Sam Lange

Year:

Jr.
Hometown:

Washington, Ill.
High School:

Morton

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2023: Men’s Cross Country USTFCCCA All-Academic Team…USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete… GLIAC Academic Excellence Team… USTFCCCA All-Region… Placed 21st at the NCAA Division II Midwest Region Cross Country Championships in 31:22.7… All-GLIAC First Team… Placed sixth at the GLIAC Cross Country Championships in 24:43… Placed 40th at the Lewis Crossover on Oct. 7 in 24:54… Placed 36th in the Maroon race of the Roy Griak Invitational on Sep. 28 in 26:43.6… 2022: GLIAC Academic Excellence Team... Placed 49th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Dec. 2, running 30:45.4… Helped the Huskies to a program-best 10th-place team finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Dec. 2… USTFCCCA All-Region… Placed 15th at the Midwest Region Cross Country Championships on Nov. 19, running 31:35.1… Placed 18th at the Lewis Crossover on Oct. 8 running 24:32.9… Finished first as a team and eighth individually at the Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 23 running 25:40.6… Won the Vic Godfrey Open on Sept. 2, running 18:27.7… Named GLIAC Athlete of the Week on Sept. 6… 2021: Second Team All-GLIAC... GLIAC Academic Excellence Team... Appeared in six fall races, including the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships... Placed 8th at Warrior Challenge with season best 8K time of 25:35.9... Took 13th at GLIAC Cross Country Championships 8K time of 25:57.9... Placed 104th at NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships with 10K time of 32:37.1...Team Scholastic Achievement Award...

High School: Four years most valuable runner...All-State three times and state runner up in 2019...2019 Conference Champion...All-conference three times...section champion...1600 meter conference champion...3200 meters all-state...set 1600 meter school record in 2020 with a time of 4:13.83...Helped team to cross country championship, regional championship, and section championship in 2019...Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Lived in France for four years...Hobbies include skiing, table tennis, pickleball, spikeball, and playing videogames...Has four siblings, Hannah (24), Benjamin (22), Sophia (20), and Josephine (14).

On choosing MTU: "I chose Michigan Tech because of the great engineering program and the location.