2011 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Leonard Coutin

Chad Hall

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Big Bear, CA
  • High School Big Bear HS

Biography

2011 Earned All-West Region honors after finishing in eighth place at the NCAA West Regional Championship in a career-best 10k time of 29:28 on November 12 ... Named Big West Men's Athlete of the Year ... Earned Big West All-Conference honors after winning the 2011 Big West Championship on October 29 ... Named Big West Athlete of the Week on September 20, October 4, and October 18 ... Won his fifth-career meet as a member of the Highlanders at the Nevada Chase Race on September 2 ... Set a career-best mark in the 8k with 23:18.91 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational on October 1 ... Won his sixth-career meet and second of the season winning the Bronco Invitational on October 15 ...

2010 Earned All-Region honors after finishing 10th at the NCAA West Regionals to advance to Nationals ... Earned All-Conference for the second straight year after finishing second at the Big West Championships on Oct. 30 ... Named Big West Conference Athlete of the Week on Sept. 8, Sept. 22 and Oct. 20 ... Won his third career meet while establishing a personal best 6k time of 19:49 at the Nevada Twilight Classic on Sept. 3 ... Won his fourth-career meet and set the course record with an 8k time of 23:24.2 at the Northridge Invitational on Oct. 16 ...

2009 Named NCAA All-West Region ... Earned All-Conference after finishing in fourth place at the Big West Championships on October 31 ... Won his second career meet and established his 5k best of 14:58.06 at the Northridge Invitational on Oct. 16 ...

2008 Finished first on the team in three of the four meets in which he participated ... Won the UC Riverside Invitational in his first-ever collegiate cross country meet ... Posted a season-best 8k time (24:04.90) at Pre-Nationals on October 18 ...

Oregon (2007) Redshirted the cross country season while at Oregon ...

High School Won the De Anza league championship all four years at Big Bear High School under the tutelage of his father, Mickey ... Reached the CIF Finals as a sophomore, winning the CIF during his junior and senior years ... As a junior, finished second in the State Championship and won States as a senior ... Was the Individual D-4 CIF Champion in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons and the individual state D-4 Champion in 2007 ... Also won the 2007 Foot Locker National Championship ... Maintained a 4.0 grade point average in high school ...

Personal Chad Christian Hall is the son of Mickey and Susie Hall ... His brother Ryan is a professional runner who competed in the marathon in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games finishing 10th ... Considers his father to have had the biggest influence on him as an athlete because his father served as his coach throughout high school and inspired Chad through his own athletics achievements ... Roots for the Los Angeles Clippers ... His favorite athletes are Gabriel Selace, Michael Jordan, Kelly Slater, Rodney Mullen and his brother Ryan ... Lists “The Bible” as his favorite book ... Enjoys watching “The Cosby Show” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” ... Sites “Happy Gilmore” and “The Goonies” as his favorite movies ... Skillet and Jars of Clay are his favorite musical groups ... Plays the guitar and wakeboards in his spare time ... Lists spaghetti and beef stroganoff as his favorite foods ... Considers winning the Foot Locker National Championship to be his most memorable sports achievement to date ...



Career Collegiate Performances
Meet Date Overall Scoring Team Time Dist
NCAA Championship Nov. 21, 2011 44 - - 30:17.8 10k
NCAA West Regional Nov. 12, 2011 8 8 1 29:28 10k
Big West Championship Oct. 29, 2011 1 1 1 23:41.9 8k
Bronco Invitational Oct. 15, 2011 1 1 1 23:48.0 8k
Bill Dellinger Invitational Oct. 1, 2011 3 3 1 23:18.91 8k
UC Riverside Invitational Sept. 17, 2011 5 4 1 24:01.8 8k
Nevada Chase Race Sept. 2, 2011 1 1 1 19:51 6k
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Nevada Twilight Classic Sept. 3, 2010 1 1 1 19:49 6k
UC Riverside Invitational Sept. 18, 2010 4 3 1 24:13.0 8k
Northridge Invitational Oct. 16, 2010 1 1 1 23:24.2 8k
Big West Championships Oct. 30, 2010 2 2 1 23:57.6 8k
NCAA West Regional Nov. 13, 2010 10 10 1 30:16.40 10k
NCAA Championships Nov. 22, 2010 142 - - 31:31.5 10k
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UC Riverside Invitational Sept. 19, 2009 8 8 1 24:17.1 8k
Notre Dame Invitational Oct. 2, 2009 21 21 1 24:17 8k
Northridge Invitational Oct. 16, 2009 1 1 1 14:58.06 5k
Big West Championships Oct. 31, 2009 4 4 1 23:44.4 8k
NCAA West Regional Nov. 14, 2009 24 23 1 31:21:73 10k
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UC Riverside Invitational Sept. 27, 2008 1 1 1 24:13.20 8k
Pre-Nationals Oct. 18, 2008 20 20 1 24:04.90 8k
Big West Championship Nov. 1, 2008 11 11 2 24:50.60 8k
NCAA West Regional
Nov. 15, 2008 46 46 1 30:28.93 10k

Historical Player Information

  • 2008Redshirt Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2009Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2010Junior

    5'8"
  • 2011Senior

    5'8"