Habtom Samuel

Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): NCAA CHAMPION in the 10,000m (28:07.82) … Ran the second-fastest 10,000m race in NCAA history in his first outdoor competition at Sound Running’s THE TEN (non-NCAA) on March 16 to secure the Olympic standard … That shattered the previous program record held by Ibraham Kivina-Juma (28:06.1) that had stood since 1984 … Ran the second-fastest 5,000m time in the nation at Bryan Clay on April 11 (13:13.34) to break another UNM program record … Won two more conference titles in the 1500m and 5,000m at MW Outdoor Championships to remain undefeated in conference championship races … Fastest finisher in the 10,000m (28:26.91) and 5,000m (13:44.50) across both NCAA Regional Preliminary meets to punch his ticket to NCAA Outdoor Championships in both … Rallied from a fall with two laps to go to, surging from fifth to first the rest of the way to win his first NCAA title with a 28:07.82 time.

Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Shattered the UNM Indoor 5,000m record by nearly 18 seconds in the first indoor meet of his career at the Sharon Danville-Colyear Season Opener on Dec. 2 with a 13:14.85 finish that stands as the 11th-fastest in collegiate history … followed up with another school record in his second race, crossing the finish line as the second-fastest collegian in the 3,000m at the UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 13 in 7:45.61 … named MW Freshman / Athlete of the Week for his efforts … Swept the 5,000m and 3,000m titles at MW Indoor Championships in dominant fashion, breaking the MW Championship record in both … Became the first Lobo to finish as an All-American in both XC and Indoor Track since Luke Caldwell (2014) after following up with Indoor First Team All-American honors in the 5,000m (4th) and 3,000m (7th) in Boston … Named MW Indoor Track Athlete of the Year following the conclusion of the season.

Cross Country (Freshman): NCAA Individual Runner-up … NCAA Mountain Region Champion … USTFCCCA Mountain Region Athlete of the Year …. MW Individual Champion … MW Athlete of the Year … Won the Roy Griak Invitational Gold Men’s 8K in his collegiate debut, beating the rest of the field by 24 seconds (23:36.4) for the fastest time by a Roy Griak Invite finisher since 2011 and second-fastest all-time … Named MW Freshman & Athlete of the Week Twice and NCAA Athlete of the Week once … Led the Lobos men to a MW Championship and third-place finish at Mountain Regionals with individual wins in both … Followed up with the best finish by a UNM’s men’s runner at Nationals since 2004, finishing as a runner-up as the Lobo men finished 18th as a team.

Bronze Medalist in the 3,000m at U20 World Championships in Nairobi, Kenya in 2021 … Followed up with another bronze in the 5,000m at U20 World Championships in Cali, Colombia …  Touts PR’s of 7:52:69 (3000m), 13:13.74 (5,000m) and 27:20.08 (10,000m).