Charles Hicks (runner)

Charles Hicks is a British-American middle- and long-distance runner. He is a two-time European Cross Country under-23 champion, the first British male or female to repeat as Euro U23 winner.
Hicks won the 2022 NCAA Division I Cross Country title. In 2025 he transferred allegiance to the United States, where he had lived since the age of 12.

Career

Born and raised in London, Charles Hicks moved with his family to Florida at age 12. He studied 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 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.
On November 2, 2025, Charles Hicks made his marathon debut at the 2025 New York City Marathon, where he placed 7th in the men's race with a time of 2:09:59.

Times taken from World Athletics.

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