Troy University Athletics
2011 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Chris Upshaw
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lanett, AL
Sophomore ... Participated in the outdoor track season…Competed in the 200-meters and 400-meters…Placed sixth at the Morehouse Relays in the 400-meters with a time of 50.28…Member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished third at the War Eagle Invitational…Placed ninth at the War Eagle Invitational in the 400-meters with a time of 49.03…Placed sixth at the Coach “O” Invitational in the 200-meters with a time of 21.4…Placed eighth at the Sun Belt Championships in the 400-meters with a time of 49.35 after running a personal best time of 48.55 in the preliminaries…Member of the 4x400-meter relay that placed eighth at the Sun Belt Championships…Recorded a new personal best in the 200-meters at the South Alabama Invitational with a time of 22.47…Member of the Fall and Spring 3.0 Troy University Recognition Club…Named to the Sun Belt Academic Honor roll.
Previous School ... Attended the University of Alabama ... Did not participate in athletics.
High School ... Ran track for coach Terrence Price at Lanett High School for four years ... Participated in the 200-meters, 400-meters and 800-meters ... Also participated in the 4x100-meter, 4x400-meter and 4x800-meter relay ... Recorded a personal best time of 2:05 in the 800-meters during prep career ... Recorded a personal best time of 23.6 seconds in the 200-meters during prep career ... Recorded a personal best time of 49.7 seconds in the 400-meters during prep career ... Member of 4x100-meter state championship team in 2007 ... Member of 4x400-meter state runner-up team in 2006 and 2007 ... Helped team finish as the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) state runner-up in 2007 ... Claimed the 800-meter section championship during sophomore season ... Claimed 800-meter section championship during junior season ... Finished as 400-meter section runner-up during junior season ... Finished as 400-meter section runner-up during senior season ... Finished as 200-meter section runner-up during senior season ... Voted team captain during senior season ... Also lettered three years in basketball during prep career ... Named team captain ... Named East Alabama-West Georgia All-Star ... Also lettered three years in football ... Named team captain ... Graduated in top 20 percent of graduating class ... Named Junior Class President ... Also Student Council President during senior season ... Member of National Honor Society ... Named Who’s Who Among American High School Students.
Personal ... Full name is Christopher Montavious Upshaw ... Born March 24, 1989 ... Son of Bridget Upshaw and John Copeland ... Has three brothers; Christian, Jaevan and Jonathan ... Has two sisters, Jasyln and Jalyn ... Father, John, played football at the University of Alabama and for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL) ... Father was a member of the 1992 National Championship team at the University of Alabama ... Majoring in Social Science (Education) ... Named twice to the Provost List ... Named to Troy University 3.0 GPA Recognition Club.
