was later awarded a gold medal when the U.S. finished first in the final…Rock qualified for theTrials by winning the 400m dash June 5 at the Jim Bush Southern California Championships, where he set a meet record and personal best with a winning time of 44.66, breaking the record of 46.29 set by Jerome Davis in 2003. A 2003 and 2004 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American First Team selection, Rock won the 400-meter dash and was a member of UW-L’s national champion 4x400-meter relay at the 2004 NCAA III Outdoor Championships. He became the sixth student-athlete in NCAA III history to capture back-to-back national 400-meter outdoor titles with his winning time of 45.58. Rock, a finance major with a 3.61 grade point average, finished second in 2001 and 2002 at the NCAA Div. III Championships. He also earned three career All-America honors in the outdoor 200-meter dash, finishing eighth in 2001, second in 2002 and first in 2003. Rock holds nine UW-L (four individual; five relays) and six WIAC records (three individual; three relays)…a finance major in college.

Silver medalist Rock with Gold medalist Wariner at the World Championships