High School: Member of the cross country and track teams…Class S cross country champions junior and senior years…captain of cross country team senior year…
PERSONAL: born Christopher E. Armstrong April 18, 1995... Parents: Linda and Earle... Sister: Kaitlin... Major: Computer Science... Career Plans: Software engineer... Residence: Bolton, CT...
INDIVIDUAL CAREER HONORS
2014:/15 Outdoor T&F 2x All-LEC Selection (2nd in 10,000m at Little East meet, 8th in 10,000mm at NE Alliance meet), LEC Academic Honor Roll Indoor T&F LEC Academic Honor Roll
2015/16: Indoor T&F LEC Academic Honor Roll Outdoor T&F LEC Academic Honor Roll, E-club Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award
2016/17: Indoor T&F LEC Academic Honor Roll Outdoor T&F 2x All-LEC Selection (2nd in 10,000m at Little East meet, 8th in 10,000m at NE Alliance meet), LEC Academic Honor Roll, E-club Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award
CHRIS... REVEALED
Your pre-game ritual: Beginning the warm up almost an hour too early
Personal goal for the season: Sub 27:00 at UMD, consistent mileage, peak for New England’s
Your most overused phrase: “It’s all good baby, baby” –Biggie Smalls
Favorite place to stop for food after a competition: 2 for $20 at Applebee’s with the whole squad
Pet peeve: Fatal Shark Attacks
If you could describe yourself in one word, it would be: Tenacious
If you were to choose a superpower what would it be: Rewinding VHS tapes with my mind
Your spirit animal: Antelope
What famous structure was actually built by the Illuminati: Stonehenge
One thing you would like to do before you died: Run an ultramarathon. Also, take a bath in the ECSU Honors House.
The automobile you would buy tomorrow if you had the money: My dad’s truck. It already has all my radio presets and my CDs in the glove compartment.
Dream job: Best case scenario: I complete my breakout season this year at Eastern, shattering the school 10k record. I then find a job in the Midwest where I can work part-time for room and board, and spend the following years training to make an appearance at the 2024 Olympic Games in the 5k, 10k, or Marathon. With my earnings from sponsorships, I can afford to spend the next ten years driving the American West coast in a van with a reggae band, winning small-town road races and running 100+ miles a week, before retiring to a well-paying division one coaching job. If that falls through, I’ll be a software developer.
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Track and Field
Favorite Instagram filter: I really like the way my eyes look in the “Mid-life Crisis” filter. “Sepia” also looks nice.
If your life could be made into a movie, the title would be: Running2Fast2Furious2Win
| INDOOR | | | |
| Date | Meet | Time | Finish |
| 1000m | | | |
| 2014/15 | | | |
| January 17 | Coast Guard | 3:01.67 | 14th (15) |
| January 31 | Springfield | 2:53.93# | 12th (16) |
| February 14 | LEC | 2:57.24 | 7th (7) |
| | NE Alliance | | 19th (25) |
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| MILE | | | |
| 2016/17 | | | |
| January 28 | Springfield | 4:53.04 | 14th (18) |
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| 2014/15 | | | |
| January 31 | Springfield | 4:54.37 | 15th (22) |
| February 7 | Boston U. | 4:43.09# | 29th (35) |
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| 3000m | | | |
| 2016/17 | | | |
| January 14 | Coast Guard | 9:52.53 | 6th (9) |
| January 28 | Springfield | 9:40.83 | 15th (23) |
| February 4 | URI | 9:41.36 | 19th (20) |
| February 11 | NE Alliance | 9:27.73# | 14th (19) |
| | LEC | | 5th (7) |
| 2015/16 | | | |
| January 16 | Coast Guard | 9:48.40 | 5th (8) |
| February 6 | Boston U. | 9:41.40 | 37th (41) |
| 2014/15 | | | |
| January 10 | Yale | 10:05.70 | 32nd (34) |
| January 17 | Coast Guard | 9:58.06 | 11th (12) |
| 2013/14 | | | |
| January 18 | Coast Guard | 10:30.90 | 19th (20) |
| January 25 | Springfield | 11:15.34 | 29th (29) |
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| 5000m | | | |
| 2016/17 | | | |
| January 21 | Plymouth State | 16:59.56 | 2nd (3) |
| February 11 | NE Alliance | 16:22.82# | 11th (20) |
| | LEC | | 5th (11) |
| 2015/16 | | | |
| January 23 | Smith | 16:57.70 | 7th (9) |
| January 30 | Springfield | 17:09.11 | 11th (16) |
| February 13 | NE Alliance | 17:40.45 | 21st (26) |
| | | | 10th (12) |
| 2014/15 | | | |
| January 24 | Springfield | 17:11.72 | 18th (23) |
| February 14 | LEC | 16:50.25 | 5th (7) |
| February 21 | NE Alliance | | 12th (19) |
| 2013/14 | | | |
| December 7 | UMass Boston | 19:07.69 | 28th (28) |
| #-Personal best | | | |
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| OUTDOOR | | | |
| 1500m | | | |
| 2017 | | | |
| April 15 | Mt. Holyoke | 4:33.97 | 1st(8) |
| 2016 | | | |
| March 26 | Wesleyan | 4:43.60 | 24th (33) |
| April 16 | Conn | 4:41.50# | 53rd (65) |
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| 3000m | | | |
| 2017 | | | |
| March 25 | Wesleyan | 9:37.76# | 6th(15) |
| 2014 | | | |
| April 11 | ECSU | 10:14.57 | 8th (13) |
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| 5000m | | | |
| 2017 | | | |
| March 25 | Wesleyan | 16:52.48 | 1st (11) |
| April 8 | AIC | 16:47.07 | 28th (47) |
| April 21 | ECSU | 16:35.88# | |
| 2016 | | | |
| March 26 | Wesleyan | 17:23.72 | 21st (25) |
| April 2 | Coast Guard | 17:17.05 | 21st (24) |
| April 22 | ECSU | 17:22.49 | 2nd (6) |
| April 30 | NE Alliance | 17:15.45 | 15th (22) |
| | LEC | | 7th (10) |
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| 2015 | | | |
| April 4 | UM Dart | 17:32.69 | 7th (14) |
| April 17 | ECSU | 17:10.94 | 1st (3) |
| April 25 | LEC | 17:27.87 | 7th (8) |
| | NE Alliance | | 16th (20) |
| 2014 | | | |
| March 29 | Coast Guard | 18:30.50 | 33rd (33) |
| April 5 | UM Dartmouth | 18:44.74 | 27th (43) |
| April 19 | Springfield | 18:06.61 | 16th (16) |
| April 27 | LEC | 17:49.91 | 7th (7) |
| | NE Alliance | | 15th (17) |
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| 10,000m | | | |
| 2017 | | | |
| April 2 | UMass Dart | 35:23.96# | 4th (7) |
| April 29 | LEC | 35:06.75# | 2nd (7) |
| | NE Alliance | | 8th (21) |
| 2016 | | | |
| April 9 | Smith | 36:12.70 | 1st (1) |
| April 16 | Conn | 35:41.87 | 13th (21) |
| April 30 | NE Alliance | 35:35.98 | 11th (20) |
| | LEC | | 4th (7) |
| 2015 | | | |
| April 11 | Westfield | 37:01.98 | 2nd (3) |
| April 25 | LEC | 35:49.24 | 2nd (4) |
| | NE Alliance | | 8th (11) |
| #-Personal best | | | |
