Chas Gillespie

Chas Gillespie

Year: Senior
Hometown: Wilmette, Ill.
High School: New Trier
House Affiliation: Eliot

Honors and Award
Helmus Improvement Award (2009)
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2009)

Personal Bests
800m – 1:57
1,500m - 3:52.71
Mile – 4:15
3,000m - 8:18.81
3,200m – 9:33
5,000m - 14.30.31

2009-10
Competed at the Heps Championships.

2008-09
Named first-team All-Ivy for cross country ... Second Harvard runner and 32nd overall at the NCAA Northeast Regional ... Top Harvard runner and fifth overall at the Heptagonal Championships ... Second Harvard runner and 64th overall at the Pre-Nationals meet ... Placed second at the H-Y cross country dual meet ... Finished sixth in the 5,000 meter run at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships witha personal best and IC4A qualifying time of 14:30.31 ... Finished fourth in the 3,000 and qualified for the IC4A Championships with a time of 8:18.81, also a personal best, at the HYP meet ... Won the 3,000 at the Battle of Beantown ... Placed sixth in the 5,000 meters at the Heptagonal Championships, with a time of 14:27.34 … Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team … Placed fifth in the 5,000 meters at the Penn Relays with a time of 14:01.99, which is the fourth fastest time at Harvard … Finished second in the 5,000 meters at the Sam Howell Invitational, with an IC4A qualifying time of 12:23.31.


2007-08
Competed in the 3,000 meters during the indoor season ... Finished third in the 3,000 meters at the Battle of Beantown.

2006-07
Competed at the New England Cross Country Championships ... Ran the 1,000 and mile indoors ... Had the fastest time by a Harvard runner in the 3,000 meters outdoors ... Had the second fastest time by a Harvard runner in the outdoor 1,500 meters.

Personal
Earned all-conference honors for cross country in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and for track In 2004, 2005 and 2006 ... Earned all-state honors in the 1,600m twice ... School record holder in the mile ... Finished fifth in the mile at states ... Placed eighth in the mile at the state championships in 2005 ... Earned Highest Academic Distinction ... AP Scholar with Honor ... Interests include harmonica, backpacking and Bob Dylan ... Father graduated from Harvard in 1967.

Concentration
English