2013-14
2014 Indoors: Saw action at six meets for the Lobos, racing primarily over 400 meters … Opened the season with a seventh-place finish of 49.51* at the Lobo Collegiate Invitational … Ran back-to-back 600s at the Cherry & Silver Invitational and New Mexico Team Invitational, placing 14th (time of 1:22.87) and fifth (1:21.15), respectively … Placed sixth in the quartermile at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, finishing in 48.94* … Scored in the 400 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, placing fifth with a time of 49.32* … Also ran with the Lobos’ 4×400 team, winning the MW Championships and placing fourth at the New Mexico Classic.
2014 Outdoors: Competed at seven meets, with most races coming over 400 meters … Opened with a time of 48.71* at the Texas Tech Open before placing fourth a week later at the Jim Click Shootout with a time of 48.47 … Placed third in the quartermile at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge with a time of 48.23 … Earned runner-up honors in the 400 a the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational with a time of 48.04* … Broke the 48-second mark in the 400 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, earning all-conference honors in the process with his third-place clocking of 47.69* … Also ran with New Mexico’s 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams … Helped the 4×400 to wins at the Jim Click Shootout and Brutus Hamilton Challenge and second-place finishes at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational and MW Championships.
2012-13
2013 Indoors: Competed at five meets, including the conference championships … Ran very similar times in the 400-meter dash at all three of his regular-season showings: 49.65* (13th place) at the New Mexico Invitational, 49.62* (10th) at the New Mexico Classic and 49.60* (11th) at the Don Kirby Open … Also ran with the Lobos’ 4×400 meter relay team, placing third at the Mountain West Championships and sixth at the nationally competitive Don Kirby Elite Invitational … Also scored points for the Lobos at the conference meet in the distance medley relay.
2013 Outdoors: Ran at five meets, scoring at the MW Championships … Ran a 49.28* time in the 400 at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational, placing fourth … Posted identical times of 49.49 in the quartermile at the Air Force Triangular (third place) and the Beach Invitational (21st) … Claimed a 49.66 time at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational, taking 11th … Ran a personal-record and scoring mark of 48.88 at the MW Championships, placing fifth.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in track & field for four years and football for three years at West Mesa HS in Albuquerque … Won the 400-meter dash at the New Mexico 5A Championships back-to-back years, claiming the title with a 48.42 time his senior year and with a personal-best 48.23 time his junior year … Took fifth in the 200 at the 2012 state meet with a 22.22 time, while nabbing runner-up honor in 2011 with a 22.91 time … At the APS Metro Championships, won both the 200 and the 400, while claiming third in the 100 with a season-best time of 11.21 … For his accomplishments, was named APS Metro High Point Athlete … 2010 First-Team All-Metro Wide Receiver … Member of both National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Full name is Christopher Scott Kline … Son of Kelley Scott and Clyde Kline … Lists spaghetti as his favorite food.
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
400 meters: 48.80*
600 meters: 1:21.13*
Outdoor
100 meters: 11.19*
200 meters: 22.20*
400 meters: 47.69*
TRACK & FIELD HONORS
• All-Mountain West Indoor Team: 2013 (4×400), 2014 (4×400)
• All-Mountain West Outdoor Team: 2014 (400, 4×100, 4×400)
• Academic All-Mountain West,: 2013-14
• Mountain West Scholar-Athlete: 2014
* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol