Chris Derrick attended Stanford University, where he earned 14 All-American honors and holds an American junior record in the 5000 meters.
24 Facts About Chris Derrick
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Chris Derrick concluded his senior cross country season by capturing both a team and individual victory at the Nike Cross Nationals competition, followed a week later by a second-place finish at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.
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Chris Derrick received the inaugural Gatorade National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year award in partnership with ESPN RISE Magazine following his 2007 season.
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Chris Derrick attended Stanford University and earned 14 All-American honors.
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On March 28,2009, Chris Derrick placed 15th in the Junior race at the 37th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Amman, Jordan.
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On May 2,2009, Chris Derrick set the American Junior 5000m record with a time of 13:29.98, breaking Olympian Galen Rupp's previous record of 13:37.91, run in 2004.
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On June 12,2009, Chris Derrick placed 3rd at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5000 Meter Run.
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On November 23,2009, Chris Derrick placed 3rd at the NCAA Cross Country Championship.
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On June 11,2010, Chris Derrick placed 4th at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5000 Meter Run.
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On November 21,2011, Chris Derrick finished in 2nd place behind Lawi Lalang of Arizona in his final cross country race for Stanford at the DI NCAA Cross Country Championship.
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On June 22,2012, Chris Derrick finished 4th in the 10k Olympic Trials, beaten by Galen Rupp, Matt Tegenkamp, and Dathan Ritzenhein.
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In February 2013, Chris Derrick won the US Senior Men 12,000 meters USA Cross Country Championships in 35:38 at Forest Park in St Louis Missouri, to qualify for the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships where he placed 10th.
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Chris Derrick later finished 3rd in the 10,000 meters 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in June 2013 to qualify for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in August.
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In February 2014, Chris Derrick repeated as victor of the US Senior Men 12,000 meters USA Cross Country Championships in 36:14, in Boulder, Colorado.
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Chris Derrick later finished 2nd in the 10,000 meters 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 26,2014.
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In February 2015, Chris Derrick won his third consecutive US Senior Men 12,000 meters USA Cross Country Championships in 36:18, in Boulder, Colorado, to qualify for the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, China, where he placed 24th.
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Chris Derrick ran 28:31.75 to finish 7th at the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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July 18, Chris Derrick ran 2016 Olympic qualifying time 13:19.56 in Heusden-Zolder.
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July 24, Chris Derrick ran a 7:43.77 3000 meters in London 2015 Diamond League Meeting.
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Chris Derrick placed 23rd 14:01 at 5000 meters and 5th 28:47.24 at 10,000 meters at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials.
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Chris Derrick ran 18:27.70 for Team San Francisco at 2016 Track Town Summer Series 4-mile race to finish second to Sam Chelanga who ran 18:23.60 for Team NY.
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November 26,2016, Chris Derrick ran 27:38 for 10,000 metres at 2016 Hachioji Long Distance Invitational in Tokyo.
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In February 2017, Chris Derrick earned an IAAF World Cross Country Championships Team USA spot after placing 5th at US Senior Men 10,000 meters USA Cross Country Championships in 30:28.
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In May 2017 Chris Derrick served as a pacer for Nike's Breaking2 attempt at achieving a sub-2-hour marathon time.