2025 Cross Country Roster
Rocky Hansen
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Hendersonville, N.C.
- High School:
- Christ School
Career Records
Awards
Collegiate PR
8K - 22:18.6
10K - 28:38.0
5 Mile - 26:42.1
2025 (Junior)
NCAA National Runner-Up… One of just two Demon Deacons to earn All-American, All-Region and All-ACC honors during the 2025 season… Recorded a career-best time of 28:38.0 in the 10K to finish as the runner-up at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (11/22)... Secured the NCAA Southeast Regional Individual Championship while helping lead the Deacs to their first NCAA Southeast Regional title since 2021 at the NCAA Southeast Regional (11/14)... Broke the E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park course record by 40 seconds en route to becoming the first Demon Deacon to win the ACC Cross Country Individual Championship since 2001 (10/31)... Set the course record at the Panorama Farms course while securing an individual title at the Panorama Farms Invitational (10/17)... Also placed second at the USATF Cross Country Championships in Portland, Ore. to secure a spot on Team USA for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships.
2024 (Sophomore)
Helped the Demon Deacons place seventh at the NCAA Championships by placing 100th overall with a personal-best time of 29:55.7… Placed 32nd at the ACC Cross Country Championships… Recorded a personal-best time of 23:06.9 en route to a second place finish at the Nuttycombe Invitational.
2023 (Freshman)
Secured 6th place with a time of 23:27.2 in the 8K at the Nuttycombe Invitational on (10/13).
High School
2x NCISAA Team Cross Country State Champion (Back-to-Back, 2021 & 2022) ... 10x NCISAA State Champion (2x Cross Country [2021, 2022] 2x 4x800m, 2x 800m, 2x 1600m, 2x3200m) ... 3x North Carolina Boys Gatorade Player of the Year (2x Track & Field [2022, 2023], 1x Cross Country [2022]) ... 10x North Carolina State Record Holder (Cross Country 5K 14:20.90, Indoor 1000m 2:27.32, Indoor 1500m 3:45.04, Indoor mile 4:00.84, Outdoor 1500m 3:42.4, Outdoor 1600m 3:56.76, Outdoor Mile 3:58.23, Outdoor 3000m 8:05.13, Outdoor 3200m 8:32.46, Outdoor 2 Mile 8:35.22) ... 18th U.S. High Schooler and first North Carolina High Schooler to break 4 minutes in the mile (4/30/23 @ Virginia High Performance Meet).
Personal
Born on September 5, 2004 ... Son of Molly & Jacob Hansen ... Has two sisters (Indigo and Meadow) and one brother (Banks).
Awards
- 2025 World Athletics Cross Country Championships Qualifier
- 2025 National Individual Runner-Up
- 2025 All-American
- 2025 All-Southeast Region
- 2025 NCAA Southeast Regional Champion
- 2025 NCAA Southeast Regional Individual Champion
- 2025 ACC Cross Country Individual Champion
- 2025 All-ACC
- 2024 ACC Cross Country Champion
Collegiate PR
8K - 22:18.6
10K - 28:38.0
5 Mile - 26:42.1
2025 (Junior)
NCAA National Runner-Up… One of just two Demon Deacons to earn All-American, All-Region and All-ACC honors during the 2025 season… Recorded a career-best time of 28:38.0 in the 10K to finish as the runner-up at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (11/22)... Secured the NCAA Southeast Regional Individual Championship while helping lead the Deacs to their first NCAA Southeast Regional title since 2021 at the NCAA Southeast Regional (11/14)... Broke the E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park course record by 40 seconds en route to becoming the first Demon Deacon to win the ACC Cross Country Individual Championship since 2001 (10/31)... Set the course record at the Panorama Farms course while securing an individual title at the Panorama Farms Invitational (10/17)... Also placed second at the USATF Cross Country Championships in Portland, Ore. to secure a spot on Team USA for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships.
2024 (Sophomore)
Helped the Demon Deacons place seventh at the NCAA Championships by placing 100th overall with a personal-best time of 29:55.7… Placed 32nd at the ACC Cross Country Championships… Recorded a personal-best time of 23:06.9 en route to a second place finish at the Nuttycombe Invitational.
2023 (Freshman)
Secured 6th place with a time of 23:27.2 in the 8K at the Nuttycombe Invitational on (10/13).
High School
2x NCISAA Team Cross Country State Champion (Back-to-Back, 2021 & 2022) ... 10x NCISAA State Champion (2x Cross Country [2021, 2022] 2x 4x800m, 2x 800m, 2x 1600m, 2x3200m) ... 3x North Carolina Boys Gatorade Player of the Year (2x Track & Field [2022, 2023], 1x Cross Country [2022]) ... 10x North Carolina State Record Holder (Cross Country 5K 14:20.90, Indoor 1000m 2:27.32, Indoor 1500m 3:45.04, Indoor mile 4:00.84, Outdoor 1500m 3:42.4, Outdoor 1600m 3:56.76, Outdoor Mile 3:58.23, Outdoor 3000m 8:05.13, Outdoor 3200m 8:32.46, Outdoor 2 Mile 8:35.22) ... 18th U.S. High Schooler and first North Carolina High Schooler to break 4 minutes in the mile (4/30/23 @ Virginia High Performance Meet).
Personal
Born on September 5, 2004 ... Son of Molly & Jacob Hansen ... Has two sisters (Indigo and Meadow) and one brother (Banks).
Steve Forbes - Postgame Presser vs. Queens
Monday, December 15
Wake Forest Women's Basketball Highlights vs Georgia Tech (Dec. 14, 2025)
Sunday, December 14
2025 Moffitt Ceremony
Wednesday, December 10
Wake Forest Head Coach Jake Dickert National Signing Day Press Conference
Thursday, December 04
