Chas Cook

Height:
5-5
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Orlando, FL
High School:
Trinity Prep

2018-19 -- Track: Competed in two events at the Big West Championships: first on May 10 at UC Santa Barbara, took 12th place in the 10,000 meters (with a time of 31:59.43), before returning to Pauley Track the next evening to add a 5,000m Conference Finals effort of 15:22.23 ... also made the 2019 Big West All-Academic Team. Cross Country: Redshirted.

2017-18 -- Track: Redshirted. Cross Country: Was crucial to the Mustangs winning a second consecutive Big West title, as he finished seventh individually at the conference championships on Oct. 28 in Riverside, with an 8k time of 24:45.6 ... helped Cal Poly compile a victorious score of 29 points at the championship meet ... continued his postseason with a 10k performance of 32:01.6 at the NCAA West Regional in Seattle on Nov. 10 (118th) ... made fall debut at Oregon’s Invitational on Sept. 29, clocking an 8k of 25:03.4 (82nd) ... earned a spot on the Big West All-Academic Team, in addition to Conference Commissioner’s Highest Honors academically.

2016-17 -- Cross Country: As a true freshman, came in seventh place at the Big West Conference Championships in Hawai’i, running 8k Kahuku Golf Course in 25:22.7, helping the Mustangs to the dominant team title with 18 points on Oct. 29 ... made his collegiate debut competing unattached at the Cal Poly Invitational on Oct. 15, finishing as the runner-up at Fairbanks Memorial Course in San Luis Obispo, with a performance of 26:59.3 (trailing only former Texas All-American Joe Thorne by 9.8 seconds) ... closed his fall with a 77th-place NCAA West Regional 10k of 31:21.2 at Haggin Oaks Golf Club in Sacramento on Nov. 11.

Prep -- While at Trinity Prep in Winter Park, Fla., came in 15th place at the 2015 Nike Cross Country Southeast Regionals, running the 5k in 15 minutes, 38.40 seconds, after winning the Florida High School Athletic Association 2A championship at 15:53.49 ... his state title came after also winning the regional crown ... in addition to his individual success, helped lead the Saints to three consecutive state team championships under coach Ken Vinal, as well as a National Small Schools Team Champions honor ... as a senior in track, also took second place in the 3,200 meters at the Florida Relays, with a time of 9:14.22, before going on to finish as the runner-up in the event at the state finals (as well as fourth in the 1,600m, with a PR of 4:24.32) ... was also named the Florida Dairy Farmers Cross Country Runner of the Year in the fall of 2015 ... was a Dean’s List and Headmaster’s List student, and volunteered with Equine Angels Horse Rescue and Support for Disadvantaged Youth Cook Club ... also visited Cornell and Lipscomb; ultimately chose Cal Poly “because of the wine and viticulture major, the academic learn-by-doing approach, the opportunity to run for the Mustangs, Coach Conover and to live in San Luis Obispo.”

Personal -- Majors in Wine and Viticulture, and aspires to make an impact in the field of viticulture and enology.