Chris Derrick is an American distance runner at Stanford University and former American junior record holder in the 5000 meters.
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As a member of the high school class of 2008, Derrick has traded victories with the American high school record holder in the two-mile, German Fernandez. As a high school senior at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois, Derrick gained recognition when he won the Illinois state cross country championship and set the course record on the altered Detweiller Park course, possibly eclipsing the time that Craig Virgin (the only American to ever win at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships) ran on the original course.[1] 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. During track season, at the Arcadia Invitational Derrick ran a 13:55 in the 5000m, the fastest time run by an American high school student in a high school-only race.[2][3] Derrick received the inaugural Gatorade National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year award in partnership with ESPN RISE Magazine following his 2007 season.[4]
He is currently a senior at Stanford University and has earned seven All-American honors (Three in cross country, two in indoor track and field, and two in outdoor track and field).
On March 28, 2009, Derrick placed 15th in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships junior race in Amman, Jordan.[5]
On May 2, 2009, 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.[6][7][8][9]
On June 12, 2009, Derrick placed 3rd at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5000 Meter Run.
On November 23, 2009, Derrick placed 3rd at the NCAA Cross Country Championship
On June 11, 2010, Derrick placed 4th at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5000 Meter Run.[10]
On November 21, 2011, Derrick finished in 2nd place behind Lawi Lalang of Arizona in his final cross country race for Stanford at the D1 NCAA Cross Country Championship.
| Distance | Mark | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3000m | 7:56.31i | 3-14-2009 | College Station, TX |
| 5000m | 13:29.98 | 5-02-2009 | Stanford, CA |