2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Charlie Welch

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Denver, Colo.
  • Highschool George Washington
  • Major Quantitative Biosciences & Engineering (M.S.)

Biography

2024-25 (at Colorado): Earned an undergraduate degree in Integrative Physiology ... Did not compete. 

2023-24 (at Colorado): Indoor Track & Field - Ran in two meets ... Clocked a personal-best 8:39.04 3,000m at the Potts Invitational ... Ran the 800m and mile at the Colorado Invitational. Outdoor Track & Field - Competed in six meets, concentrating on the steeplechase ... Qualified for the NCAA West First Round in the steeplechase, finishing 37th in 9:16.54 ... Was fourth at the Pac-12 Championships in the steeplechase with a 9:07.16 ... Ran a career-best time of 8:50.86 at the Bryan Clay and also competed at the Payton Jordan Invitational and the Stanford Invitational ... Ran a career-best 1,500m time of 3:51.98 at the Bryan Clay.

2022-23 (at Colorado): Indoor Track & Field - Competed in three meets for the Buffs ... Opened the season with a personal-best 1:53.94 800m at the Potts Invitational ... Ran the mile at the Colorado Invitational (4:16.46 at altitude) and the Husky Classic (4:09.56 at sea level). Outdoor Track & Field - Competed in five meets at distances from 1,500m to 5,000m ... Doubled up at the Pac-12 Championships finishing sixth in the 3,000m steeplechase (9:02.32) and 25th in the 5,000m (15:20.92) ... Ran the steeplechase at the Kit Mayer Classic, Bryan Clay Invitational, and Desert Heat Classic with a season best of 9:01.79 ... Also ran the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay and the Stanford Invitational with a season best of 3:52.29. 

2021-22 (at Colorado): Indoor Track & Field - Competed in two meets as a true freshman ... Ran the 800m at the Colorado Invitational and Potts Invitational, setting a season-best of 1:54.85 at the Colorado Invitational. Outdoor Track & Field - Ran in three meets as a true freshman ... Ran the 400 in 52.21 at the Jerry Quiller Classic ... Clocked 1:55.42 in the 800m at the CU Invitational ... Competed in the 1,500m at the Kit Mayer Classic finishing in 3:59.07. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Distance runner at George Washington HS ... Three-time Colorado state cross country qualifier, finishing 18th as a senior in 2020 ... Set his high school's records in the 800m, 1,600m, two-mile, and 4x800 relay ... All-state in the 800m and 1,600m as a senior in 2021 ... Class valedictorian ... Earned an IB diploma.