Lewis-Clark State College

ATHLETICS

National Rankings	06-07	07-08
Baseball	1	2
Men's Golf	35	23
Women's Golf	10	17
Men's Tennis	20	18
Women's Tennis	18	22
Men's Basketball	16	23
Women's Basketball	2	10
Volleyball	NR	20
Men's X-Country	20	14
Women's X-Country	17	21

2007 Lewis-Clark State Cross Country

Chris McConnell

Year: Freshman	Hometown: Portland, OR
Date of birth: 12/16/88	Previous School: Madison HS
Personal Bests: 54 seconds in 400m; 2:07 in 800m; 4:15 in 1,500m; 9:19 in 3,000m; 15:51 in 5K.

Chris showed what he can do last season when he set the Madison High record in the 5 kilometers and ran the third-fastest 5K in the Oregon 5A Division. He placed seventh overall at the State meet, which earned him All-State honors and qualified him for the NIKE Borderclash race.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 16, 1988 to Julie and Mark McConnell. He is the fifth out of nine children in the family.

HIGH SCHOOL: Discovered cross country as a sophomore when the basketball team trained with the cross country team. He joined the cross country team midseason that year and also ran track. Along with those two sports, he participated in basketball and baseball as a freshman, sophomore and a junior, but chose to concentrate on running as a senior.

FAVORITE MOVIE:“Anchorman”

FAVORITE FOOD:Anything Chinese

DREAM JOB:Pro Basketball Player

NICKNAME:C-Mac (Some people at his high school didn’t know his real name).

FAVORITE PHRASE: “Holla”

MISCELLANEOUS: Has a 3.63 GPA in the Gateway to College program.