Chris is a five-time national 400m champion and was one of the Mixed Relay team who caused such a sensation by making the Olympic final in Tokyo. He was also part of the teams who made the finals at the World Championships in 2022 and 2023. The pinnacle of his career to date was running the first leg when the Mixed 4x400m team won their historic gold at the recent European Championships in Rome. A native of Grange, where Olympian Mona McSharry also hails from, he discovered his track talent when he did some speed training for soccer at which he also excelled. He has been based in Loughborough since 2018 and started working with coach Stewart Marshall this year.