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2008 Men's Track and Field

Chris Wright

  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Richton Park, Ill.
  • Position Sprints/Jumps

Biography

2008 Outdoor: Received 2008 All-GLVC First Team honors ... Set a personal best time in the 400m dash at the GLVC Championships on May 3, 2008 with a time of 48.02 which was good enough to place him second behind teammate Kyle Rose ... Also ran his season best times in the 100m dash with 11.71 and 200m with a time of 22.08. 2008 Indoor: All-GLVC First Team...Member of 4x400 meter relay team that set a new GLVC record and won the GLVC Championship with a time of 3:17.88...Placed eighth at the GLVC Indoor Championships in the 55 meter dash with a time of 6.78...Placed sixth at the GLVC Indoor Championships in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.56...Placed second at the GLVC Indoor Championships in the 400 meter dash with a time of 48.93...Placed sixteenth at the GLVC Indoor Championships in the long jump with a jump of 6.21m...Member of the group that won the GLVC Indoor Championships 4x200 meter relay with a time of 1:25.42. 2007: All-American member of the 1,600-meter relay team at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Season leader in the long jump with a leap of 6.79 meters (22-3.5) at the GLVC Championships, tying for third place ... Placed fifth at the GLVC Outdoor Championships at 400 meters. 2006: Had a team and individual best jump of 22 feet 5.75 inches in the long jump at the GLVC outdoor championships were he placed fifith ... Wright also ran a 400 meter time of 49.33 at the GLVC outdoor championships placing him third. 2005: NCAA Outdoor All-American for the 4x400 meter relay team ... Placed fifth in the 400 meters (48.99) and eighth in the long jump at the GLVC Outdoor Championships ... Set a team high during the indoor season in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.48 on Jan. 15 ... Placed 21st in the long jump at the GLVC Indoor Championships. High School: All-conference selection in football and track at Rich Central High School ... Finished seventh in state in the long jump ... Named Male Athlete of the Year at Rich Central ... Member of his high school's Hall of Fame, holding may indoor and outdoor records ... Honor roll student ... Born: July 13, 1986 ... Major: Kinesiology. Personal Bests Indoor 55 - 6.48 (1/15/05) 60 - 7.00 (2/24/07) LJ - 6.85m (22-5.75) (1/15/05) 200 - 22.56 (3/1/08) 400 - 48.93 (3/1/08) 400 (banked) - 52.19 (2/3/06) Outdoor 100 - 11.22 (5/4/07) 200 - 22.06 (5/4/07) 400 - 48.02 (4/26/08) Long Jump - 6.85m (22-05.75) (5/6/06)

Historical Player Information

  • 2005Freshman

    Jumps
  • 2006Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2007Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2008Junior

    Sprints/Jumps