Christopher ran high school cross country and track at Edwardsville (IL) HS. He signed to run in college at Milligan College in TN, but shortly thereafter was diagnosed with Cancer. He had to go through all the nasty stuff that we all know cancer patients have to go through- intense chemo, losing his hair, tons of hospital visits, etc. At the time of FOM 2014 he was in the maintenance stage of treatment (no more intense chemo) but continued “regular” chemo through March of 2015.

When his mother Lindsay told Christopher he was nominated this is what he had to say, “I told Christopher that he had been nominated for the 2014 Athlete In Need and he was incredibly humbled. He has always had the attitude that ‘there are many people worse off than me’.”