Sam Austin

Position:
Middle Distance
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Winter Springs, Fla.
High School:
Oviedo
Prev School:
Florida

Awards and Honors
Three-Time All-American
First Team All-American (Indoor: 800m – 2023)
Second Team All-American (Indoor: 800m – 2024, 2022)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (T&F: 2022)

Personal Records

400m	46.87	2024 Outdoor
800m	1:46.06	2023 Indoor
	1:47.00	2023 Outdoor

2024-25 (Florida)
Indoor: Scored at SEC Championships finishing fifth in the 800m (1:49.42) … ran a season best of 1:47.08 in the 800m at the Tyson Invite and ran on the 4x400m (3:09.20) … ran 1:47.76 in the 800m and was on the 4x400m squad that clocked 3:07.81 at the Razorback Invite … opened season with a 1:08.69 600y and a 46.96 split in the 4x400m at the Corky Classic.

2023-24 (Florida)
Outdoor: Qualified for NCAA East Prelims finishing 35th in the 800m … took sixth in the 800m (1:47.73) at SEC Championships … had an 800m season best of 1:47.42 for sixth at the Tom Jones Memorial Invite … finished 10th in the 800m (1:48.21) at the Pepsi Florida Relays … set a 400m PR of 46.87 at the LSU Invite.
Indoor: Earned Second Team All-America finishing 12th at NCAA Championships (1:49.08) … SEC bronze medalist in the 800m (1:48.00) … took second and was the fastest collegian at the Razorback Invite in the 800m with 1:46.90 and ran on the 4x400m … hit a mile PR of 4:14.69 at the Tyson Invite … clocked a 600m of 1:16.80 at the McFerrin-12 Degree Invite.

2022-23 (Florida)
Outdoor: NCAA Prelims qualifier in the 800m and placed 37th … took sixth at SEC Championships in the 800m (1:48.21) … opened season with the 4x800m win and finished 14th in the 800m (1:49.79) at the Pepsi Florida Relays … also ran the 800m (1:47.00) at the Tom Jones Memorial and 400m (48.39) at the East Coast Relays.
Indoor: Took fifth at NCAA Championships in the 800m (1:48.19) for First Team All-America … SEC 800m silver medalist (1:48.67) … broke the Florida indoor 800m record at the Tyson Invite with 1:46.06 … opened season at the Razorback Invite in the 800m (1:48.55) and 4x400m (3:09.03).

2021-22 (Florida)
Outdoor: Qualified for NCAA East Prelims in the 800m … took eighth in the 800m (1:47.76) at SEC Championships … competed in the 800m and 4x400m at the Tom Jones Memorial … opened season at the Pepsi Florida Relays with 1:48.15 in the 800m and anchored the 4x400m to 3:07.85.
Indoor: Finished 10th at NCAA Championships with an 800m time of 1:48.12 for Second Team All-America … SEC 800m bronze medalist (1:47.76) … took second at the Music City Challenge with 1:47.79 … broke the facility record in first collegiate race in the 600m (1:15.96) at the Clemson Invite … won the 800m (1:49.93) at the Rod McCravy Memorial.

High School
Finished fourth in the 800m at the 2020 AAU Junior Olympic Games … two-time Florida state champ in the 800m (2021) and 4x800m (2019) … set the school records in the 400m, 800m, mile, DMR, and 4x800m.