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2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

Chris Day
UCCS Athletics

Triston Charles

  • Height 5-8
  • Events Distance
  • Hometown Farmington, N.M.
  • High School Piedra Vista
  • Indoor Yr. Redshirt Senior
  • Outdoor Yr. R-Sr.

Biography

TFRRS Career Results Page
Cross Country Bio Page

Overall Career Honors
  • 2x Second Team All-RMAC
    • Cross Country - 2021
    • Outdoor 5K - 2023
  • 2x College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® (2022-23 & 2023-24)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (XC) - 2021
  • 2x First Team RMAC All-Academic (XC) - 2021 & 2022
  • 10x RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll
2025 Outdoor (Redshirt Senior): Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… Ran in three meets… Contested the 1,500 meters at the Dr. Dan Caprioglio Early Bird, running to a time of 4:27.56… Had a season-best of 16:23.31 in the 5K at the Maverick Invitational.

2024-25 Indoor (Redshirt Senior): Did not race.

2024 Outdoor (Redshirt Junior): Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… Was later selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® team for the second straight year... Ran the 5,000 meters in the first three meets of the season… Posted a season-best time of 15:24.59 at the Maverick Invite #2 after winning the event at the Maverick Invite & Multi in 15:26.22.

2023-24 Indoor (Redshirt Junior): Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… Ran in one meet, posting a 5K time of 16:05.19 at the Western Colorado Open.

2023 Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Ran in three meets, contesting the 5K at each… Had a career-best time of 14:52.36 to finish fourth and earn Second Team All-RMAC honors at the RMAC Championships… Moved up to the No. 3 position in program history with that time… Also ran the 1,500 meters in 4:07.67 and 4x400-meter relay (3:34.82) at the Maverick Invite after taking second in the 5K (15:04.85) at that meet… Selected to the CSC Academic All-District® Team… Also selected to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

2022-23 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Ran in four meets, contesting a different event at each… Had top-5 finishes in each of the first three, placing fourth in the mile at the Western Colorado Open (4:31.11), third in the 5K at the Wes Lavong Open (16:06.58) and fifth in the 3K at the Western Colorado Alumni Open (8:57.56)… Then ran the opening 1,200-meter leg on the Mavs’ seventh place distance medley relay team that finished in 10:57.06… Selected to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

2022 Outdoor (Sophomore): Redshirt season… Competed unattached in three home meets… Finished second in a field of 25 in the 5K at the Maverick Invite #1 with a time of 14:58.59… Ran the 1,500 meters in 4:02.13 at the second Maverick Invite before posting a time of 4:04.48 in that discipline at the Maverick Top Gun Last Chance Meet.

2021-22 Indoor (Redshirt Freshman): Competed in three meets, including the RMAC Championships… Finished 11th at the conference meet with a time of 15:50.82, which was just off his qualifying time of 15:42.99, set en-route to a second place finish at the Mountaineer Open & Multi… Posted career-best times of 4:20.30 (mile) and 8:41.54 (3K) at the Don Kirby Open & Elite… Ranks third in program history with that 3K time… Ranked fifth in CMU lore in the mile… Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

2021 Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in four meets, running in all three home meets and the RMAC Championships… Scored a team point at the conference meet with an eighth place finish in the 5,000 meters (15:23.02)… Had run a sub-15 5K (14:59.98) at the Maverick Multi & Open to rank fourth in program history… Also finished second in that event with a time of 15:15.93 at the Maverick Open… Won the 1,500 meters at the Maverick Sun Classic with a career-best time of 4:02.97, which ranks him eighth in program history… Had an 800-meter time of 1:57.81 at the Maverick Open… Was also on CMU’s “C” 4x400-meter relay team at that meet, helping his unit finish in 3:44.30.
 
2021 Indoor (Freshman): Had an impressive collegiate debut track season competing in four different events over four meets, including the RMAC Championships… Placed tenth in the 5,000 meters at the conference meet with a season-best time of 15:21.78, the fourth fastest in program history... Had placed fourth in that event with a time of 15:31.73 at the CRC UCCS Open to qualify for the conference championships… Also finished the 800 in 2:03.17 at that meet after beginning his campaign with a mile time of 4:40.57 and a 3K clocking of 9:18.89 at the Western Slope Challenge and Adams State Grizzly Open, respectively.

Prep: Was the 2019 New Mexico 5A State Champion as a senior at Piedra Vista HS… Helped the Sampson Sage coached Panthers to a third place team finish… Won three meets and placed in the top three at six meets as a senior… Also set the Panther’s program record of 15:32.51 at the Nike Desert Twilight Festival… Finished 71st at the Nike Cross Nationals Southwest Regional… Won the District 2-5A title as a junior in 2018 before finishing fifth at state and fourth in the Nike Southwest Regional that year… Placed 51st at the USATF Cross Country Championships in February, 2019… Has PRs of 2:00.77 (800), 4:30.02 (1600) and 9:48.20 (3200) on the track… Finished sixth in both the 1,600 and 3,200 as the New Mexico State Championships as a junior in 2019... Most of his 2020 senior track campaign was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic... Did sweep the 1600 and 3200 at the Farmington Early Bird before the cancelation... Had finished fifth in the mile at the Great Southwest Indoor Invitational in February, 2020... Also had an indoor PR of 2:03.62 a week earlier at the Duke City All-Comers.
 
Personal: Is majoring in criminal justice… Aspires to become a police officer or work in law enforcement, perhaps as a detective in the FBI… Son of Bernadine Beyale… Has one sibling (Tyson)… Enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and fishing in addition to running… Also likes to watch TV and play video games.
 
Why I Chose CMU: “The campus atmosphere and how close it is to many outdoor activities. Plus the team has a solid coaching staff who put in the work to make it enjoyable while making sure we get a good workout.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

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    5'8"
  • 2021-22Redshirt Freshman

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2023-24Redshirt Junior

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2024-25Redshirt Senior

    Distance
    5'8"