Christopher Arechiga

Height:
5-7
Weight:
null
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Long Beach, Calif.
High School:
Wilson Classical

Arechiga[apos]s Career Best Performances
Event	Time (Date)
*Outdoor*
100 Meter	11.26 (4/19/14)
200 Meter	22.52 (5/1/11)
300 Meter	36.13 (3/7/14)
400 Meter	48.82 (3/31/12)

2013-14 (Senior)

Outdoor Track and Field: Competed in nine regular-season meets on the season, as well as the Conference USA Outdoor Championships...participated in the 100 meter dash, the 200 meter dash, the 300 meter dash, the 400 meter dash, the 4 x 100 meter relay and the 4 x 400 meter relay...posted a personal-best time of 11.26 in the 100 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/19)...also notched a personal best in the 300 meters at the Jaguar Opener (3/7), running a 36.13...notched a season-best time of 22.61 at the Southern Miss Invitational (3/15)...finished fourth at the Southeastern Louisiana Invitational (4/18) in the 400 meters with a season-best time of 49.56...ran twice in the 4 x 100 meter relay on the season, finishing in 41.02 for a second-place finish at the Southeastern Louisiana Invitational (4/18), a time that stood as fifth-best in school history at season[apos]s end...competed in all four 4 x 400 meter relay teams, anchoring the team[apos]s top team that finished 3:17.90 at the Tulane Team Challenge (3/29).

Earned Conference USA Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll honors, as well as the C-USA Academic Medal for maintaining a cumulative-GPA of 3.75 or better.

2012-13 (Junior)

Outdoor Track and Field: Posted results in four regular season meets, as well as the Conference USA Outdoor Championships...earned Conference USA All-Academic Team honors...competed in the 200 meter dash, the 400 meter dash, the 4 x 100 meter relay, the 4 x 400 meter relay and the sprint medley...posted a season high in the 400 meter dash at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships with a time of 49.57...ran his only time in the 200 meter dash on the season at the Tulane Team Challenge (3/2), finishing in 23.19...was on the top 4 x 400 meter relay team that finished in 3:14.89 at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships (5/12) for a fourth place finish...also on the only two sprint medley teams on the season for the Greenies, notching a season best 3:27.49 at the LSU Relays (3/22). Earned Conference USA Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll and Academic Medal honors.

2011-12 (Sophomore)

Outdoor Track and Field: Competed seven of the team[apos]s eight meets during the outdoor season...ran the 200 and 400 meter events...was 13th in Conference USA in the 400 meter...ranked first on the team in the 200 meter and second in the 400 meter event...held the first and fourth fastest times in the 200 meter...owned the sixth, eighth, ninth and tenth fastest time on the team in the 400 meter...posted a season-best time of 22.56 in the 200-meter event at the Aztec Invitational (3/16)...ran 22.62 over 200-meters at the Lion Invitational (4/20)...ran the 400-meter in a season-best 48.82 at the Jaguar Invitational (3/31)...ran sub-50 seconds in the 400-meter dash at five other meets...covered the 400-meter distance in 49.09 at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/21), 49.11 at the Lion Invitational, 49.26 at the Golden Eagle Classic (4/28), South Alabama Invitational (4/14) and 49.99 at the Conference USA Championships (5/12). Earned Conference USA Commissioner[apos]s Medal of Honor for maintaining a 3.75 cumulative GPA and C-USA Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll...was a member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.

2010-11 (Freshman)

Outdoor Track and Field: Competed seven of the team[apos]s eight meets during the outdoor season...ran the 200 and 400-meter dash events...ranked third on the team in both events...held the fifth, sixth and seventh fastest times on the team in the 200-meter dash...posted a season-best time of 22.52 in the 200-meter event at the Steve Scott Invitational (5/1)...ran 22.67 over 200-meters at the Conference USA Championships (5/14)...also posted a 200-meter time of 22.70 at the Tulane Team Challenge (3/9)...ran the 400-meter in a season-best 48.92 at the Tulane Team Challenge (3/9)...ran sub-50 seconds in the 400-meter dash at four other meets...covered the 400-meter distance in 49.30 at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/23), in 49.42 at the Conference USA Championships (5/14), 49.44 at the Louisiana Classics (3/19) and 49.90 at the Sea Ray Relays (4/15). Earned Conference USA Commissioner[apos]s Medal of Honor and C-USA Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll...was a member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.

About Christopher Arechiga

Prep: Lettered twice in track and field at Wilson Classical High School for head coach Shannon Fischer...was named team captain during his junior and senior seasons...was selected to the All-Moore League squad as a junior and senior.

Personal: Born Christopher David Arechiga on May 26, 1992...the son of David and Tina Arechiga...has one sister, Valerie.