Chris Rapp Class: Junior Hometown: Mason, Ohio High School: Mason Height / Weight: 6-0 / 155 Event: Distance

2009: Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll...Finished 12th in the steeplechase at the SEC Championships in 9:49.86...Placed third in the mile with a time of 4:15.09 at the Smoky Mountain Twilight...Finished sixth in the 1,500m with a time of 4:02.76...Placed third in the steeplechase at the Eastern Kentucky Open with a season-best time of 9:23.8...Ran only four races indoors in three different events...Placed fifth in the 3,000m with a season-best time of 8:32.53 at the Niswonger Invitational...Lone mile time of 4:14.78 came in a 13th-place finish at the Virginia Tech Challenge...Only 5,000m clocking was 14:48.78 in a 15th-place finish at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational.

2008: Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Finished 15th in the steeplechase with a time of 9:35.68 at the SEC Outdoor Championships, his first conference competition...Also ran his first collegiate 5,000m in 15:05.12 at the conference championship meet...Earned his first collegiate victory by outracing the steeplechase field at the Smoky Mountain Twilight in a personal-best time of 9:27.12...Placed fifth in the steeplechase with a then-personal-best time of 9:37.57 at the Vanderbilt Invitational... Finished fourth in his first collegiate steeplechase at the Sea Ray Relays...Stopped the clock at 4:01.65 in the 1,500m at the Tiger Track Classic...Recorded his personal-best 3,000m clocking of 8:41.68 at the season-opening Baldy Castillo Invitational, where he also ran the 1,500m in 4:08.34...Ran to a 21st-place finish in 8:50.23 in the 3,000m at the Virginia Tech Challenge to close the indoor season...Recorded a time of 8:45.51 in the 3,000m at the Rod McCravy Memorial...Finished eighth with a then-personal-best time of 8:43.30 in the 3,000m at the Big Ten-SEC Challenge...Opened his season with a 16th-place finish in the 3,000m at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2007: Redshirted outdoors and did not compete...Redshirted indoors and finished 24th in the 3,000m with a time of 9:03.99 while competing unattached at the McCravy Memorial.

HIGH SCHOOL: Left with school records in the 3,200m, 5,000m, 4x800m, 4xmile and distance medley relay...Won the 3,200m at the conference championship meet as a senior...Won the individual cross country conference championship in 2004...Named first-team all-state for cross country and first-team all-state for academics in 2006...Served as team captain of the cross country and track teams his senior year...Named team MVP for track and cross country as a senior...Was a member of back-to-back conference track champions in 2004 and 2005.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 26, 1987, in Springfield, Ore....Parents are Tom and Mary Rapp...Both parents were All-America runners and lettered in track at Penn State from 1978-81...His mom was a 1,500 finalist at the 1980 Olympic Trials...Family includes sister Megan.