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2011-12 Men's Track and Field Roster

Chris Tyson

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Weight 0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Arlington, Va.
  • High School Washington-Lee

Biography

2009-10
Cross Country: All-East as the runner-up at the IC4A Championships ... Took the bronze at the CAA Championships for all-conference accolades ... Ran in the open race at Pre-Nationals ... Also ran at the Colonial Inter-Regional, finishing 10th.
Indoor: All-East as the anchor on W&M's runner-up DMR at the IC4A Championships ... Helped the team run 9:44.80 ... Won the 800m at Liberty and the 1,000m at Virginia Tech in February ... Ran a 2:25.21 to qualify for the IC4A Championships at Tech ... Third in the prelims at the IC4A Championships.
Outdoor: Opened the spring season with a career-fast 3:47.90 for 1,500m at the Colonial Relays ... Earned all-conference honors after taking third in the 1,500m at the CAA Championships ... Also took sixth in the 800m, running a career-best 1:51.68 ... Ran at the IC4A Championships outdoors at 1,500m.

2008-09
Cross Country: All-East, finishing 21st at the IC4A Championships ... Earned all-conference honors after finishing 11th at the CAA Championships ... Finished 38th at the Colonial Inter-Regional ... Third at the Tribe Open.
Indoor: Ran the 1,000m at the IC4A Championships, timing a career-best 2:27.56 to place 14th in the preliminaries ... Ran 4:17.79 in the mile at CNU in December.
Outdoor: All-CAA after finishing second in the 1,500m at the conference championships ... Qualified for the IC4A Championships with a win at George Mason in 3:49.14 ... Reset his career-best with a time of 3:48.64 at the IC4A Championships ... Ran the lead-off leg of the 4x800m at the IC4A preliminaries, qualifying W&M for the finals of the event ... Ninth in the 800m at the CAA Championships.

2007-08
Cross Country: Redshirted ... Ran unattached in four races, including finishing 11th at the Tribe Open. Track:  Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL
All-American indoors at the NSIC Championships in the mile as a senior ... Virginia AAA state champion in the 1,000m, running 2:31.05 ... Runner-up at 3,000m at the 2007 Colonial Relays.

PERSONAL
Son of David Tyson and Karin Ferriter ... Interests include entomology and ornithology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09Freshman

    Middle Distance
  • 2009-10Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2011-12Junior

    Middle Distance