blank  Chris Thomas
	Class: Junior Hometown: Lubbock, Texas High School: Lubbock HS Height / Weight: 5-10 / 140 Event: Distance Experience: 2L

2000 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 19th at season-opening ACU Classic (9/1) with time of 24:20.39 ... Posted time of 29:17 at Red Raider Open (9/9) ... Finished with mark of 28:38 at Cowboy Jamboree (9/30) ... Came in 23rd at Texas Tech Open (10/7) with time of 29:18 ... Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2000 OUTDOOR/INDOOR: Did not compete.

1999 CROSS COUNTRY: Posted time of 28:47 for fourth-place finish at season-opening Red Raider Invitational (9/11) ... Finished with mark of 27:54 at Sundodger Invitational (9/25) ... Posted mark of 28:13 at NCAA Pre-Nationals (10/18) ... Finished with mark of 29:04 at Big 12 Championships (10/30) ... Posted time of 35:41.86 at NCAA Mountain Regional (11/14) ... Named to Big 12 All-Academic First Team.

1999 OUTDOOR: Did not compete.

1999 INDOOR: Posted time of 9:51.00 in 3,000 meters for fifth at Red Raider Open (1/16).

1998 CROSS COUNTRY: Posted time of 29:31.60 at Nebraska Invitational (9/19) ... Top performance of season came at Cowboy Jamboree (10/3) with time of 28:06 ... Finished 14th at Red Raider Classic (10/8) with mark of 28:38.40 ... Posted time of 29:03 at Texas A&M Invitational (10/17) ... Finished with mark of 28:39.70 at Big 12 Champ. (10/31).

1998 OUTDOOR: Recorded time of 4:18.92 in 1,500 at Texas Tech Medical Relays (3/28) ... Finished with mark of 2:03.35 at ACU Track & Field Classic (5/7) ... Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

1998 INDOOR: Recorded time of 4:53.03 at Red Raider Invitational (1/24) ... Posted mark of 4:53.64 at Red Raider Open (1/17).

HIGH SCHOOL: 1997 graduate of Lubbock High School ... Earned all-district in cross country junior and senior years ... District champion senior year and runner-up as junior ... District champion in 3,200 and 1,600 as senior ... Member of district champion cross country team that finished ninth at region meet ... Recipient of "Fighting Westerner" Award ... Served as vice president of school's choir and received several musical honors ... Advanced to state finals in summer track events as sophomore.

PERSONAL: Born April 22, 1979, in Meridian, Miss. ... Son of Madoc and Calder Thomas ... Both parents attended Texas Tech ... History major with double minor in exercise sports science and business.