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2021-22 Track and Field Roster

Chris Backer

  • Position Mid-Distance, Relays
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Jasper, Ind.
  • Highschool Jasper HS

Biography

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Personal-Best 400-Meter Time: 
51.73 (5/7/21 at Pacesetter Invitational – Outdoor)
Personal-Best 800-Meter Time:  2:20.75 (3/19-20/21 at SIU Bill Cornell Invitational – Outdoor)

Holds Part Of Indoor Track School Record In The 4x400-Meter Relay (3:28.63 - 2020)

All PRs/Records Updated Through 5/10/2022

 
Spring 2021 (Outdoor):
  • A key 400-meter contributor for UE as a junior, competing in all six outdoor meets.
  • Posted UE’s fastest 400-meter time of the spring with a personal-best mark of 51.73 at the Pacesetter Invitational (5/7/21).
  • Best individual finish of the spring was a second-place finish in the 400-meters at the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational (53.17 – 4/2/21).
  • Also finished third in the 400-meters at the Bill Smith Challenge (52.33 – 3/27/21).
  • Turned a personal-best 800-meter time of 2:20.75 at the SIU Bill Cornell Invitational (3/19-20/21).
Winter 2021 (Indoor):
  • Ran the 400-meters in all three of UE’s indoor meets during the COVID-shortened indoor season.
  • Posted his best 400-meter indoor time of 54.61 at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/26-28/21).
  • Also competed in the 400-meters at both the EIU Friday Night Special (55.39 – 2/19/21) and the John Gartland Invitational (56.20 – 1/23/21).
  • Also competed in the 4x400-meter relay at the John Gartland Invitational.
Spring 2020 (Outdoor):
  • Outdoor season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Winter 2020 (Indoor): 
  • Competed in the 400-meter event in all five of UE’s indoor meets.
  • Also a key part of UE’s 4x400-meter relay team.
  • Ran the lead leg of UE’s 4x400-meter relay team which won the Marshall Invitational (2/7-8/20) in a school-record time of 3:28.63.
  • Also finished third individually in the 400-meters at the Marshall Invitational in a season-best time of 52.36.
  • Ran a time of 52.48 in the 400 meters at the Hoosier Hills Open (2/14/20).
Spring 2019 (Outdoor):
  • Competed in the 400-meters in all six outdoor meets for UE.
  • Ran the anchor leg of UE’s 4x400-meter relay team which placed sixth in the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:26.81.
  • Also served as the anchor leg of UE’s 4x400-meter relay team which posted a season-best time of 3:26.22 at the Bellarmine Classic (4/13/19).
  • Posted the fastest 400-meter time of his freshman year at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational (4/26-27/19) with a time of 52.22.
  • Best individual finish of the spring came at the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational (4/5/19) when he placed fourth in the 400-meters with a time of 52.37.
Winter 2019 (Indoor):
  • Ran in the final two indoor meets of the season as a freshman.
  • Posted a 400-meter time of 55.20 at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24/19) in his first collegiate individual race.
  • Also took part in the 4x400-meter relay event at the EIU Friday Night Special (2/15/19).
Personal:
  • Majoring in Mechanical Engineering at UE.
  • Lettered in track and field and cross country at Jasper High School.
  • Competed in the Indiana state track meet from 2016-18.
  • Named Jasper’s Most Improved Track Runner in 2018.
  • Earned all-conference cross country honors in 2015.
  • His brother, Tristan, runs track at Bellarmine University.
  • Chose UE “to surround myself with great people and get a great education.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2019-20Sophomore

  • 2020-21Junior

  • 2021-22Senior

    Mid-Distance, Relays
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