Michael Rhoads

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Class:
Senior
Events:
800m
Hometown:
Sunnyvale, Calif.
Height:
6-1
High School:
Inglemoor
Squadron:
16 Chicken Hawks

JUNIOR YEAR | 2018-19: Two-time NCAA All-American in the 800-meter run...three-time conference champion...three-time all-conference selection...earned the Mountain West Athlete of the Year award for both the indoor and outdoor seasons...two-time MW Track Athlete of the Week...set three Academy records...broke the program’s 35-year-old indoor record at 800 meters with a winning 1:47.22 (adjusted for altitude) performance at the MW Indoor Championships...raw time of 1:47.82 is a new MW Championship Meet Record and the second-fastest time in conference history...won four of six 800-meter races during the indoor season (Air Force Team Challenge, Texas Tech Shootout, MW preliminary, MW final)...finished regular season ranked 10th in the nation...claimed first-team All-America honors after placing eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships (1:49.49)...competed in the 400-meter dash during both meets in Boulder, clocking a personal-best 47.97 at the Colorado Invitational...ran the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay that clocked the fourth-fastest indoor time in program history (3:11.30) at the Texas Tech Shootout...broke the program’s outdoor record at 800-meters in the finals of the NCAA Outdoor Championships...clocked a career-best time of 1:46.58 to finish sixth in the meet and claim first-team All-America honors...that time is the second-fastest mark in conference history – and the fastest since 1999...first broke the program’s 11-year-old standard in that event with a 1:47.10 performance in the Elite Division of the Mt SAC Relays...won first meet of the outdoor season (1:50.38, Texas A&M Invitational)...anchored the 4x400-meter relay that won the title at the MW Outdoor Championships...also anchored the sprint medley relay that accounted for an Academy-record time of 3:19.33 at the Drake Relays.

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2017-18: All-American in the 800-meter run...ran on the 4x400-meter relay that won the conference title at the Mountain West Indoor Championships...two-time all-conference selection...recorded the second-fastest 800-meter time in Air Force history (1:48.22, adjusted for altitude) to finish second at the MW Indoor Championships...that mark is a new Sophomore Class Record...the unadjusted time of 1:48.83 is the second-fastest mark in MW Championship Meet history...earned second-team All-America honors after finishing 15th at the NCAA Indoor Championships (1:49.73)...became the Academy’s first 800-meter runner to earn All-America honors since 1994...won that event at the Air Force Team Challenge (1:50.98a)...earned the team’s Track Athlete of the Week award after that meet...ran on the 4x400-meter relay that set an Academy-record time of 3:09.18 at the Texas Tech Shootout...that is the also the third-fastest time in Mountain West history...member of the relay team that won the MW title (3:10.99)...clocked a 500-meter time of 1:03.40 to win the Air Force Holiday Open and shatter the Academy record...ran the 400-meter dash twice, clocking a career-best 48.18 at the Colorado Invitational...competed in the 800-meter run once during the outdoor season...clocked a team-leading time of 1:49.92 to finish eighth in the Premiere section of the Sun Angel Classic.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2016-17: Earned the team’s Newcomer of the Year award...qualified to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800-meter run...impacted the Academy record book in that event during the indoor and outdoor seasons...set a Freshman Class Record at 800 meters...clocked a career-best time of 1:49.11 (adjusted for altitude) at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships to move into fourth on the Academy’s all-time list...scored for the Falcons at the conference meet (fourth)...debuted on the outdoor top 10 with a winning time of 1:49.91a at the Air Force Twilight Open...named the MW Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week following that meet...clocked an indoor-best 800-meter time of 1:50.78 to finish sixth at the MW Championships...that is the ninth-fastest time in Academy history...earned the team’s Track Athlete of the Week award after winning the 800-meter run at the Air Force Collegiate Open (1:51.59a).

HIGH SCHOOL: Inglemoor High School...won the 400-meter dash at the Washington 4A state track and field championships as a junior...placed second in that event as a senior...clocked a career-best 400-meter time of 48.21 at the 2016 state meet.

PERSONAL: Full name is Michael Wesley Rhoads...son of Dean and Liz Rhoads...nickname is “Little Mike”...has one older sister and one younger brother...majoring in management...post-Air Force plans includes becoming a professional duck spotter and general duck enthusiast...hobbies include “practicing techniques for downhill waterskiing, knitting, alchemy and partaking in asparagus-growing competitions”...once had a pet crow...member of Cadet Squadron 16.