2025 Track and Field Roster

Chris Preddie

  • Position Jumps
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Little River Academy, TX
  • High School Little River Academy
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Career marks and personal-bests

Career Accomplishments
  • 2024 Sun Belt champion (triple jump) (outdoor & indoor)
  • 2024 Sun Belt champion (long jump) (outdoor & indoor)
  • 2024 2x All-Sun Belt First Team (outdoor)
  • 2024 2x All-Sun Belt First Team (indoor)
  • 2023 USTFCCCA All-America Second Team (long jump)
  • 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier
  • 2023 Sun Belt champion (long jump)
  • 2023 All-Sun Belt First Team (outdoor)
  • 2023 All-Sun Belt Second Team (indoor)
2024 (Sophomore) 
2024 Outdoor 

Placed first at the SBC Outdoor Championships in both the long jump and triple jump... recorded three of the top 10 marks in TXST history in the long jump (7.99m w/7.87m/7.82m)... recorded the 10th best mark in school history for the triple jump (15.61m)... qualified for the NCAA West Regional meet in both the long jump and triple jump... placed first six times during the outdoor season in his events... competed in seven meets during the outdoor season and recorded eight finishes in the top 3... earned SBC Athlete of the week on March 27, 2024. 

2024 Indoor
Placed first at the SBC Indoor Championships in both the long jump and triple jump... recorded the 10th best mark in school history for the long jump (7.55m)... marked the sixth best jump in TXST history for the triple jump (15.54m)... placed first three times during the 2024 indoor season and competed in five meets... recorded finishes of sixth or better seven times during the indoor season. 

2023 Summer
Competed at the USATF U20 Outdoor Championships ... Finished 5th in the men's long jump (7.47m/24-6.25) and 5th in the men's triple jump (14.96m/49-1).

2023 (Freshman)
2023 Outdoor

USTFCCCA All-America Second Team ... Sun Belt champion in the men's long jump ... NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier as a true freshman ... All-Sun Belt First Team ... First male freshman in Texas State history to be named an All-American and first to ever qualify as an individual for the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Only the 4th Bobcat ever to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the men's long jump ... Reached the podium in 2 events at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships in Conway, S.C.: long jump (first place) and triple jump (second place) ... Scored 18 team points in the conference meet ... First Bobcat to win the conference title in the men's long jump since 2018 ... Competed in the long jump in 7 meets and in the triple jump in 6 meets (competed in 7 meets overall) ... 6 podiums across the long jump and triple jump ... Won 3 meets in the long jump: Sun Belt Outdoor Championships, Bobcat Invitational and Charles Austin Classic ... Season-best 7.87 meters/25-10 long jump at the Charles Austin Classic in March 2023, which was the 5th-best jump in school history ... Had a 7.82 meters/25-8 long jump at the Bobcat Invitational in March 2023, which was 6th-best in school history ... Season-best of 15.31 meters/50-2.75 in the triple jump, which was registered at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships in May 2023 ... Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a 9th-place finish in the men's long jump at the NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento, Calif. (7.66m/25-1.75).

2023 Indoor
All-Sun Belt Second Team ... Competed in the long jump and triple jump over 5 meets during the indoor season ... Finished 2nd in the men's long jump at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships with an indoor-season best mark of 7.43 meters/24-4.5 ... Registered a pair of top-3 finishes during the indoor season ... Indoor-season best in the triple jump of 14.58 meters/47-10 at the Red Raider Open in January 2023.

Personal
Born in Queens, New York, but grew up in Temple, Texas before moving to Little River Academy, Texas in the sixth grade ... Also played basketball growing up.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    Jumps
  • 2024Sophomore

    Jumps
  • 2025Junior

    Jumps