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2021 Track & Field Roster

Sam Welch

  • Event(s): Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Manawa, Wis.
  • High School Manawa

Biography

Honors
Indoor All-American (2019 - 4x400 meter relay)

Welch TFRRS Top Performances

2020 Indoor: Awarded an All-American honor in the 400-meter dash and the 4x400-meter relay for qualifying for the NCAA Championships before the event was cancelled…Finished in the top-5 in the 400-meter dash at each of the four meets he competed in…Posted a season-best time of 49.45 in the 400-meter dash at the WIAC Championships (Feb. 28-29) to place third…Ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished second at the WIAC Championships (Feb. 28-29) with a time of 3:20.54…Recorded a time of 23.32 in the 200-meter dash at the Big Dawg Invitational (Feb. 8), good for ninth.
 
2019 Outdoor: Earned a 16th-place finish with a time of 3:18.59 in the 4x400 meter relay at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 23-25)…Ran a career-best of 49.27 in the 400-meter run placing fifth at the WIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 3-4).
 
2019 Indoor: All-American honors in the 4x400 meter relay finishing seventh overall with a time of 3:19.78 at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and field Championships (Mar. 8-9)…Finished seventh in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:19.78 at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships (Mar. 8-9)…Placed 11th overall in the 400-meter run with a career-best time of 50.51 at the WIAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 22-23)…Earned 10th place in the 200-meter sprint with a time of 23.52 at the Pointer Invitational (Feb. 2).
 
2018 Outdoor: Finished with a time of 51.46 for a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the St. Norbert Quadrangular (April 28)…Finished in eighth place with a time of 3:25.73 as a team in the 4x400-meter relay at Augustana Meet of Champions (April 20)…Finished in 11th place in a time of 24.89 in the 200-meter dash at the St. Norbert Quadrangular (April 28).
 
2018 Indoor: Finished in third place with a time of 51.46 in the 400-meter dash at the Big Dawg Invitational (Feb. 17)…Locked in a time of 23.75 for a 23rd-place finish in the 200-meter dash at the Pointer Invitational (Feb. 3). 
 
2017 Outdoor: Earned a seventh-place finish in the javelin throw, with a distance of 36.47 meters (119’ 8”), at the St. Norbert Quadrangular (April 29)...Finished with a time of 1:06.30 in the 400-meter hurdles, good for a 28th-place finish, at the Augustana Meet of Champions (April 21-22)…Earned a seventh-place finish with a time of 1:06.30, in the 400-meter hurdles at the St. Norbert Quadrangular.
 
2017 Indoor: Ran a time of 24.68 in the 200-meter dash at the Pointer Final Qualifier (March 4)…Earned a 23rd-place finish in the 200-meter dash at the WIAC Triangular (Jan. 21)…Ran a time of 53.82 in the 400-meter dash at the Pointer Qualifier (March 4)…At the Big Dawg Invitational (Feb. 18), competed in the 400-meter dash, earning an eighth-place finish, with a time of 54.68.   

High School: Graduated in 2016 from WIAA Division VI Little Wolf Jr. Sr. High School where he participated in football, basketball, and track & field…Was a four-year letter winner with a third-place finish in the 2016 state tournament 4x200-meter relay

Personal: Majoring in soil and land management…Parents Amanda and Todd…Sister Lydia.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2018Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2019Junior

    Sprints
  • 2020Senior

    Sprints
  • 2021Senior

    Sprints