Sam Baker

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All Performances (TFRRS)

HONORS & AWARDS:

Patriot League Academic Honor Roll Cross Country (2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024)
Patriot League Academic Honor Roll Track and Field (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 & 2024-25)

CAREER PERSONAL BESTS:

5k (XC): 16:18.8 (Oct. 22, 2021)
6k (XC): 20:48.0 (Sept. 1, 2023)
8k (XC): 27:17.2 (Sept. 30, 2022)
5 Mile (XC): 26:50.9 (Sept. 18, 2021)
10k (XC): 34:58.0 (Nov. 11, 2022)
800m: 2:08.46 (Apr. 26, 2022)
1000m: 2:39.92 (Jan. 18, 2025)
1500m: 4:10.74 (Apr. 29, 2023)
Mile: 4:36.24 (Feb. 8, 2025)
2000m Steeplechase: 6:19.21 (Apr. 20, 2024)
3000m: 9:29.49 (Jan. 22, 2023)

AS A SENIOR IN 2025 OUTDOOR:

Competed in three of the 12 meets on season
Placed fifth in the 2000m steeplechase (6:29.70) at the Jim Kavanagh Legacy Invitational (Apr. 19)

AS A SENIOR IN 2024-25 INDOOR:

Competed in five of the 11 meets on season
Put up a personal best 1000m performance (2:39.92, 19th) at the Rhode Island Invitational (Jan. 18)
Posted career-best mile time of 4:36.24 for 24th at the Rhode Island Coaches Invitational (Feb. 8)

AS A SENIOR IN 2024 CROSS COUNTRY:

Competed in six of eight meets on the season
Finished with season-best 5k (16:32.85) at the CCSU Mini Meet (Oct. 25)
Posted season-best performance in 8k with time of 27:43.40 at the Patriot League Championship (Nov. 2)

AS A JUNIOR IN 2024 OUTDOOR:

Competed in five of the 10 meets on the season
Opened the season at the Black & Gold Invitational (Mar. 30) placing sixth in the 3000m steeplechase (10:17.18)
Took sixth in the 3000m steeplechase (10:26.53) at the UConn Northeast Challenge (Apr. 13)
Set a personal best in the 2000m steeplechase (6:19.21, 10th) at the Holy Cross Invitational (Apr. 20)

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023-24 INDOOR:

Competed in two of the nine meets on the season
Set a personal best in the 1000m (2:42.80, 13th) and came in seventh the 4x800m relay (8:39.67) at the URI Invitational (Jan. 20)
Finished 10th in the mile (4:37.06) at the URI Coaches Invitational (Feb. 10)

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023 CROSS COUNTRY:

Competed in all five meets on the season
Came in 29th with a 6k time of 20:48.0 at the Rothenberg Invitational (Sept. 1)
Placed 52nd in the 5k with a time of 16:54.6 at the Nassaney Invitational (Sept. 9)
Ran an 8k time of 29:24.6 at the Paul Short Run (Sept. 30)
Finished 79th with a 8k time of 27.54.8 at the New England Championship (Oct. 7)
Completed the 8k in 30:09.2 to place 106th at the Patriot League Championship (Oct. 28)

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023 OUTDOOR TRACK:

Competed in five of the nine meets on the season
Set a personal best in the 3000m steeplechase (9:57.55, third) at the UMass Flagship Spring Opener (Apr. 8)
Finished 14th in the 1500m (4:11.77) at the Merrimack Alumni Classic (Apr. 15)
Finished fifth in the steeplechase with a time of 6:26.74 at the Holy Cross Invitational (Apr. 22)
Set a personal best in the 1500m (4:10.74, 18th) at the Skyhawk Invitational (Apr. 29)

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022-23 INDOOR TRACK:

Competed in three of the 10 meets on the season
Set a personal best in the 3000m (9:29.49, third) against New Hampshire (Jan. 22)
Set a personal best in the mile (4:37.04, 21st) at the URI Coaches Invitational (Feb. 11)

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022 CROSS COUNTRY:

Competed in five of the six meets on the season
Placed 29th in the 3.1M with a time of 16:40.9 at the Shawn M. Nassaney Invitational (Sept. 10)
Set a personal best 8k time of 27:17.2 at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (Sept. 30)
Finished 108th in the 8k at the NEICAAA Championship with a time of 28.02.4 (Oct. 8)
Placed 103rd with a 8.05k time of 28:28.2 at the Patriot League Championship (Oct. 29)
Ran a personal best 10k time of 34:58.0 at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Championship (Nov. 11)

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022 OUTDOOR TRACK:

Competed in six of the eight meets on the season
Claimed third in the 3000m steeplechase (10:06.74) at the UNH Wildcat Invitational (Apr. 9)
Clinched second in the 3000m steeplechase (10.10.47) at the Holy Cross Invitational (Apr. 23)
Set a personal best in the 800m (2:08.46, 12th) and finished sixth in the 1500m (4:12.19) at the Holy Cross Men’s Meet (Apr. 26)
Finished second in the 3000m steeplechase (10:28.63) at the Stonehill Skyhawk Invitational

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021-22 INDOOR TRACK:

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021 CROSS COUNTRY:

Ran a time of 37:00.3 in the 10K at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Championship (11/12)
Placed 89th in the 8K in a time of 28:02.5 at the Patriot League Championship (10/31)
Ran a time of 16:18.8 in the 5K to place 24th at the CCSU Mini Meet (10/22)

BEFORE HOLY CROSS:

Four-year member of the varsity cross country team
Team captain his senior year
Named Team MVP honors his junior and senior year
Named First Team All-County honors and was a State Championship qualifier his junior and senior year
Three-year member of the varsity outdoor track and field team
Named team captain his senior year, and won Team MVP laurels
Steeplechase Sectional Champion and First Team All-County in 2021
Ran one year of varsity indoor track and field
In 2020, named First Team All-County, Monroe Country Champion in the 4x800 and sectional champion in the 4x800

PERSONAL:

His dad, Clayton, was a member of the crew team at Harvard (Class of '88)
His mom, Jill was a member of the crew team at Union (Class of '91)
His twin brother, Henry, currently runs cross country and track and field teams at St. Lawrence (Class of ‘25)
Graduated with a degree in chemistry