Thomas Chaston

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
Distance
Hometown:
Colorado Springs, Colo.
High School:
Cheyenne Mountain

Collegiate Personal Bests
Cross Country
- 5,000 meters - 15:00.4
- 6,000 meters - 18:10.2
- 8,000 meters - 24:10.6
- 10,000 meters - 32:26.3
Indoor
- Mile - 4:04.13 (16th in CSU history)
Outdoor
- 1500 meters - 3:50.81
- 3,000 meter steeplechase - 8:48.04 (4th in CSU History)
- 5,000 meters - 14:29.59

Accolades
- Mountain West Peak Athlete of the Week Award (Oct. 14, 2019, Jan. 15, 2021)
- USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (Week of Oct. 14, 2019)
- All-Mountain West (2020 ITF)

Chaston at the NCAA Championships
2022
- 187th place, men's 10k (Cross Country)

Chaston at the NCAA Mountain Regional
2022
- 11th place, men's 10k (Cross Country)
2021
- 84th, men's 10K (Cross Country)

Chaston at the NCAA West Regional
2022
- 38th place, 3,000m Steeplechase (Outdoor)
2020-21
- DNF, 3,000m Steeplechase (Outdoor)

Chaston at the Mountain West Championships
2022
- 4th place, men's 8k (Cross Country)
- 20th place, 5,000m (Outdoor)
- 8th place, 3,000m Steeplechase (Outdoor)
2021
- 22nd place, men's 8k (Cross Country)
2020-21
- 48th place, men's 8k (Cross Country)
- 8th place, 3,000m Steeplechase (Outdoor)
- 14th place, 5,000m (Outdoor)
2020
- 3rd place, distance medley relay (Indoor)
- 13th place, mile, prelims (Indoor)
2019
- 45th place, men's 8k (Cross Country)

COLORADO STATE
Redshirt Junior (2021-22)
(Cross Country): Appeared in five meets including the conference and regional meets...Represented the fifth Ram and final scorer at MW Championships with a place of 22nd and time of 24:10.6...Started off the year with a third-place finish and first Ram at Wyoming Invite with a 5K time of 15:00.4.
(Indoor): Competed in three meets... Ran a 4:06.38 mile at the Iowa State Classic and is now 16th in CSU history.
(Outdoor): Competed in six meets including the Mountain West Championships and NCAA West Regionals...Finished 38th in the steeple at regionals...Added one point to the team score at conference with his eighth-place finish in the steeple chase...Recorded the fourth-best steeple time (8:48.04) in CSU history at Mt. Sac while taking eighth place...Ran a 1500m PR of 3:50.81 at Bryan Clay Invite.

Redshirt Sophomore (2020-21)
(Cross Country): Competed in all three meets...First uniformed runner to cross in the Colorado State-Wyoming Dual, helping CSU earn the victory...Crossed at 18:10.2 vs. WYO...Earned MW Athlete of the Week honors for performance in season opener...Fifth Ram scorer at the Battle Born Collegiate XC Challenge, crossing in 47th with a time of 24:22.9...Placed 48th at the MW meet as the ninth Ram.
(Indoor): Did not appear.
(Outdoor): Appeared in five meets...At MW Championships, finished 14th in 5K and eighth in 3,000mS with the latter being a PR that improved his then15th spot in CSU history...Competed at NCAA West Prelims in the steeple but did not finish race...Made steeple debut at Jack Christiansen Invite, winning the event with a time of 9:07.35 for then15th in school history...Made official outdoor track debut at CU Invitational, taking second in the 1500 with a time of 3:55.30.

Redshirt Freshman (2019-20)
(Cross Country): Made debut with a 29th-place finish at the Wyoming Invite...Placed 159th at the Joe Piane Invitational 8k as the seventh Ram...Won the UCCS Open 8k with a time of 24:41.1...Finished 4th for the Rams in the Nuttycombe Invite...Competed in the MW Championships with an 8K PR...Mountain West Peak Athlete of the Week Award (Week of Oct. 14, 2019).
(Indoor): Competed in four meets including the Mountain West Championships...A part of the distance medley relay team that placed third at MW meet, earning six points for the men's team en route to winning the Mountain West Championships...Also ran in the prelims of the mile at MW meet...Made official CSU track debut in mile at Potts Invite...Recorded mile PR at Colorado Invitational and won the event...Clocked a 4:13.97 for second-best mile time of the season at Iowa State Classic.
(Outdoor): No season due to COVID-19.

Freshman (2018-19)
(Cross Country): Redshirted.
(Indoor): Redshirted.
(Outdoor): Redshirted...Ran unattached in two meets.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Cheyenne Mountain HS ... Seventh place, 2017 Colorado 4A State Cross Country Championships...First place, 2017 Pikes Peak Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships...18th place, 2016 Colorado 4A State Track & Field Championships 3,200 meters...Named Gazette Peak Performer of the Week in Sept. 2016 after winning Liberty Bell Invitational Division 3 race

High School Personal Bests
Outdoor
- 1,600 meters -4:22.80
- 3,200 meters - 9:44.04
- Two mile - 9:59.31
Cross Country
- 3-mile - 15:50.2
- 5,000 meters - 15:41.0 (at altitude)