2024-25 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster
Young, Christopher
Christopher Young
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Clarendon, Jamaica
- High School:
- Edwin Allen
- Prev School:
- Barton Community College
Bio
Accolades
- 2025 All-American - discus
- 2024 NJCAA Field Athlete of the Year
- Three-time NJCAA national champion in shot put
- NJCAA national champion in hammer throw, weight throw and javelin
2024-25
Outdoor
- Earned Second Team All-America honors after his 15th-place finish in discus at the NCAA Championships
- Earned a scoring finish in discus (sixth) at the SEC Championships
- Won the shot put event title at the Tom Jones Memorial before tallying a second-place finish in discus at the same meet
- Finished in the top five of both shot put and discus in every regular-season meet
- Competed in nine total meets for UA during the outdoor campaign
Indoor
- Represented Alabama in the shot put at the SEC Championships
- Finished second in the shot put at the Samford Open
- Recorded four consecutive top-five finishes in the shot put during the regular season
- Samford Invite - third
- Samford Open - second
- Orange and Purple Invitational - fifth
- New Mexico Team Open - fourth
- Competed in six total meets for UA during the indoor campaign
Prior to Alabama (Barton Community College)
- 2024 NJCAA Field Athlete of the Year
- Three-time NJCAA national champion in shot put
- NJCAA national champion in hammer throw, weight throw and javelin
- Personal bests: 59.93m in the discus; 18.76m in the shot put; 66.98m in the javelin
Personal
- Born June 29, 2003
- Son of Kedeshia Young
- Has 15 siblings
- Majoring in psychology
SEC Cross Country Championships:
Friday, November 01
Harvey Glance Tide and Tigers Dual Meet: Coach Waters
Friday, January 12
SEC Cross Country Championships Recap: Coach Waters
Saturday, October 28
Southern Showcase Recap: Coach Waters
Friday, September 15
