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2025 Men's Track and Field Roster

Chas O'Bear

Chas O'Bear

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Sacramento, Calif.
  • Prev School:
    Cal State East Bay

Summary

Biography

ACADEMIC AWARDS

  • D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award (2023-24, 2024-25)
  • CCAA All-Academic (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
  • CCAA Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)
  • CCAA Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2023-24, 2024-25)

AS A JUNIOR IN 2025 DURING TRACK & FIELD
  • Competed in seven meets.
  • Ran a season-best 1500-meter time of 3:55.98 at the Mangrum Invitational (March 28).
  • Posted a 5000-meter PR of 14:44.36 at the Oxy Distance Carnival & Spring Break Classic (March 8).
  • Had a season-best 800-meter time of 1:57.15 at the RCC Invitational (Feb. 28).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2024 DURING CROSS COUNTRY
  • Competed in five races. 
  • Clocked an 8K PR time of 24:57.3 at the UCR Invitational (Sept. 21) for 117th place. 
  • Placed 18th at the Irvine Invitational (Sept. 6) with an 8K time of 26:02.4. 
  • Took 66th place at the NCAA Division II West Regional (Nov. 9) with a 6.2M time of 32:25.6. 

AS A  SOPHOMORE IN 2023 AT CAL STATE EAST BAY DURING CROSS COUNTRY
  • Competed in five races. 
  • Clocked a 10K personal-best time of 31:59.9 at the NCAA Division II West Regional (Nov. 4) for 42nd place. 
  • Recorded an 8K PR time of 25:33.3 for 12th place at the Kim Duyst Twilight XC Invitational (Sept. 9). 

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022 AT CAL STATE EAST BAY DURING CROSS COUNTRY
  • Placed 79th with a 10K time of 32:30.8 in the NCAA Division II West Regional (Nov. 19). 
  • Took 39th place at the CCAA Championships (Nov. 5) with an 8K time of 26:29.7. 

HIGH SCHOOL
  • A 2022 graduate of Pleasant Grove High School in Elk Grove, California. 
  • Four varsity seasons of track and three in cross country
  • 2021 All-Delta League (cross country) 
  • 2019 All-Delta League (track & field)
  • 2019 Delta League 4x400m Champion. 
  • Holds school record for 1600m (4:25). 
  • Four-time Academic Excellence
  • Involved with IDEA (Innovative Design Engineering Academy). 

PERSONAL
  • Born and raised in Brawley, California. 
  • Son of Chuck and Leeann O'Bear. 
  • Enjoys playing basketball, video games and being in nature. 
  • Roots for the Sacramento Kings. 
  • Favorite movies are "Seven", "Shawshank Redemption", "Memento", "Wolf of Wall Street". 
  • Greatest influence is his family. 
  • Favorite athletes are De'Aaron Fox, Russell Westbrook, Anthony Edwards and Jakob Ingebrigsten. 
  • Most memorable moment was training in Flagstaff for five weeks. 
  • Loves watching basketball, has watched 60+ Kings games each season for the past three years. 
  • Majoring in Kinesiology. 

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