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Chris McConnell
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Year:
Senior |
Hometown:
Portland,
Ore. |
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Date of
Birth:
12-16-88 |
Previous
School:
Madison
HS |
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LCSC CAREER:
McConnell top-seven team
finishes in each of his six
races as a junior… recorded
season-best 8k time with a
25:48 at the Charles Bowles
Invitational, finishing No.
6 for LC…earned 12th-place
overall finish at the LCSC
Invitational, with a time of
26:31.5…top-five finish
(27:43.6) at Frontier
Conference Championships
earned him all-conference
honors for second
consecutive year and helped
the Warriors win the
conference title for the
third straight year…top LC
finisher at NAIA National
Championships, crossing the
line in 69th place with a
time of 26:26…as a sophomore
helped LC sweep the top five
spots at the Frontier
Conference meet by finishing
fourth and earning
all-conference
honors…started the season
with a fifth-place finish at
the Whitworth Invitational
and was ninth in the LCSC
Invite…served as captain of
the track team…during his
freshman year, he ran
anywhere from third to
seventh on the team during
the season…his best finish
came at the NAIA Region 1
and Frontier Conference
Championships when he
finished 21st overall and
third on the team…set
personal record of 20:56 for
6K.
HIGH
SCHOOL: Finished
seventh in the Oregon 5A
cross country state meet for
Madison High School...ran
the 13th fastest 5k in the
state of Oregon for 2006
with a time of
15:51...qualified for Nike
Borderclash...holds the
Madison High School 5K
school record…also a member
of the baseball and
basketball teams, where in
one game he hit 7-of-7
3-point attempts and scored
26 points.
PERSONAL: Born
Dec.16, 1988 to Mark and
Julie McConnell…fifth out of
nine children…has four
brothers, Elias, Nate,
Matthew and Joseph, and four
sisters, Evelyn, Amanda,
Danielle, and
Natalie…grandfather, Dewey
McConnell, played with the
Pittsburgh Steelers in the
NFL…hobbies include chicks,
sports, movies, eating,
sleeping and
working…pursuing a degree in
Business Administration.
FAVORITE RACE: 5k on a
XC course is sick, lots of
fun, and not so long
NICKNAME: Most people call
me Toph, I prefer C-Mac
FAVORITE MOVIE: Superbad
FAVORITE FOOD: Mongolian
Beef, or the String Bean
Chicken at Panda Express
FAVORITE PHRASE: I have been
saying “Ay-OH” a lot, Andy
on The Office says it and
somehow it made it into my
vocab
FAVORITE BOOK: Kick
Me is a hilarious book
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Four-way
tie between Family Guy, The
Office and Scrubs and
Simpsons
FAVORITE
RESTAURANT: In Lewiston
Panda Express, in Portland
Pho Vinh
FAVORITE
MUSICIAN: Diggin’ Will.I.Am
right now
CD YOU ARE
LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW: Who
listens to CD’s? I listen to
the “Just Dance” station of
Pandora
MOST MEMORABLE
SPORTS MOMENT: Peed my pants
in right field and pitched
perfect game in little
league, both equally
memorable for different
reasons
WHAT IS YOUR
DREAM JOB: Sports Marketer
or Sportscaster
WHERE DO
YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10
YEARS: Retired after winning
the lottery, then I wake up
and see myself working in an
ad agency in So. Cal.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT
LCSC: Cool teachers, nice
people, good weather for the
NW Dinner at the SUB and the
Activity Center
WHAT DO
YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT THE LCSC
CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK
PROGRAMS: Awesome teammates,
free stuff, traveling, free
food and running till I feel
like I am gonna die
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