A Conversation With One Of The Rising Stars In The NCAA: Rocky Hansen | Exclusive Insights On His Rapid Ascent In Sport

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast is the legend, Rocky Hansen!

Rocky competes for Wake Forest University.

Rocky has run 1:50.85 (800m), 3:58 (Mile), 7:56 (3k), 13:44 (5k), and 23:06 for 8k on the grass.

Most recently Rocky placed 2nd at Nuttycombe, and last year was 2nd team All-American in the 5000m outdoors.

He was the 18th high schooler to break 4 minutes in the mile and the first in North Carolina.

Rocky is one of the biggest up-and-coming runners in the NCAA, and so we wanted to get him back on the podcast to explore his recent accent in the NCAA and break down the future of RH.

In today's conversation, Rocky takes me through his incredible performance at Nuttycombe, his track season, dealing with injury and setback last fall, how Wake Forest is looking as a team, the differences in training high school vs. college, his hopes for the NCAA XC Championships next month, and much more!

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the podcast. Today, I am joined by the one and only
0:06.1	Rocky Hansen. If you're not familiar with Rocky, he competes for Wake Forest University
0:10.5	based out of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, if I'm not mistaken. Rocky has run 150 and
0:15.7	800, 358 in the mile, 756 in the 3K, 1344 in the 5k, and 23.06 for 8K on grass.
0:23.7	That 2306 was most recently Rocky placing second at the Nutty Come Invitational this year,
0:30.4	where he beat such a star-studded field.
0:33.2	He placed second behind Parker Wolf, who's been on the podcast many times, and plays third at the U.S.
0:38.3	Olympic trials this year. Rocky is just a sophomore and is doing remarkable things within the sport.
0:43.2	I had him on the podcast last year as a senior after he was the 18th high schooler to break four minutes
0:48.0	in the mile and the first ever to do it in North Carolina. And so it's fun to get him back on the
0:52.2	podcast to recap his freshman year,
0:54.4	as well as his start of his sophomore year at Wake Forest, and just talk about the difference
0:59.0	in training between high school and college, the difference in expectation and mindset,
1:03.6	Rocky's ambitions for the future, what this second place finish does for his mindset and
1:07.9	belief in himself, and so much much more today's conversation is an opportunity
1:11.8	to get into the head of one of the biggest up-and-coming runners in our sport so without further ado
1:17.8	I hope you all enjoy my conversation with the man the myth to legend rocky hansson
1:22.0	the man of the hour rocky hanson returns, returns to the podcast. How are you doing today?
1:31.0	I'm doing great, Dom. How about yourself? Doing really good. Let's just start off here.
1:37.0	Second at Nutty Come. What in the world? How'd you pull this one off?
1:42.1	Yeah, man. I was pretty stoked about the result, especially not even just individually, but as a team.
1:49.3	It was a very strong day.
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