Roman Cress

Roman Cress

Personal information
Full name	Roman William Cress
Nationality	Marshall Islands
Born	(1977-08-02) August 2, 1977 Kaven, Maloelap Atoll
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Marshall Islands (South) Pacific Games 1999 Santa Rita 200 m Micronesian Games 2006 Saipan 200 m 2010 Koror 100 m 2010 Koror 200 m 2002 Kolonia 200 m 2006 Saipan 100 m Oceania Championships 2011 Apia 200 m 2011 Apia 100 m
Updated on 6 May 2013

Roman William Cress (born August 2, 1977, in Kaven) is a track athlete from the Marshall Islands. He was born to an American father and Marshallese mother. Cress attended South High School and participated in Track as a student. He then attended MCTC, transferred to St. Thomas for his bachelor's degree and participated in Track as a student athlete.

Cress has won the bronze medal in the 100 metres sprint at the 2006 Micronesia Games and gold in the 200 metres event at the same Games. He was the first Marshallese track athlete in history to compete in the Olympic Games, representing his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. At the 100 metres he finished 8th in his heat in a time of 11.18 seconds He is currently a school administrator at Robbinsdale Middle School in Robbinsdale, Minnesota.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Marshall Islands
1999	South Pacific Games	Santa Rita, Guam	2nd	200 m	21.89 s
2002	Micronesian Games	Kolonia, Pohnpei	2nd	200 m	22.43 s
2006	Micronesian Games	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	3rd	100 m	11.19 s (wind: -0.3 m/s)
			1st	200 m	22.66 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
2010	Micronesian Games	Koror, Palau	2nd	100 m	11.20 s
			2nd	200 m	23.15 s
2011	Oceania Championships (Regional Division West)	Apia, Samoa	2nd	100 m	11.10 s (wind: +0.7 m/s)
			1st	200 m	22.54 s (wind: +0.8 m/s)

See also

• Marshall Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Roman Cress at World Athletics
• Roman Cress at Olympedia
• Sports reference biography