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Chris Boyles is entering his third year as a volunteer assistant with the Deacon track and field team. Boyles graduated from Messiah College (PA) in 2002. A two-sport athlete at Messiah, Boyles was a seven-time All-American in track & field (decathlon, high jump and hurdles), and a First Team All-American goalkeeper in soccer. Boyles was the starting goalkeeper on the 2000 national championship team at Messiah and won the 2002 national championship in the decathlon.
After playing a year of professional soccer, Boyles decided to return to track and field. His post-collegiate track career began in 2004 with a 10th place finish at the Olympic Trials. In 2005, his finish in the U.S. Championships improved to seventh.
In his first competition with his new coach Scott Hall in 2006, Boyles set a personal best decathlon score en route to winning his first international decathlon at the Multistars meet in Desenzano, Italy. Chris ended his 2006 season with a fourth place finish at the U.S. Championships and a third place finish at the NACAC Combined Events Challenge. He ended the year with an IAAF World Ranking of No. 17.
Boyles enjoys golf, graphics/web design and is an avid NASCAR fan.
