2016 Cross Country:
Raced in two meets … Finished 17th in the head-to-head meet with Kennesaw State with an 8k time of 27:45.28 and 13th at the Foothills Invitational with an 8k time of 25:46.5.
2016 Track:
Indoor: Mainstay in the 800m and relay rotation during the indoor season … Won the DMR at the Vanderbilt Invitational along with Nico Metzler, A.Z. Reese and Andres Littig, recording a time of 9:58.03 … Finished second in the 4×800 at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet along with Littig, Metzler and Gabriel Darosa, recording a time of 7:36.31 … Finished sixth in the 800m at the Alex Wilson Invitational with a personal-best time of 1:49.85 … Finished 11th in the 800m at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 1:51.74. Outdoor: Finished fourth in the 1500m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 3:53.20 … Finished fourth in the 800m at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 1:51.91 … Finished fourth in the 4×800 relay at the Penn Relays with a time of 7:24.05 along with Nico Metzler, Andres Littig and Avery Bartlett.
2015 Cross Country:
Finished sixth in the 5k at the Gene Mullin Invitational with a time of 16:08.5 and earned the honor of ACC Men’s Cross Country Performer of the Week for his performance … Finished 31st in the 5k at the JSU Struts Invitational with a time of 15:59.7 … Finished 44th in the 8k at the Pre-Nationals Invite with a personal-best time of 25:33.2.
2015 Track:
Indoor: Helped the DMR team to a second-place finish with a time of 10:14.36 at the Vanderbilt Invitational … Continued to improve in the 800 meters as he finished fifth (1:52.41) in the Doc Hale VT Elite, eighth (1:51.75) at the Samford Invitational, and finally ninth in the ACC Championships … Turned in a personal-best 800-meter time of 1:51.68 in the ACC Championship preliminaries … Helped both the 4×400-meter and 4×800-meter relay teams to ninth and second place finishes, respectively, at the Doc Hale VT Elite meet … Posted a career-best time in the mile with a time of 4:21.75 at the Auburn Invitational. Outdoor: Logged a career-best 1,500-meter time of 3:49.47 at the Florida Relays … Placed third in the 800 meters (1:52.36) at the Georgia Tech Invite.
2014 Cross Country:
Recorded a career best 8K time of 25:47 at the ACC Championships … Competed in the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational where he finished 29th out of 88 runners with a time of 25:56.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Improved his 800-meter time from 1:58.60 at the beginning of the season to a season-best 1:54.12 … Placed fifth in the 800 meters at the Southern Miss Cupid Classic. Outdoor: Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a third-place finish in a time of 3:26.59 at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Ran the 1,500 meters in a time of 3:55.09 for fifth place at the same meet … Ran his career-best 1,500 meters at the Florida Relays in a time of 3:53.51 and his best 800 meters in 1:52.67 at the Georgia Tech Invite.
2013 Cross Country:
Recorded a career best 8K time of 26:32 at the Furman Classic … Competed in the Berry Invitational, where he finished 34th out of 207 runners with a time of 27:21.
2013 Track:
Indoor:Did not compete.Outdoor:Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to eighth place (3:22.40) at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Ran a personal-best 1,500-meter time of 4:00.18 at the ACC Championships.
2012 Cross Country:
Did not compete.
High School:
Was a four year letterwinner in cross country and a three year letter winner in track at Woodward Academy … Named team captain of both the cross country team and track team his senior year … Holds five school records in the 4x1600m, 4x800m, 4x400m, 800m and distance medley relay … Also was a letterwinner in swimming for one season.
Personal:
Full name is Chris Hill Burnett … Born on Feb. 17, 1994 in Sandy Springs, Ga. … Parents are Chris and Karen … Has one sibling, Greyson … Grandfather, Charles Perkins, graduated from Georgia Tech … Began running after participating in the Peachtree Road Race in seventh grade … Chose Georgia Tech because of its engineering program … Enjoys golfing and wakeboarding … Majoring in mechanical engineering.
