Kokomo High School, 1967 – 71
Roberts, a five-time individual state champion at Kokomo High School, and a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay team of 1968. Roberts was a distance specialist, winning the 400-yard freestyle three times (an event now swum at 500 yards) from 1969 to 1971 and twice at 200 free his junior and senior years, setting a state record his junior year of 1:46.1. He swam for two years at Illinois State University.