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Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

2012 Men's Track and Field

Chris Wright

Chris Wright

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Oakland, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    Head-Royce

Summary

Biography

At Pomona-Pitzer: Entering his senior season as a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Track and Field team, where he competes in the sprints...Also a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Swimming team, where he helped set a school record in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:08.29...High School: Attended Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon, where he competed on the cross country, swimming and baseball teams for the Cardinals...Was a four-time letterman on the swimming team, as well as a four-time district champion, a two-time team MBP and a state finalist...Was a captain (and three-time letterman) on the cross country team, and was an all-league pitcher and outfielder on the baseball team...A finalist for the Portland Interscholastic League Student-Athlete of the Year in 2007-08...Earned an IB Diploma...Also competed for the Multnomah Athletic Club Swim Team, where he was a senior sectional qualifier from 2006-08...Personal: Attending Pomona College, where he majors in mathematical economics with a minor in biology...Both parents are physicians...Has one sister and one brother...Lists Steve Prefontaine, Michael Jordan and Jake Locker as his favorite athletes...Gladiator, Troy and Moulin Rouge are his favorite movies, while his favorite books are Heart of Darkness, Moneyball and Freakonomics...Lists Economics 162 as the most interesting course he has taken while at Pomona...Lists Abraham Lincoln and John Wooden as the public figures he most admires...Plans to attend medical school after graduation...Born May 6, 1990.

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