Robert Hooton won the Scottish 800m title in 1999 and added the indoor 1500 championship in 2003. He was a medallist on 7 other occasions. He was 2nd ranked in Scotland at 800 and 1500 on 4 occasions and represented Scotland in the Loughborough international in 2003. He had a career best 1:49.6 for 800m in 2003 and 3:44.18 at 1500m in 2002.