Charles Hicks (athlete)

Charles Hicks (born 25 July 2001) is a British middle- and long-distance runner. He is a two-time European Cross Country under-23 champion (2021, 2022), the first British male or female to repeat as Euro U23 winner.

Hicks won the 2022 NCAA Division I Cross Country title.

Career
Born and raised in London, Charles Hicks moved with his family to Florida at age 12. He studies cognitive science at Stanford University.

In 2021, he won the men's under-23 title at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin.

In April 2022, Hicks set a British U23 10,000 metres record with a time of 27:40.16. On 19 November, the 21-year-old won won the men's race at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships held in Stillwater, Oklahoma, becoming the first Stanford runner, the fourth British runner and the first British runner for over 30 years to win the NCAA XC individual title. He set a course record of 28:43.6 on a hilly 10-kilometer circuit. The following month, Hicks successfully defended his European Cross Country U23 title with a commanding 8-second victory in Turin, Italy.

On June 30, 2023, Hicks signed a professional contract with Nike to run for the Bowerman Track Club and be coached by Jerry Schumacher.

Personal bests
Times taken from World Athletics.


 * 1500 metres – 3:43.59 (Berkeley, CA 2021)
 * 3000 metres – 7:43.84 (Seattle, WA 2022)
 * 3000 metres indoor – 7:53.90 (Fayetteville, AR 2023)
 * 5000 metres – 13:24.58 (Stanford, CA 2022)
 * 5000 metres indoor – 13:09.38 (Boston, MA 2024)
 * 10,000 metres – 27:40.16 (Stanford, CA 2022)

American championships
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