Career Note: Became the second two-time All-America runner in school history, joining Nick Allen.
2006: Named GLIAC Runner of the Week (9/20) ... named to Second Team All-GLIAC ... earned Great Lakes All-Region honors after placing 12th at the NCAA Regionals (top-15 are named All-Region) ... earned All-America honors with a 28th-place finish in NCAA Championships ... competed in all eight races ... finished in first place at the Mel Brodt Invitational ... had five top-10 finishes - UP Collegiate Opener (4th), Tommy Titan Invitational (2nd), Mel Brodt Invitational (1st), Michigan Intercollegiate (2nd), and GLIAC Championship (9th).
2005: Earned All-GLIAC Second Team honors after finishing ninth at the GLIAC Championship on Oct. 22 ... finished 11th at the NCAA Regional (32:06.0), earning all-region honors ... earned All-America honors with a 37th-place finish (28th in team scoring) at the NCAA Championship on Nov. 19 ... placed in the top-ten on five occasions, including two runner-up finishes ... season-best 8k came at Lehigh/Paul Short Invitational with a time of 24:39 ... best races of the year came at 5k in 14:50 and the 10k in 31:15 at Hillsdale.
2004: Best 8k time came versus Bucknell (26:44) ... Competed in the NCAA Regional where he ran a best 10k time (33:15) and qualified for the NCAA Championship ... best 5k time was 14:49 at Hillsdale.
Pre-WSU: Participated in cross country and track at Macomb Community College during the 2003-04 academic year ... placed 20th at the National Junior College Athletic Association[apos]s (NJCAA) national championship ... was an all-state and all-region NJCAA selection ... also earned team MVP honors ... ran a 15:47 for 5k during Macomb[apos]s track season.
High School: A 2003 graduate of Anchor Bay ... helped coach Jeff Payne and the Tars to back-to-back conference titles ... as a senior placed 14th at the 2002 Division I state cross country championship with a time of 15:51.65 ... earned all-city, all-league and all-state honors in cross country ... earned the sportsmanship award as a senior ... broke 20-year school track record for two miles with a time of 9:23 at the state championship to finish ninth ... served as a team captain his senior year in both cross country and track.
Personal: Full name--Christopher J. Mehay ... born Jan. 18, 1984, in Colorado Springs, Colo. ... son of James Mehay and Gayleen Hackler ... has three younger brothers, Richard, Andrew and Robert, and two younger sisters, Jennifer and Alana ... is a business management major ... is a 2003 graduate of Anchor Bay High School
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| UP Collegiate Opener | | | | | 16:46 | 4th |
| Virginia Tech - 6k | 21:07.78 | 31st |
| Iowa - 6k | | | 18:51 | 9th |
| Detroit Mercy - 4 mile | DNR | | 20:19 | 2nd | 20:25 | 2nd |
| Mel Brodt Invitational | | | | | 25:16 | 1st |
| Wis.-Parkside - 8k | 26:53 | 56th | 25:33 | 5th |
| CC Only Nationals - 8k | DNR | | 25:57.83 | 2nd |
| Lehigh/Paul Short - 8k | | | 24:39 | 33rd | 25:08 | 35th |
| Bucknell - 8k | 26:44.32 | 39th |
| Michigan Intercollegiate - 8k | 27:36 | 60th | | | 24:22 | 2nd |
| GLIAC Championship - 8k | 26:54.0 | 34th | 27:11.3 | 9th | 24:56.1 | 9th |
| NCAA Regional - 10k | 33:15.51 | 25th | 32:06.0 | 11th | 32:33 | 12th |
| NCAA Championship - 10k | 34:31.5 | 80th | 32:59.5 | 37th | 30:27 | 28th |
