2012 Cross Country Roster
Chris York
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- White Post, Va.
- High School:
- Clarke County
Outdoor Track & Field
2012-2013 (Junior):Took 12th in the 10000m in 31:37.01 at the Atlantic 10 Championships … finished 31st in the 10,000m in 31:22.98 at the Penn Relays
2010-2011 (Sophomore): Placed fourth in the 3,000 meters at the Fred Hardy Invitational (8:26.11) ... took 23rd at the Colonial Relays in the 5,000 meters (14:42.11) ... captured ninth in the 10,000 meters at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship (31:25.71).
2009-2010 (Freshman): Secured sixth in the 3,000 meters at the Patriot Invitational (8:50.50) ... took 14th in the 10,000 meters run at the Colonial Relays (31:28.32) ... claimed first in the 5,000 meters at the Ram Invitational (15:40.67) ... finished eighth with his season-best time of 31:26.91 in the 10,000 meters at the conference championship.
Indoor Track & Field
2011-2012 (Junior):Finished 14th in the 5000m in 14:58.59 at the Atlantic 10 Championship … clocked in at 8:52.87 in the 3000m.
2010-2011 (Sophomore): Took 11th in the mile at the Patriot Games (4:24.98) ... took 10th in the 3,000 meters Eastern race at the New Balance Games (8:37.03) ... finished 15th in the 3,000 meters at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship (8:51.10).
2009-2010 (Freshman): Placed 20th in the 3,000 meters at the Terrapin Indoor Invitational (9:12.33) ... finished fifth in the 3,000 meters at the Christopher Newport Invitational (8:55.72) ... took 11th in the 3,000 meters at the UNC Invitational (8:56.85) ... captured 15th in the 3,000 meters (8:46.92) and seventh in the distance medley relay (10:28.51) at conference.
Cross Country
2012-2013 (Senior): Finished 3rd in the 8k at the Spider Alumni Open (15:14.3) ... finished 9th in the 8k at the William & Mary Invite (25:44) ... finished 13th in the 8k at the Charlotte Invitational - Gold (24:50.35) ... finished 46th in the 10k at the Chile Pepper CC Festival (32:04.1) ... paced the team with a 62nd finish in the 10k at the NCAA Southeast Regional (31:32.13) ... finished 101st in the 8k at the Atlantic 10 Championship (28:04.7).
2011-2012 (Junior): Rounded out the top three at the Spider Alumni Open with a 5k time of 14:54.70 ... took third in the 8k at the William and Mary Invite (25:17) ... was the Spiders' top finisher in the 8k at Lehigh's Paul Short Invitational (25:50) ... clocked a time of 25:37.49 to finish 27th in the 8k at Virginia's Panorama Farms Invitational ... finished 31st in the 8k at the A-10 Championship (25:28.7) ... turned in a time of 32:03.50 in the 10k at the NCAA Southeast Regional.
2010-2011 (Sophomore): Did not compete in the Spider Alumni Open due to his appearance in the IAAF World Junior Mountain Running Championship, finishing 37th in a time of 51:57 ... placed 102nd out of 387 runners at the Paul Short Invitational (25:12) ... captured 181st at the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet (25:49.5) ... took 40th at the A-10 Championships (25:41) ... finished 80th at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships (32:45.6) ... recorded his season-best 10K mark at the NCAA Championships (32:34.5).
2009-2010 (Freshman): Competed in all six events during his rookie season ... was the Spiders' second-best finisher behind Tim Quinn at both the A-10 Championship and the Panorama Farms Invitational ... finished 32nd at conference with a time of 27:58.2 ... captured ninth at the UNC Challenge (26:18) ... season-best 8K time was 25:24 at the Paul Short Invitational.
High School
Earned a total of 15 Virginia Group 'A' All-State honors in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field ... finished as a two-time Virginia Group 'A' State Champion Indoor Track (3200m, 4x800m) ... earned All-America recognition as a senior for his sixth-place showing at the 2009 National Scholastic Indoor Championships in the 5k.
Personal
Son of Robin and Karen York ... has a sister, Rebecca, and a brother, Daniel ... enjoys playing badminton.
