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2015 Cross Country Roster

Profile

  • Senior
    Class
  • Kingsport, Tenn.
    Hometown
  • 5'11
    Height
  • Dobyns Benneett
    High School
Chris McElroy
Chris McElroy
Senior
Class
Kingsport, Tenn.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

· 2015 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (cross country)
· 2015 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (track)
· 2014 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (cross country)
· 2014 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (track)
· 2013 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (cross country)
· 2013 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (track)
· Seven-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection
2015 Cross Country: Competed in six races and recording scoring performances in two...Helped BU finish second at season-opening Bear Twilight Invitational with 18th-place showing in 19:28.2...Had season-best finish of ninth at Gerald Richey Invitational as BU was again second...Had season-best 8,000-meter time of 25:44.8 at Chile Pepper Invitational...Was 65th at Big 12 Championships in 26:49.6...Named to fall Baylor Dean's List and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll...Earned spot on Academic All-Big 12 first team. 2015 Track: Took part in four indoor meets...Recorded top mile time at Texas A&M Aggie Invitational with 4:19.05 to be 16th...Ran 3,000-meter season-best at Texas A&M Team Invitational in 8:46.41 to be 10th....Competed in six outdoor meets in the middle distances...Had season-best 800-meter time of 1:58.40 to be 14th in 800 meters, while tallying highest finish of the year (3rd) in 1,500-meter time of 3:58.67 at Baylor Invitational...Set personal-best time in 1,500-meter run with 3:53.76 clocking at Longhorn Invitational to be 16th...Named to spring Baylor Dean's List and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll...Earned spot on Academic All-Big 12 first team. 2014 Cross Country: Competed in all seven meets, tallying two scoring performances...Was BU's fifth runner to finish at UTA Season Opener with season-best 5,000-meter time of 15:47.7...Produced season-best 8,000-meter time at Pre-Nationals Invitational by being fifth Baylor runner to finish in 26:30.0....Took 71st at Big 12 Championships in 26:42.0 and was 125th at NCAA South Central Regional in 32:58.6 over 10,000-meters...Named to fall Baylor Dean's List and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll...Earned spot on Academic All-Big 12 first team. 2014 Track: Ran mile event at four indoor meets...Tallied personal-best performance with time of 4:18.17 at Rod McCravy Memorial to be 17th...Helped DMR crew take seventh at Texas A&M Aggie Invitational by running anchor leg...Raced in four outdoor meet as well...Produced personal-best time of 3:58.79 in 1,500 meters at Florida Relays...Was eighth at Michael Johnson Classic in the 1,500 meters...Named to spring Baylor Dean's List and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll...Earned spot on Academic All-Big 12 first team. 2013 Cross Country: Competed in six meets...Had season-best finish of 17th at North Texas Invitational, covering four-mile course in 21:29.89...Posted season's top time at 8K-distance with 65th-place finish at Big 12 Championships in 25:59.50...Named to fall Baylor Dean's List and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll...Earned place on Academic All-Big 12 first team. 2013 Track: Did not compete in any indoor meets...Participated in four outdoor meets, running a combination of 800, 1,500 and 3,000-meter events...Won TCU Invitational 1,500-meter race in 4:08.66...Had season-best time in 1,500 meters (4:01.42) with fifth-place finish at Michael Johnson Classic...Had season-best time in 800-meter event (1:58.11) at Texas Invitational...Ran both the 800 (11th, 2:00.11) and the 1,500 (5th, 4:06.51) at Baylor Quad Invitational...Named to fall Baylor Dean's List and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll...Earned spot on Academic All-Big 12 Rookie team. 2012 Cross Country: Ran in four meets, finishing as a scoring runner in one...Produced 11th-place finish at UTA Season Opener to be BU's fifth runner across in three-mile time of 15:33.9...Also competed at Stanford Invitational and Chile Pepper Festival...Finished 71st at Big 12 Championships in time of 27:05.3...Named to fall Baylor Dean's List and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. High School: Four-year letterwinnner in cross country at Dobyns Bennett...Helped team finish in regional top three in all four years, including a regional title in 2011...Ran track in 2011 and '12 winning regional championship in 800 and 1600-meter events...Took state title in 1600 meters in 2011...Honored on All-Region and All-State teams in cross country...Clocked five-kilometer time of 15:49 and 800-meter time of 1:54...Beta and Film Club President. Personal: Full name is Christopher Lang McElroy...Born July 29, 1993...Parents are Drew and Cindy McElroy...Majoring in Film and Digital Media.