2017 Cross Country Roster
Chris Herrick
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Missoula, Mont.
- High School:
- Hellgate
2017: Herrick competed in three meets as a Buff during his junior season. He placed 31st overall to start the season at the Colorado State Invitational. Herrick then led the Buffs at the Rocky Mountain Shootout with a fifth place finish. His final meet of the season was the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational where he was 43rd in the ‘B’ race.
2016: Herrick raced three times for CU as a sophomore. He placed 25th overall at the season opener, the CSU Invite. Herrick followed up that performance with an 18th place finish at the Rocky Mountain Shootout and finished the season 49th at the Bradley Classic.
2015: Herrick ran in two races for the Buffs during his redshirt freshman season. He was 47th overall at the Rocky Mountain Shootout and 65th in the open race at NCAA Pre-Nationals.
2014: Redshirt. Did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Herrick broke a 39-year-old school record in the 3,200-meter run at the Arcadia Invitational in 2013. He raced to a time of 9:17 and held the record for a few hours before his high school teammate and current CU teammate, Adam Peterman, broke his record later that night. The Knights won three straight Montana State cross country titles (2011-13) and four consecutive state track titles (2010-13). Herrick was injured during his senior cross country season, but in the spring he placed second at state in the 1,600 (4:28.61) and third in the 3,200 (9:32.60). As a junior, he was fourth in the 3,200 (9:29.54) and fifth in the 1,600 (4:25.12). He also placed eighth at the state cross country meet in 2012. Herrick was all-state in track (1,600 and 3,200) and academic all-state. He was honored with the HHS “Knight Award” as a senior and served as the cross country team’s captain in 2013 despite being injured. Herrick was also recruited by Portland, Northern Arizona, Washington State and Oklahoma.
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 1,600-meters: 4:23; 3,200-meters: 9:17.
IN THE CLASSROOM: Herrick is an ecology and evolutionary biology major. He has recorded a GPA greater than 3.40 and was named to the 2016 and ‘17 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention team.
PERSONAL: Christopher Coulson Herrick was born on November 13, 1995 in Bend, Ore. He is the son of Jonathan and Jill Herrick of Missoula, Mont. Herrick also has a sister, Jenna. He enjoys mountain biking, skiing and backpacking. Herrick lived in Alaska for six years and spent a lot of time salmon and halibut fishing.
