Will Christopher
Will Christopher
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Buffalo, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Amherst
  • Major:
    Political Science & Psychology
Bio

Two-time member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll and three-time member of the AD Honor Roll.

2024 Cross Country: Started in four meets … Bookended the season with a pair of collegiate-bests … Went 29:44.0 across four miles in season-opening Wooster Invitational (Aug. 30) … Posted top 5k time of 19:51.4 in season finale at Wooster Twilight Challenge (Nov. 8) … Had season-best 8k time of 35:41.4 at All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 20).

2024 Outdoor: Made five starts … Posted PRs in back-to-back meets … Went 5:05.83 for a top 1,500 collegiate time at the Bob Kahn Invitational (March 30) … Followed that up with a 58.78 in the 400 on home turf at the Wooster Invitational (Apr. 6).

2024 Indoor: Made four starts … Went 2:24.08 for a top 800 time in the dual meet against Denison (Jan. 25) … Capped off indoor season with a season-best 5:31.83 in the mile at the Bob Shannon Invitational (Feb. 3).

2023 Cross Country: Made six starts on the season … Debuted with top 4K time of 17:53.4 at the home Wooster Invitational (Sept. 1) … Had season-best championship-length time of 35:11.3 at the Jenna Strong Fall Classic (Oct. 13) … Went 22:32.9 in lone 5K action of the season in dual meet with Denison (Sept. 21).

2023 Outdoor: Competed in five meets … Finished strong with a top time of 5:06.17 in the 1,500 at the Denison Invitational (April 28) … Went a collegiate-best 13:11.59 in the 3K steeplechase at the Kenyon Invitational (April 22).

2023 Indoor: Competed in four meets … Made season debut at Wooster Invitational (Jan. 14) with a time of 5:30.57 in the mile … Turned in collegiate-best mile time of 5:20.29 at the Bob Shannon Invitational (Feb. 4) … Had a collegiate-best 2:32.16 in the 800 in the dual meet against Denison (Jan. 26).

2022 Cross Country: Raced in six meets … Went a career-best championship-length time of 32:25.6 at the Jenna Strong Fall Classic (Oct. 14) … Turned in other championship-length performances of 36:13.3 at the Wittenberg Invitational (Sept. 10), 33:55.2 at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 16) and 35:26.4 at the Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 1).

2022 Outdoor: Competed in four meets … Logged a season-best 1500 meters time of 5:12.74 at the Denison Invitational (April 29) … Went 19:43.88 in the 5K meters at the All-Ohio Championships (April 9), with that marking a new season-best.

2022 Indoor: Competed in three meets … Logged season-best times of 2:32.58 and 5:41.67 in the 800 meters and mile at the Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 22) and Denison dual meet (Jan. 27), respectively.

2021 Cross Country: Made six starts … Top championship-length time of 36:13.5 came at the NCAC Preview (Sept. 11) … Went 38:33.4 at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 17) and 37:34.8 at Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 2) in other championship-length starts.

Prior to Wooster: Par of Amherst Central High School’s ECIC Section VI championship team in 2021 … Prepped for Jenny Koeppel-Keenan … Member of the cross country and track & field teams.

Personal: Parents are Thomas and Alexa Christopher … Political science and psychology major … Campus tour guide and member of the jazz band on campus.

News mentions
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