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2025-26 Men's Track & Field Roster

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Chris Day

Chase Brown

  • Height 6-0
  • Events Distance
  • Hometown Bloomingdale, Mich.
  • High School Otsego
  • Indoor Yr. Redshirt Junior
  • Outdoor Yr. R-Jr.

Biography



TFRRS Career Results Page
Cross Country Bio Page

Overall Career Honors
  • School Record Holder (DMR - 10:11.53)
  • 2x RMAC Summit Award Winner (2025 Indoor & Outdoor)
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® (2024-25)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2024 - XC)
  • 6x Overall RMAC All-Academic
    • 4x First Team
      • XC - 2023 & 2024
      • Indoor - 2024-25
      • Outdoor - 2025
2025 Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Won his second RMAC Summit Award of the year for having the highest GPA of any student-athlete at the RMAC Championships… Was later selected to the RMAC First Team All-Academic squad...Went on to be selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team... Ran in four meets, qualifying for the RMAC Championships in both the 1,500 and 5,000 meters… Set a career-best time of 4:00.60 in the 1,500 prelims to reach the final, where he placed tenth in 4:06.62… Ranks seventh in program history with that time… Had a career-best 5K time of 15:06.22 at the Maverick Invitational to rank fifth in program history… Placed 19th at the conference meet (16:14.86).

2024-25 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Named as the RMAC Summit Award Winner for having the highest GPA of any student-athlete at the RMAC Championships… Also went on to be selected to the RMAC All-Academic First Team… Ran in three meets… Anchored the Mavs to a school-record time of 10:11.53 in the distance medley relay at the Ichabod Invitational… Also helped the Mavs to the 11th fastest time in program history (10:53.60) at the RMAC Championships, where CMU placed fifth… Ran in the mile individual event on two occasions… Set a season-best time of 4:23.31 at the Ichabod Invitational… Ranks seventh in CMU history with that time.

2024 Outdoor (Redshirt Freshman): Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… Ran the 5,000 meters in two home meets… Posted a season-best time of 15:25.57 at the Maverick Invite #2… Had placed second in 15:29.24 at the Maverick Invite & Multi a week earlier.

2023-24 Indoor (Redshirt Freshman): Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… Ran in two meets, contesting the 5K at both the Big Red Machine and Western Colorado Opens in Gunnison… Had a season-best time of 16:06.94 at the Big Red Machine Open.

2022-23 (Freshman): Redshirted during both indoor and outdoor seasons… Did compete unattached in two indoor and one outdoor meet… Finished the indoor 5K in 16:23.68 at the Mines Winter Classic & Multi before having an outdoor time of 15:39.97 at the Maverick Invite… Had run to a 3K time of 9:24.40 at the Western Colorado Alumni Open.

Prep: 2022 graduate of Otsego HS… Earned all-conference, county and region honors as a senior cross country runner in the fall of 2021, helping the Steve Long coached Bulldogs to a team state title… Finished third at the Wolverine Conference Championships and at the Allegan County Meet before taking eighth at the Lower Peninsula Region 12-2 meet that the Bulldogs hosted… Went on to run a personal record time of 16:29.17 to finish 36th individually at the state meet… Finished 79th at the NXR Midwest Regional Championships and 116th at the Eastbay Region Championships later in November… Was a 3-event conference champion on the track as a senior in the spring of 2022, winning the title in both the 1,600 and 3,200 meters as well as in the 4x800-meter relay… Was the regional champion in the relay and the runner-up in the 1,600… Finished 11th at the state championships in the 1,600 with a PR time of 4:23.58… Took 22nd at state in the 3,200… Holds other PRs of 1:59 (800) and 9:31 (3200)… Earned Academic All-State honors for cross country in 2021.

Personal: Is majoring in mechanical engineering with aspirations of working in the aerospace or renewable energy fields… Son of Chad and Teresa Brown… Is the middle of three brothers (Kyle & Trey)… Enjoys disc golfing, biking, hiking, camping and skiing.

Why I Chose CMU: “I chose CMU because of the academics, athletics and great location.  Grand Junction is a beautiful place to live with endless possibilities for running and outdoor activities.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Distance
    6'0"
  • 2023-24Redshirt Freshman

    Distance
    6'0"
  • 2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

    Distance
    6'0"
  • 2025-26Redshirt Junior

    Distance
    6'0"