University of South Alabama Athletics

2022: Outdoor — Set two personal records in the 3000m steeplechase (9:50.42) and the 1500m (3:57.07) while taking first and third place, respectively, at the Tiger Track Classic … Took the runner-up spot while clocking a personal-best time in the 5000m at the UAB Green and Gold Invite … Broke his personal-3000m record at the Jaguar Opener with a time of 8:43.20 and placed third … Clocked a personal- best mile time of 4:27.68 at the Jaguar Invitational. Indoor — Did not compete.

2021: Outdoor— Recorded a personal-best time in a sixth-place finish in the 3000m (9:14.91) and a fourth-place finish in the 1500m (4:07.45) at the Jaguar Opener ... Finished in the runner-up spot while setting a personal record in the 1500m after crossing the finish line in 4:00.50 at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic ... Set a personal record in the 800m (1:57.22) at the Crimson Tide Invitational ... Marked a personal-best time in the 3000m (10:04.41) at the SLU Pre-Conference Tune Up. Indoor— Did not compete. XC— Took ninth place in at the Azalea City Classic XC Collegiate after crossing the finish line in 16:53.3.

  2020: Outdoor— Finished second in the 3000m with a time of 9:05.45 at the Jaguar Opener. Indoor— Placed third 
  in the mile (4:23.62) at the Samford Bulldog Open. 
  
  2019: XC— Competed in all five cross country meets as a true freshman … Finished sixth at the Azalea City Classic in his first collegiate meet as he crossed the line with a 5K time of 16:28 … Best finish in the 8K came at the 14th Annual Foothills Invitational where he recorded a time of 26:39 … Season-best time in the 8K came at the Blazer Classic where he posted a time of 25:28.         

High School: Lettered three seasons in cross country and four seasons in track & field at Benjamin Russell High School in Alexander City, Ala. … Left holding the program record in the 800m … Finished as the 6A runner up at the state championship meet … Posted prep career best times in the 800m (1:57), 1600m (4:26) and 3200m (9:46) … Also lettered three seasons in basketball for the Wildcats.

Personal: Full name is Christian Lance Cunigan … Born in Alexander City, Ala. ... Son of Jackie and Natalie Cunigan … Oldest of two children in his family … Has a younger brother, Dallas … Favorites— movie: “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”; book: “Percy Jackson: The Last Champion”; sports team: Miami Heat; athletes: Klay Thompson and Damian Lilliard; musical artists: Drake and Lil’ Wayne; foods: Chicken Alfredo and waffles; classes: anatomy and physiology.

Major: Exercise science