Bio

Honors & Awards

• All-Conference in indoor 4x400 relay (2024)
• A–R-C All-Academic Team (2024)
• Two-time letterwinner (2023-24)
• Team Most Improved Award (2024)

2024 | sophomore

• Earned his first all-conference honor at the A-R-C Indoor Championships, helping the 4x400 meter relay team to a time of 3:21.13
• Entered the top 10 in school history in the 60 meters (ninth, 7.01), the indoor 200 meters (sixth, 22.52), the indoor 300 meters (second, 35.65), and the 100 meters (fifth, 10.71)
• His time of 35.65 in the indoor 300 meters at the Iowa State Holiday Invite was .01 seconds off the previous school
• Part of three relay teams that won an event on the year

2023 | freshman

• Part of the Storm’s winning 4x200 meter relay team (1:36.86) at the Darren Young Classic
• Won the 100 meters at the Central Dual in a season-best 11.07 seconds
• Ran a 22.66 in the 200 meters at the same meet, the fastest time by a Storm runner on the year, to claim second place

High School

• A 2022 graduate of Waimea High School
• Selected as Most Outstanding Male Athlete
• Named Male Athlete of the Rotary/KIF track meet
• Qualified for state in the 110m hurdles
• Valedictorian of class
• Member of National Society of High School Scholars

Personal

• Parents are Timothy and Alicia Sams
• Has two siblings, Jaiden and Jayna
• Majoring in mathematics with a minor in Spanish