The 6-foot-2, 185-pound senior broke state records in the 200-meter dash and the 300-meter dash this past winter, clocking the nation’s No. 1 prep performances of the 2020 indoor season in both events. Rose also won the 300 at the VA Showcase with a time of 32.84 seconds, which ranked as the nation’s No. 2 indoor clocking in history among prep competitors. He broke the tape in the 200 at January’s Clemson High School Invitational in 20.94, the No. 5 high school indoor time of all-time in the event. In 2019, Rose won the 100 and 200 outdoors at the Class 4A state meet, then took third in the 100 and fourth in the 200 at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor. He is ranked as the nation’s No. 3 recruit in the Class of 2020 by MileSplit.
Rose has maintained a weighted 3.76 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in track and field on scholarship at Virginia Tech.
A devoted member of his church community, Rose has volunteered locally feeding the homeless and has participated in community clean-up initiatives.
