Furman University

Chris Knight's Personal Bests

Honors & Awards
School Record Holder - Distance Medley Relay
2023 SoCon All-Freshman Team (1,500m - Outdoors)
2024 All-SoCon First Team (Cross Country)
2024 SoCon All-Freshman Team (Cross Country)
 
Sophomore Year (2024-25):  Named to the All-SoCon first team and the SoCon All-Freshman team after placing third with a time of 24:20.9 at the SoCon Cross Country Championship, helping Furman to its 12th-straight league title…finished fourth with a 6K PR of 17:58.6 at the Furman XC Invitational…recorded an 8K personal-best time of 23:43.9 at the Wisconsin Pre-nationals race…competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, where he recorded a 10K personal best of 30:31.3 to lead the Paladins to a 17th-place finish…won the 3,000m (8:21.22) and finished third in the mile (4:11.90) at the SoCon Indoor Championship…took gold in the 1,500m with a personal-best time of 3:45.68 at the SoCon Outdoor Championship…won the 1,500m (3:47.79) at the Asheville Bulldog Invitational…named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2023-24):  A member of the Paladin DMR team that took gold with a program record time of 9:55.18 at the SoCon Indoor Championship…finished fifth in the 800m (1:54.88) at the Carolina Indoor Challenge…posted a 1,500m PR of 3:51.69 at the Wake Forest Invitational…named to the SoCon All-Freshman team after finishing fourth in the 1,500m during outdoors…named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

High School
2022-2023 Tennessee All-State in Cross Country, Indoor, and Outdoor
2022-2023 Chattanooga Times Free Press Best of Preps (Cross Country & Track & Field)
2023 Baylor School Outstanding Runner