Cross Country/Track & Field

AS A JUNIOR (2010-2011): (XC) Did not compete. (TRACK) Raced 9:55:11 for 4^th place in the 3000m Steeplechase @ Cal State Stanislaus 3/5/11…Finished in 4:04:65 in the 1500m @UC Davis Aggie Open 3/12/11…Competed in the 3000m steeplechase in 10:02:36 @ San Francisco State 3/25/11…Ran a personal best in the 1500m for 6^th place in 3:57:78, 3^rd all time at SCU and finished 8^th in the 800m with 1:56:49 @ San Francisco State 4/2/11…Raced 1:57:56 in the 800m and 3:59:98 in the 1500m invitational @ Chico State 4/8-9/11…Finished the 1500m in 3:59:33 and the 800m in 1:59:13 @ Woody Wilson Invitational, UC Davis 4/16/11…Placed 2^nd in his heat in the 1500m in 4:00:71 @ Brutus Hamilton Invitational, CAL 4/22/11.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2009-2010): (XC) Placed 121st with a time of 26:34 at the Stanford Invite… came in 45th at the San Francisco St. Invite with a time of 27:00… placed 78th at the Bronco Invite with a time of 26:00. (TRACK) Ran a PR of 4:01:92 in the 1500m and finished the 800m in 1:58:00 @ Stanford Invitational 3/26/10…Finished the 800m in 1:58:22 @ Johnny Mathis Invitational 4/3/10…Raced 1:57:49 in the 800m and 4:07:61 in the 1500m @ Chico Twilight Invitational 4/10/10… Set a personal best time in the 800m in 1:56:09 @ Brutus Hamilton Invitational, Cal 4/23/10…Ran the 1500m in 4:06:07 @ Cal State Stanisauls 5/14/10.

AS A FRESHMAN (2008-2009): (XC) Placed 34th in the San Francisco Invitational on Sept. 27 with an 8k time of 26:42 ... Placed 20th in the West Coast Preview on Nov. 1 with an 8k time of 26:40. (TRACK) Ran 4:06:41 in the 1500m @ UC Davis Aggie Open 3/14/09…Earned a lifetime record in the 800m in 1:58:22 @ Johnny Mathis Invitational, 4/5/09…Raced 1:56:13 in the 800m @ Brutus Hamilton Invitational 4/24/09.

COLLEGE PERSONAL BESTS

Cross Country: 20:53 in the 4 mile (2009 - Hornet Jamboree); 26:00 in the 8k (2009 - SCU Bronco Invite)
Track: 1:56.09 in the 800m (2010 - Brutus Hamilton Invite); 3:55:48 in the 1500m (2011 - WCC Championship); 15:45:88 in the 5k (2011 - WCC Championship); 9:55:11 in the 3k Steeplechase (2011 - CSU Stanislaus Invite)

HIGH SCHOOL PERSONAL BESTS: 400m-51, 1500m-4:04; 3000m-9:07; 8k XC-26:40

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate of North Medford High School ... Southwest Conference 2006 District Champions ... 1st North Medford team to qualify for OSAA statemeet ... 2007 6A trophy winners ... named 1st team southwest conference, 4x2nd team All conference ... honorable mention all conference.

PERSONAL: Son of Xing Chang and Li Zhen Chen ... has an older brother named Jun, an older sister named Jean, an older brother named Larry and a younger sister named Jennifer, 15 ... enjoys traveling, sky diving, trying exotic foods, tennis and hardball ... aspires for a career in education ... enjoysan occasional Orchestra concert.