Rocky Hansen

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Hendersonville, N.C.
High School:
Christ School

Career Records

Awards
2024 Second Team All-American (Outdoor)
2025 First Team All-American (Indoor)
2025 First Team All-American (Outdoor)
2024 Second Team All-ACC (Outdoor)
2025 Second Team All-ACC (Outdoor)
2024 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)
2024 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor)
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2025 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)
2025 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor)

Top-10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 1 - 5000m (Indoor) - 13:12.65
No. 1 - 5000m (Outdoor) - 13:22.06
No. 1 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:17.15
No. 4 - 1500m (Outdoor) - 3:38.74
No. 4 - Mile (Indoor) - 3:57.90
No. 10 - 3000m (Indoor) - 7:56.53

Collegiate PR
1500m - 3:38.74
Mile - 3:57.90
3000m - 7:56.53
5000m - 13:12.65

2025 (Sophomore)
Outdoor - Earned First Team All-American honors as he placed fifth in the men’s 5000m final at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, recording a time of 13:22.47… Finished first overall in the 5000m semifinal at the NCAA East Region First Round, clocking 13:36.54… Named Second Team All-ACC in the 1500m after finishing in fifth at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Broke the Wake Forest school record in the 5000m with a time of 13:22.06, resulting in a first place finish at the Raleigh Regionals… Set a new personal-best time in the 1500m en route to a fourth place finish at the Wake Forest Invitational.

Indoor - Broke the Wake Forest program record in the men’s indoor 5000m during the final of the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, recording a time of 13:12.65 to finish in third place and earn First Team All-American honors… The time also ranks as the fourth fastest time recorded in the indoor 5000m in NCAA history prior to an athlete’s 21st birthday… Helped the men’s DMR team set a new program record in the event at the Boston University DMR Challenge, with the time of 9:17.15 ranking fourth all-time in NCAA history… Ran the fourth-fastest mile time in program history (3:57.90) to place first at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2024 (Freshman)
Outdoor: In his first season with the Deacs he earned Second Team All-American in the 5000m … Competed at the ACC Outdoor Championships, clocking 3:43.52 in the 1500m … Finished in 13:44.16 at the Wake Forest Invitational.

Indoor: Performed at the ACC Indoor Championships, delivering a remarkable personal best of 7:56.53 in the 3000m.

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 ... Has two sisters (Indigo and Meadow) and one brother (Banks) ... Son of Molly and Jacob Hansen.