Kenneth Rooks is part of the Track and Field team and is from College Place. Rooks will compete in the 3000-meter steeplechase. Rooks won the 2017 1A State Championship in Cross Country, won the 1600 meters, and finished second in the 800 meters competing for College Place. After high school, Rooks went to BYU where he had a successful career. He won the 2023 NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Championship in the 3000-meter steeplechase by over six seconds. He was also a four-time All-American, three times outdoors and one indoor, and was on the first team three times. Rooks won gold in the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships for the 3000-meter steeplechase, where he fell in the race and came back to take the gold. He left BYU to pursue his professional career and is represented by Nike.

Click here for his Team USA bio.

Click here for an interview that Rooks did with BYU Sports Nation.