Chris Herrick

Position:
Distance
Height:
6-1
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Missoula, Mont.
High School:
Hellgate

. CHRIS HERRICK
Distance
Senior/Junior, VR/VR
Missoula, Mont. (Hellgate)

PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Mile: 4:26.11 (2017)
3,000-meters: 8:25.70 (2015)
5,000-meters: 14:46.32 (2017)
OUTDOOR
1,500-meters: 4:07.06 (2017)
3,000-meter steeplechase: 9:18:94 (2017)

ACADEMIC HONORS
Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2017)

2017: Indoor: Herrick competed three times during the season. In the mile, he recorded a time of 4:26.52 at the Potts Invitational. At the CU Open, he raced the 3,000 in 8:45.88. Herrick finished his season running the 5k, clocking in at 14:46.32 at the Husky Classic.
Outdoor: Herrick competed in two events during the outdoor season: the 1,500-meters and 3,000-meter steeplechase. He performed well and set personal records in both; at the Jerry Quiller Classic (3/18) he finished the 1,500 with a career best time of 4:07.06. Later in the season, he recorded a personal best of 9:23.26 in the steeplechase at the Oregon State High Performance meet (4/29).

2016: Indoor: Herrick raced once for the Buffs, competing in the mile at the Potts Invite (1/16) where he ran the mile in 4:31.80 for second place.
Outdoor: Did not compete.

2015: Indoor: Herrick raced a pair of mile runs and 3,000’s during his first track season. He clocked a PR of 4:26.11 at the Potts Invite (1/17) in the mile before running 4:26.92 at the Air Force Invite (1/24). Herrick switched gears to the 3k after those and recorded a season best of 8:25.70 at the MSPF Championship.
Outdoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.

CROSS COUNTRY: (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 47^th overall at the Rocky Mountain Shootout and 65^th in the open race at NCAA Pre-Nationals.

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 and also is working towards a minor in Geology. He currently owns a greater than 3.40 GPA.

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.