2011 Cross Country - M Roster

Chris Burke

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tully, N.Y.
  • Highschool Tully/SUNY Delhi

Biography

2010-2011:
Indoor,
placed 18th in the 1,000-meter run (2:29.15) at the America East Championship ... Part of the third place 4x800 (7:26.01) relay squad in the IC4A Championships ... Anchored the 4x800 relay (7:40.49) and finished second in the mile (4:09.95) in the New Balance Collegiate Invitational ... Placed fourth in the 800m (1:52.33) at the
NYRR Collegiate Meet ...

Outdoor, clocked a 3:49.93 (10th) in the 1,500-Meter run at the IC4A Championships ... Finished fifth (3:54.79) in the 800-Meter run at the America East Championship ...Placed fifth with his Great Dane teammates in the distance medley (9:55.16) at the UMass Invitational ... Recorded a 9:45.02 with his squad to grab eighth place in the 400m distance medley relay at the 117th Penn Relay ... 2010

Cross Country, ran season best at the Greater Louisville Classic 8K (24:48.33) ... Placed as well as 14th in the America East Championships (25:06.30) ... Recorded a 31:48.4 in the 10K at the NCAA Northeast Regional for a 75th place finish

At SUNY Delhi (2008-10): Seven-time All-American and five-time national champion on the track ... Won the 1,500-meter run twice as well as the 800-meters once indoors at the NJCAA Division III national championship ... Also garnered All-America honors outdoors by placing second in the 5,000 in 2010 ... Anchored the first-place 4x800-meter relay each year, including the 2010 squad which broke the national meet record (7:44.33) ... Has relay splits of 1:52 at 800-meters and 4:09 at 1,600-meters ... Personal bests of 3:54.22 in the 1,500 and 14:45.37 in the 5,000 are school records ... Earned two letters in indoor and outdoor track and field as well as cross country ... Two-time All-American and national champion as a harrier, helping the Broncos win the national team title each year ... The squad's 22 points at the 2009 meet was the lowest total in the history of the NJCAA Division III championship event.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and field and cross country at Tully.

Personal: Majoring in biology ... Born Aug, 26, 1989 ... Son of Robert and Janice Burke ... Has one brother, Jesse, and one sister, Melissa.

Historical Player Information

  • 2010Junior

    6'1"
  • 2011Senior

    6'1"