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University of California, Santa Barbara

2021 Men's Track and Field

Jimmy Chahal

  • Year Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Mission Hills, CA
  • High School Johns Burroughs HS
  • Position Distance

Biography

2020 Cross Country

Redshirt season. 

2019-2020 Track and Field 

Redshirt season. 

2019 Cross Country 

Redshirt season. 

2018-2019 Track and Field 

Competed in nine meets for his first year of track. Finished fifth at the Big West Challenge in the 1500m with a time of 3:58.31. Set a personal best for 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational in 3:56.39. Took sixth in the 1500m at the Cal Poly Dual with a time of 3:58.70. Concluded his season at the Big West Conference Championships where he scored for the first time as a freshman in the 1500m in sixth with a personal best clocking of 3:54.64.

2018 Cross Country

Competed in three meets for his first season in uniform. Set a personal best time for 6k at the Santa Clara University Bronco Invitational where he finished in 26:17.7. 

Prep


Graduated from John Burroughs High School where he was fourth at the CIF State Meet in track and field for the 1600m and 14th in the 3200m his senior year. He was the first ever distance runner from his school to double in two events all the way up to the state meet, his best being at the CIF Masters Meet where he was first in the 1600m and third in the 3200m. Chahal was a Pacific League Champion in cross country and track in the 1600m and 3200m as a senior as well as a league champion in the 1600m as a junior. He also currently holds the school records for the 1600m and 3200m. Coached by John Peebles and Le' Von Davis.  

Personal 

Parents are Karamjit Singh Chahal and Parminder Kaur Chahal...Majoring in Computer Science...career goal is to work for EA Sports...athletics goals are to win a Big West Conference Title and go to the NCAA Championships as a team in cross country...also wants to break 1:50 in the 800m, 3:42 in the 1500m, and 14:00 in the 5000m...hobbies include basketball, sleeping, Netflix, listening to Drake, and writing songs...fun fact: had a tree fall on him during a tempo run.

Collegiate Bests

1500m - 3:54.64 (2019 Big West Conference Championships) 

Big West Championships 

2019 - 1500m, 6th, 3:54.64

Prep Bests

800m - 1:55.43

1600m - 4:11.09

3200m - 9:00.61

3 mile (xc) - 14:36.67

5k (xc) - 15:31.26