University of Tennessee Athletics
2025-26 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Middleton-Pearson, Christopher

Christopher Middleton-Pearson
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Dublin, Calif.
- High School:
- Dublin
- Previous School:
- Oklahoma State
Bio
Personal Records
Cross Country
- 4-mile: 20:59.8 (2024)
- 5k: 15:50.3 (2022)
- 8k: 23:33.8 (2024)
Indoor Track
- Mile: 4:05.08 (2023)
- 3,000m: 8:17.81 (2023)
Outdoor Track
- 800m: 1:50.54 (2022)
- 1,500m: 3:40.41 (2023)
- 5,000m: 13:54.33 (2023)
2024 CROSS COUNTRY
- Led the Vols with a 16th-place finish at 23:33.8 in the men's 8k at the Gans Creek Classic (9/27)
- Made his Tennessee debut at the Tennessee Invitational (8/30), placing third and clocking a time of 20:59.8
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE (Oklahoma State)
- 2023 Academic Second Team All-Big 12
- 2023 Outdoor Honorable Mention All-American - 1,500m
- 2023 Outdoor All-Big 12 - 1,500m
- 2022 Cross Country Academic Second Team All-Big 12
- 2022 Outdoor All-Big 12 - 1,500m
- 2022 Indoor All-Big 12 - 1,000m
- Qualified for the 2023 Outdoor NCAA Championships in the 1,500 Meters
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Dublin High School in Dublin, California
- Four-time letterman in cross country and track & field
- Was named to the EBAL All-League cross country first team in 2018 and 2019
- Earned the same honor for his performance in track and field in 2019
PERSONAL
- Born April 6, 2002 in Dublin, California
- Has three siblings — Michael, 24, Amina, 18, and Maya 15
Everything Orange S2 | Sarah Schmitt (Track & Field)
Thursday, April 17
Track & Field | 400m Hurdles Feature
Wednesday, May 22
Track & Field | Tennessee Invite Recap
Wednesday, April 10
Track & Field | Battle on the Bayou Recap
Saturday, March 30