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2016 Men's Cross Country Roster

Sam Williams

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Warren Center, Pa.
  • High School Northeast Bradford

Biography

2016 Cross Country (Senior):

Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)
Sept. 10 Navy Invitational (8k) 25:20.04 11 of 48 (9)
Sept. 17    Cappy Anderson Invite (9.2k) 27:33.95 3 of 63 (2)
Sept. 24 Roy Griak Invite (8k) 27:25.03 181 of 263 (10)
Oct. 1 Paul Short Run (8k) 24:40 80 of 336 (8)
Oct. 15 Army-Navy Star Meet (8k) 24:09.34 5 of 23 (5)
Oct. 29 Patriot League Champ. (8k) 25:04.5 6 of 106 (4)
Nov. 11 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Reg. (10k) 31:15 19 of 157 (4)
Nov. 19 NCAA Championship (10k) 31:19.3 131 of 251 (3)

2015-16 Track (Junior):
• Tallied a career-best 5,000-meter time of 14:55.10 at the Navy Spring Invitational

2015 Cross Country (Junior):

Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)
Sept. 5 Harry Lang Invite (6.4k) 20:55.5 24 of 94 (11)
Sept. 19 UMES Invitational (8k) 24:56.82 11 of 64 (11)
Oct. 16 Army-Navy Star Meet (8k) 25:46.19 13 of 24 (10)
Oct. 31 Patriot League Champ. (8k) 25:39.0 23 of 98 (10)

2014-15 Track (Sophomore):
• Recorded a career-best 10,000-meter mark of 30:42.00 at the Navy Four-Team outdoor meet
• Clocked a career-best 3,000-meter time of 8:24.90 at the Navy Four-Team indoor meet

2014 Cross Country (Sophomore):

Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)
Sept. 6 Fordham Fiasco (8k) 27:23.43 13 of 71 (11)
Sept. 13 Navy Invitational (8k) 26:29.62 43 of 89 (15)
Nov. 1 Patriot League Champ. (8k) 25:10.30 36 of 108 (11)

2013-14 Track (Freshman):
• Ran a career-best 9:51.93 in the steeplechase at the Navy Spring Invite

2013 Cross Country (Freshman):

Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)
Sept. 21 Towson Invitational (8k) 26:56 9 of 48 (4)

High School
• Led Northeast Bradford High School to the Pennsylvania Class A cross country state championship as a senior in 2012
• Three-time All-State and all-county selection in cross country
• Six-time All-State performer in track and two-time district champion in the 3200m
• Named MVP and captain of both the cross country and track teams on two occasions
• Helped cross country team to back-to-back district titles in 2009 and `10

Personal
• Son of Scott and Margaret

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2014Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2015Junior

    5'11"
  • 2016Senior

    5'11"