2012 Men's Track & Field

Chris Carson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Granada Hills, Calif

Biography

2012 (Senior)
• Member of the 4x400 relay that qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round
• Finished 16th overall with a time of 3:10.43
• Won the 4x400 at the Big West Championships (3:11.17)
• Quartet ran a season-best 3:09.89 at the adidas/Steve Scott Invitational
• Established individual season bests in the 100m (10.82) and 200m (21.85) at the Ben Brown Invitational
• Had a season-best 49.21 in the 400m at the All-UC Meet

2011 (Junior)
• Placed 22nd in the 4x400 relay at the NCAA West Preliminaries (3:13.43)
• Ran the second leg on the quartet that won the Big West 4x400 title
• Notched a season-best 3:10.28 at the conference championships
• Also scored at the Big West meet with a sixth-place finish in the 200m (22.05)
• Registered UCI's top times of the year in the 100m (10.78) and 200m (21.87)

2010 (Sophomore)
• Did not compete


2009 (Freshman)
• Came in 12th in the 200m at the Big West Championships (22.32)
• Posted UCI's top 200m time of the season at the Steve Scott Invitational, where he clocked in with a personal-record 21.79
• Added a season-best 10.99 in the 100m

High School
• Graduated from Granada Hills Charter High School in 2008
• Lettered in track & field and football
• CIF state qualifier and West Valley League champion
• Earned all-league and all-city honors in football
• Left with the school record for most tackles in a game

Personal
• Majoring in environmental engineering
• Parents are Hong and Rob Carson
• Father was a three-time world champion in share drumming and rudiments

TOP MARKS AT UCI
100m = 10.78 (2011 Cal-Nevada Championships)
200m = 21.79 (2009 adidas/Steve Scott Invitational)
400m = 49.21 (2012 All-UC Meet)
4x400 Relay = 3:09.89 (2012 adidas/Steve Scott Invitational)