ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Pedro Moscoso likes to make the most of every moment.

Moscoso, who was born in the Dominican Republic, moved to the Buffalo area with his mother and two of his brothers during his sophomore year of high school and has been on the go ever since.
Moscoso initially joined the track and field team at Williamsville North High School to stay in shape for soccer but wound up enjoying track so much that he decided to compete in college.

Moscoso arrived at Roberts Wesleyan University in the fall of 2021 and helped the Redhawks win back-to-back East Coast Conference outdoor championships in 2023 and 2024. He served as a team captain as a sophomore and placed fourth in both the 110-meter and 400-meter hurdles at the ECC Championships, earning second-team All-ECC in both events, on May 2.

The track isn't the only place Moscoso was on the fast track. He carried a 3.60 grade-point average in the classroom and graduated with a degree in Business Administration in three years. He was selected the Roberts Wesleyan University Male Scholar-Athlete of the Month for April.

Moscoso, who has a long-term goal of becoming a hospital administrator, plans to attend the University at Buffalo in the fall to earn a Master's degree in finance.

Moscoso, who closed his Redhawk career by competing at the National Christian College Athletic Association Championships in South Carolina last week, enjoys spending time in nature and lists hiking and skiing among his hobbies.

Moscoso took a few moments to discuss being a student-athlete at Roberts. The interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

Have you always been a hurdler?
"Not really. I was a sprinter first and then, because I was tall, my high school coach forced me to do 400 hurdles. I stayed with the 400 hurdles throughout high school and then when I got to Roberts, we decided to have me do the 'high' hurdle events like the 60 and 110 hurdles, so I started training for those after I got here."

What does it take to be a good hurdler?
"To be a good hurdler you need to have a lot of flexibility. When it comes to myself, I am the least flexible person on the team, so I really had to work on my flexibility, and I had to work on my adaptability as well. I had to do a lot of extra stretches and extra drills that other people didn't have to do. I am tall and I have the height, but don't have the flexibility so I had to work harder to get more flexible and be able to attack those hurdles."

What made you fall in love with track?
"The community. At Williamsville North we had a really good group of people, I loved my friends and we used to hang out together outside of school a lot. I loved the coaches as well. My hurdle coach in high school taught me a lot of valuable stuff and I love that she made me do hurdles and I just fell in love with it because I had a good group of people to work with. Practices were tough but that sense of community gave me the love that I have for track."

What was it like growing up in the Dominican Republic?
"It was fun. I did a lot of sports there. First, I started playing basketball and then I did some baseball for a couple of years because everyone in the Dominican loves baseball and you have to try it out. After that, I just started playing soccer with my friends. It was a fun time and then we decided to move here for educational purposes and I kept playing sports and ended up with track."

Had you ever seen snow before moving to Western New York?
"No. It was a big shift when it comes to the weather, for sure. There's a lot of people that helped me with those changes when I first got here because I did not know the language when I came here, so it was hard the first year getting used to snow and learning the language. but after the first year it started getting easier."

When did you pick up skiing as a hobby?
"I started skiing that first year because we wanted to get out of the house and we figured that was one of the things that we could do here. I have been doing it more every year and it gets to the point where it is really enjoyable, especially when you do it with friends."  

How did you first hear about Roberts?
"I was applying to colleges my senior year of high school and I saw an ad about Roberts on my phone, so I decided to do some research about it. Once I started looking up Roberts, Coach McCown contacted me and he was the one who got me to start my application here because he was interested in having me do hurdles for Roberts. … I also wanted to further my education as well, so I came on a visit and me and my family liked the campus – it was clean, it was nice and the people were nice. The opportunity to compete in track here at Roberts was a big deciding factor as well."

How would you describe your three years at Roberts?
"I met a lot of people and did a lot of stuff that I never thought that I would be able to do. I was able to be an RA here, so I had some leadership experience, I was able to be captain of the track and field team my sophomore year which was great. I met a lot of good people. I met a lot of Business professors that helped me a lot with my career and gave me advice. I want to pursue a Master's degree in Finance because of all of the advice and help that I got from them. I was able to get a good internship because of the Career Development here at Roberts and I did what I had to do to graduate in three years, which I could not have done at any other school. Overall, my experience was great and I loved my time that I had here."

Finally, what does being a Redhawk mean to you?
"Being a Redhawk means being part of a community that encourages excellence and integrity among each other which makes you strive to be successful!"