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2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Chris Balthazar

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New Rochelle, N.Y.
  • Previous School Fordham Prep
  • College Columbia College

Biography

2022-23 (Senior): (ITF) Earned 2nd in the Yale Season Opener 60m with a time of 6.97 (Dec. 10) … Ran in the TCNJ Lions Indoor Invitational (Jan. 14) competing in the 200m with a time of 22.90, placed 11th … Earned another second place in the 60m with an improved time of 6.93 at Dartmouth v. Columbia v. Yale (Jan. 21) … Took 3rd at the David H. Valentine Invite with a PR time of 6.83 in the 60m (Feb. 10-11) … Competed at Heps Indoor Championships 60m and 200m … Placed 2nd in 200m with a time of 21.36 at the 2023 Indoor IC4A/ECAC and placed 7th with a time of 6.89 in the 60m (Mar. 3-5) … (OTF): Clocked a personal best in the 100m with a time of 10.35 in the 2023 Colonial Relays and earned 1st in the 200m with time 21.18 … Took 1st in 4x100m at Mets Outdoor Championships with a time of 41.09 (Apr. 8) … Earned first with a personal best time 20.41 in the 200m at the Ivy League Heps Outdoor Championships (May 6-7) … Competed in NCAA East Preliminaries for the 200m, earning 40th place with a time of 21.01 (May 25-27)

2019-20 (First-Year): (Indoor) Posted a personal record time of 7.02 in the 60-Meter Dash at the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 1), finishing sixth in the process ... Clocked a PR in the 200-Meter Dash with a time of 22.04 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Mar. 6-8) ... Crossed the line in fourth place in the 200m (22.19) at the Mets Indoor Track & Field Championships (Jan. 30-31). (Outdoor) Season canceled.

Career Bests

60-Meter Dash (Indoor)
- 7.02
Villanova Invitational - Feb. 1, 2020
200-Meter Dash (Indoor) - 22.04
IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships - Mar. 6-6, 2020
4x400-Meter Relay (Indoor) - 3:19.42
Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps - Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2020

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Sprints
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2021-22Junior

    Sprints
  • 2022-23Senior

    Sprints