Chris Rapp Class: Sophomore Hometown: Mason, Ohio High School: Mason Height / Weight: 6-0 / 155 Event: Steeple/5000/10,000

Major-Civil Engineering.

2008 Outdoor-Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Earned his first collegiate victory by outracing the steeplechase field at the Smoky Mountain Twilight in a personal-best time of 9:27.12 (May 6) ... Finished fourth in his first collegiate steeplechase at the Sea Ray Relays (April 11) ... Placed fifth in the steeplechase the next week with a then-personal-best time of 9:37.57 at the Vanderbilt Invitational (April 18) ... Recorded his personal-best 3,000 clocking of 8:41.68 at the season-opening Baldy Castillo Invitational, where he also ran the 1,500 in 4:08.34 (March 22) ... Stopped the clock at 4:01.65 in the 1,500 at the Tiger Track Classic (April 5) ... Finished 15th in the steeplechase with a time of 9:35.68 at the SEC Outdoor Championships, his first conference competition (May 17) ... Finished his first collegiate 5,000 in 15:05.12 at the conference championship meet (May 18).

2008 Indoor-Finished eighth with a then-personal-best time of 8:43.30 in the 3,000 at the Big Ten-SEC Challenge (Jan. 19) ... Opened his season with a 16th-place finish in the 3,000 at the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 12) ... Recorded a time of 8:45.51 in the 3,000 at the Rod McCravy Memorial (Feb. 2) ... Ran to a 21st-place finish in 8:50.23 in the 3,000 at the Virginia Tech Challenge (Feb. 23).

2007 Outdoor-Redshirt

2007 Indoor-Redshirt ... Finished 24th in the 3,000 with a time of 9:03.99 while competing unattached at the McCravy Memorial (Jan. 20).

2007 Cross Country-Scored as the fifth Vol across the finish line at the 8K Greater Louisville Classic (Sept. 29) ... Finished sixth on the team and 45th overall at the 8K Covered Bridge Open (Aug. 31) ... Also just missed scoring at the 8K ISU Pre-Nationals (Oct. 13) and the 10K NCAA South Regional (Nov. 10) ... Finished 55th overall at the 8K SEC Championship (Oct. 27).

High School-Left with school records in the 3,200, 5,000, 4x800, 4xmile and distance medley relay ... Won the 3,200 at the conference championship meet as a senior ... Finished sixth at the state cross country meet in 2005 ... 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 ... Ran on the 2002 cross country conference championship team.

Personal-Full name is Christopher Thomas Rapp ... 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 ... Mom was a 1,500 finalist at the 1980 Olympic Trials ... Family includes sister Megan.