Chris Blackistone

Distance • Junior
Presque Isle, Maine • Presque Isle HS
Major: Criminal Justice

Junior (2006-07)
Outdoor Track: Finished seventh in the 5,000-meter run at Springfield Invitational.
Indoor Track: Finished 12th in 3,000-meter run at Princeton Invitational before missing the rest of the season.
Cross Country: Finished second on UNH team and was 36th overall at NCAA Division II Northeast Region Cross Country Championships ... Earned First Team All-East Coast Conference honors with fifth place finish at ECC Championships ... Top UNH finisher at ECC Championships ... Named ECC Men's Co-Runner of the Week on October 9, 2006 after he finished 100th out of 307 runners in the men's race at New England Cross Country Championships ... Was the 41st non-Division I finisher at that race ... Finished  11th overall at Quinnipiac Invitational ... Placed fifth overall at Fordham’s Ram Invitational ... Was team's number two scorer in 61st place at Connecticut College Invitational.

Sophomore (2005-2006):
Named to 2005 NYCAC Cross Country All-Conference First Team ... Finished 18th in Quinnipiac Invitational Cross Country Race ... Finished 19th at Fordham’s Ram Invitational Cross Country Race.

Freshman (2004-2005):

High School: Three-time All-Conference selection ... Was 3rd in the state of Maine for cross country academics.

Personal: Son of Frank and Rita Blackistone... Career ambition is to be in the state police and work in computer investigation.