ok, here's the story...
During my first week or two at college I became friends with another transfer student on the cross-country team. He was a sophomore and I was a junior and both of us were in-eligible to race because of transfer rules. He ran his freshman year at Arkansas and due to injuries decided to transfer back to his hometown and run for his old highschool coach who had become the x-country and track coach at the local college.
When my friend was at Arkansas he got to know a tennis player by the name of Chip Hooper. One day during a workout he told me that I looked like Chip Hooper. Many people heard him make the comment and before you knew it I was "Chip". It was really a stupid joke because Chip Hooper is an African-American and I'm a fair-skinned, reddish haired guy with a British and French heritage.
Well it stuck. One common variant of Chip was Chipster, thus the handle.
In case anyone is curious, my friend is Steve Delano. He was a multiple KS highschool state champion in x-country and track and at Southwestern College in Winfield, KS, Steve was the NAIA National X-Country champ in '82 and '83. He also won a few Nat'l NAIA track titles. His list of running accomplishments was far, far longer than mine.
chipster
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