Christian Martin

Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Littleton, Colo.
High School:
Heritage/Nebraska

2017: Martin competed in six races for the Buffs. His season started with a ninth place finish at the Colorado State Invitational before placing 72^nd at the Joe Piane Invitational. Martin’s following meet was the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational where he was 22^nd in the ‘B’ race. He went on to finish 61^st at the Pac-12 Championships and was 35^th at regionals. Martin finished his career with a 200^th place finish at NCAAs.

2016: Martin started his junior season with a 10th place finish at the CSU Invite before leading CU at the Bradley Classic with a fourth place finish. That finish earned him a spot on the varsity team where he ran to a 42nd place finish at the Pac-12 Championship. He improved to 37th at regionals before finishing the season with a 192nd place finish at nationals.

2015: Martin saw action in four meets for the Buffs. He made his CU debut at the Colorado State Invitational, placing 17th overall. He improved to 11th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout and then went on to place sixth in the open race at NCAA Pre-Nationals. Martin’s final race was at Pac-12s, where he finished 68th overall.

AT NEBRASKA (2013): Martin only ran cross country while at Nebraska as a freshman and competed in four meets. His highest finish of the season was 13^th at the Time Young Invitational in Vermillion, S.D. Martin raced to an 85^th place finish at the Big Ten Championships to end the season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Martin earned six letters on the cross country (three) and the track and field teams (three) at Heritage High School. He is the HHS 3,200-meter run record holder (9:36). Individually he was fifth in the 1,600 and was sixth in the 3,200 at the 5A state championships in 2013. Martin was all-state and first team all-league in cross country as a junior and senior. Martin was a member of the HHS team that was the runner-up at the state meet in 2011. That same year, the team won the Continental League Championship and was the 5A Region 2 Champion. The Eagles won the region championship again in 2011.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 1,600-meters: 4:26; 3,200-meters: 9:36; 5,000-meters: 15:50.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Martin is an international affairs major. He owns a GPA greater than 3.50 and is a two-time selection to the Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention team (2015 and ‘16), as well as a one-time second team honoree (2017).

PERSONAL: Christian Henner Martin was born on November 3, 1994 in Phoenix, Ariz. He is the son of Matt and Monique Martin of Littleton, Colo. He enjoys traveling and has been to 28 countries. Martin holds dual citizenship with the United States and Germany as his mother is from Germany.