Chris Derrick

Chris Derrick

Derrick at the 2009 U.S. Junior Cross Country Championships
Personal information
Born	October 17, 1990 (1990-10-17) (age 26) Naperville, IL
Residence	Portland, OR
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	United States
Event(s)	5000m, 10,000m, Cross Country
College team	Stanford University
Coached by	Jerry Schumacher
Now coaching	Jerry Schumacher
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  United States World Cross Country Championships 2013 Bydgoszcz Team

Chris Derrick (born October 17, 1990) is an American distance runner who won 3 consecutive US Cross Country Championships in 2013–2015. He attended Stanford University, where he earned 14 All-American honors and hold an American junior record in the 5000 meters.

As a member of the high school class of 2008, Derrick has traded victories with former American high school record holder in the two-mile, German Fernandez. As a high school senior at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois, Derrick gained recognition when he won the 2007 Illinois state cross country championship and set the course record on the altered Detweiller Park course in 13:52, behind the 13:50.6 that Craig Virgin (the only American to ever win at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships) ran on the original course. Derrick concluded his senior cross country season by capturing both a team and individual victory at the Nike Cross Nationals competition, followed a week later by a second-place finish at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships. During track season, at the Arcadia Invitational Derrick ran a 13:55 in the 5000m, the fastest time run by an American high school student in a high school-only race. Derrick received the inaugural Gatorade National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year award in partnership with ESPN RISE Magazine following his 2007 season. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest runners in high school history.