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Sam Tran
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Grand Rapids, Mich.
- High School:
- Forest Hills Northern
- Prev School:
- Michigan
Bio
2022 and 2023 Big Ten Indoor DMR Champion
2021 and 2022 All-Great Lakes Region in Cross Country
2022 All-Big Ten Second Team in Cross Country
Tran joins the Huskies after spending five years at Michigan, running at three NCAA Cross Country Championships and making three NCAA East Prelim Championships on the track โฆ she earned her B.S. majoring in Movement Science at Michigan and will pursue a Masters of Public Health at UW.
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2024 Cross Country: Raced twice in the fall, starting at the Pre-Nationals Meet in the B race, finishing 38th overall โฆ also ran at the Big Ten Championships where she finished 124th overall in 21:17.
2024 Track At Michigan: Competed indoors only, with her final competition of the year at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in February, where she was third in the 3,000-meters in a PR of 9:19.06, sixth in the mile final in 4:39.77, and helped the DMR take runner-up โฆ anchored the DMR to a season-best 11:00.69 at the Alex Wilson Invite โฆ second in the mile at the Badgerโs Windy City Invite in 4:39.58.
2023 Cross Country At Michigan: Did not race in the fall.
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2023 Track At Michigan: Advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA East Prelims in the 1,500-meters, placing 21st overall in 4:22.24 โฆ also ran the 5k at East Prelims, placing 40th overall โฆ placed fifth at the Big Ten Outdoor final in the 1,500-meters in 4:22.32 after running 4:17.70 in the prelims, and was 13th in the 5k โฆ ran 4:15.47 for 1,500m at the Penn Relays โฆ won the Duke Invitational 1,500m in 4:18.51 and set an 800m PR of 2:07.87 โฆ opened the outdoor season with a 5,000m PR of 15:52.65 at the Stanford Invitational, placing second โฆ indoors, anchored the DMR to the Big Ten Indoor title in 10:57.57, and also was fifth in the mile final in 4:43.39 โฆ set a mile career-best of 4:34.77 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite โฆ opened the track season with a 3,000m time of 9:22.70 at the Wolverine Invite.
2022 Cross Country At Michigan: Was the No. 2 runner for Michigan at the NCAA Championships, placing 100th overall to help UM finish 22nd as a team โฆ earned All-Region honors with a 22nd-place finish at Great Lakes Regionals โฆ was the second Wolverine at the Big Ten Championships, finishing 10th, in 20:29 to earn All-Big Ten Second Team โฆ also finished 87th at the Wisconsin Invitational, 34th at the Cowboy Jamboree, and fourth at the Michigan Big 10 Preview.
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2022 Track At Michigan: Made the NCAA East Prelim Championships in the 1,500-meters, placing 35th overall in 4:22.06 โฆ at Big Ten Outdoors, made the 1,500m final but was DQโd โฆ at the Duke Invitational, had a season-best 1,500m of 4:20.14 to take second and ran the 800m in 2:08.12 โฆ opened the outdoor season at the Stanford Invite with a 5,000-meters of 16:05.09 โฆ indoors, was fourth in the Big Ten Indoor Championships mile final in 4:41.49, and anchored the DMR to the victory in 11:02.72 โฆ anchored DMR to a time of 10:59.46 at the Alex Wilson Invite โฆ a 3k time of 9:35.56 at the Windy City Invite.
2021 Cross Country At Michigan: Helped Michigan reach the NCAA Championships where she was the No. 4 scorer for UM in 179th-place overall as the team placed 22nd โฆ earned All-Great Lakes Region honors with a 23rd-place finish at Regionals, fourth on the team โฆ finished 37th at Big Tens โฆ was 23rd at the PSU National Open โฆ was 25th at the Louisville Classic in a 5k time of 17:08 โฆ opened the fall with a seventh-place finish at the Michigan Open.
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2021 Track At Michigan: Reached the NCAA East Prelims in the 1,500-meters, finishing 33rd overall with a time of 4:23.54 โฆ made the Big Ten Outdoor 1,500m final and placed fourth in a PR of 4:14.35 โฆ season-best 5,000m time of 16:22.48 at the Big Ten Invite #4 โฆ during the indoor season, while also racing cross country, placed seventh at Big Ten Indoors in the 3,000m in 9:25.08 โฆ had a mile time of 4:53.24 at the B1G Simmons-Harvey Invite.
2020 Cross Country At Michigan: Season held in the spring of 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, concurrently with indoor track โฆ raced at the NCAA Championships and finished 90th overall, third on the team, helping UM finish 17th overall โฆ named Big Ten Cross Country Freshman of the Year โฆ was seventh at the FSU Winter XC Last Chance race.
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2020 Track At Michigan: Outdoor season canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic โฆ redshirted indoor season.
2019 Cross Country At Michigan: Redshirted the season.
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High School and Personal: Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan โฆ parents are LoAnn and Tom Tran โฆ has one older brother, Scott, and one younger sister, Sydney โฆ fifth-place finisher in the 1,600 meters at the 2019 MHSAA Division 1 State Championships ... 13th at the 2018 MHSAA Cross Country State Championships ... qualified for the state championships at 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters in her career ... ranked 10th among Michigan high school girls over 1,600 meters in 2019 and 12th over 3,200 meters ... two-time Academic All-State honoree ... graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors ... member of the National Honor Society and the honor roll
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Major Meets
2020 NCAA XC โ 90th (3rd UM)
2021 Big Ten Indoor TF โ 7th, 3000m
2021 Big Ten Outdoor TF โ 4th, 1500m
2021 NCAA East Prelims TF โ 33rd, 1500m
2021 Big Ten XC โ 37th (6th UM)
2021 Regional XC โ 23rd (4th UM)
2021 NCAA XC โ 179th (4th UM)
2022 Big Ten Indoor TF โ 4th, Mile | 1st, DMR (Big Ten Champion)
2022 Big Ten Outdoor TF โ DQ, 1500m
2022 NCAA East Prelims TF โ 35th, 1500m
2022 Big Ten XC โ 10th (2nd UM)
2022 Regional XC โ 22nd (2nd UM)
2022 NCAA XC โ 100th (2nd UM)
2023 Big Ten Indoor TF โ 5th, Mile | 20th, 3000m | 1st, DMR (Big Ten Champion)
2023 Big Ten Outdoor TF โ 5th, 1500m | 13th, 5000m
2023 NCAA East Prelims TF โ 21st, 1500m | 40th, 5000m
2024 Big Ten Indoor TF โ 6th, Mile | 3rd, 3000m | 2nd, DMR
2024 Big Ten XC - 124th (11th UW)
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Outdoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.2:07.87
1500mโฆโฆ.4:14.35
5000mโฆโฆ.15:52.65
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Indoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.2:09.28
Mileโฆโฆ.4:34.77
3000mโฆโฆ.9:19.06
2021 and 2022 All-Great Lakes Region in Cross Country
2022 All-Big Ten Second Team in Cross Country
Tran joins the Huskies after spending five years at Michigan, running at three NCAA Cross Country Championships and making three NCAA East Prelim Championships on the track โฆ she earned her B.S. majoring in Movement Science at Michigan and will pursue a Masters of Public Health at UW.
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2024 Cross Country: Raced twice in the fall, starting at the Pre-Nationals Meet in the B race, finishing 38th overall โฆ also ran at the Big Ten Championships where she finished 124th overall in 21:17.
2024 Track At Michigan: Competed indoors only, with her final competition of the year at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in February, where she was third in the 3,000-meters in a PR of 9:19.06, sixth in the mile final in 4:39.77, and helped the DMR take runner-up โฆ anchored the DMR to a season-best 11:00.69 at the Alex Wilson Invite โฆ second in the mile at the Badgerโs Windy City Invite in 4:39.58.
2023 Cross Country At Michigan: Did not race in the fall.
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2023 Track At Michigan: Advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA East Prelims in the 1,500-meters, placing 21st overall in 4:22.24 โฆ also ran the 5k at East Prelims, placing 40th overall โฆ placed fifth at the Big Ten Outdoor final in the 1,500-meters in 4:22.32 after running 4:17.70 in the prelims, and was 13th in the 5k โฆ ran 4:15.47 for 1,500m at the Penn Relays โฆ won the Duke Invitational 1,500m in 4:18.51 and set an 800m PR of 2:07.87 โฆ opened the outdoor season with a 5,000m PR of 15:52.65 at the Stanford Invitational, placing second โฆ indoors, anchored the DMR to the Big Ten Indoor title in 10:57.57, and also was fifth in the mile final in 4:43.39 โฆ set a mile career-best of 4:34.77 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite โฆ opened the track season with a 3,000m time of 9:22.70 at the Wolverine Invite.
2022 Cross Country At Michigan: Was the No. 2 runner for Michigan at the NCAA Championships, placing 100th overall to help UM finish 22nd as a team โฆ earned All-Region honors with a 22nd-place finish at Great Lakes Regionals โฆ was the second Wolverine at the Big Ten Championships, finishing 10th, in 20:29 to earn All-Big Ten Second Team โฆ also finished 87th at the Wisconsin Invitational, 34th at the Cowboy Jamboree, and fourth at the Michigan Big 10 Preview.
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2022 Track At Michigan: Made the NCAA East Prelim Championships in the 1,500-meters, placing 35th overall in 4:22.06 โฆ at Big Ten Outdoors, made the 1,500m final but was DQโd โฆ at the Duke Invitational, had a season-best 1,500m of 4:20.14 to take second and ran the 800m in 2:08.12 โฆ opened the outdoor season at the Stanford Invite with a 5,000-meters of 16:05.09 โฆ indoors, was fourth in the Big Ten Indoor Championships mile final in 4:41.49, and anchored the DMR to the victory in 11:02.72 โฆ anchored DMR to a time of 10:59.46 at the Alex Wilson Invite โฆ a 3k time of 9:35.56 at the Windy City Invite.
2021 Cross Country At Michigan: Helped Michigan reach the NCAA Championships where she was the No. 4 scorer for UM in 179th-place overall as the team placed 22nd โฆ earned All-Great Lakes Region honors with a 23rd-place finish at Regionals, fourth on the team โฆ finished 37th at Big Tens โฆ was 23rd at the PSU National Open โฆ was 25th at the Louisville Classic in a 5k time of 17:08 โฆ opened the fall with a seventh-place finish at the Michigan Open.
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2021 Track At Michigan: Reached the NCAA East Prelims in the 1,500-meters, finishing 33rd overall with a time of 4:23.54 โฆ made the Big Ten Outdoor 1,500m final and placed fourth in a PR of 4:14.35 โฆ season-best 5,000m time of 16:22.48 at the Big Ten Invite #4 โฆ during the indoor season, while also racing cross country, placed seventh at Big Ten Indoors in the 3,000m in 9:25.08 โฆ had a mile time of 4:53.24 at the B1G Simmons-Harvey Invite.
2020 Cross Country At Michigan: Season held in the spring of 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, concurrently with indoor track โฆ raced at the NCAA Championships and finished 90th overall, third on the team, helping UM finish 17th overall โฆ named Big Ten Cross Country Freshman of the Year โฆ was seventh at the FSU Winter XC Last Chance race.
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2020 Track At Michigan: Outdoor season canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic โฆ redshirted indoor season.
2019 Cross Country At Michigan: Redshirted the season.
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High School and Personal: Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan โฆ parents are LoAnn and Tom Tran โฆ has one older brother, Scott, and one younger sister, Sydney โฆ fifth-place finisher in the 1,600 meters at the 2019 MHSAA Division 1 State Championships ... 13th at the 2018 MHSAA Cross Country State Championships ... qualified for the state championships at 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters in her career ... ranked 10th among Michigan high school girls over 1,600 meters in 2019 and 12th over 3,200 meters ... two-time Academic All-State honoree ... graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors ... member of the National Honor Society and the honor roll
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Major Meets
2020 NCAA XC โ 90th (3rd UM)
2021 Big Ten Indoor TF โ 7th, 3000m
2021 Big Ten Outdoor TF โ 4th, 1500m
2021 NCAA East Prelims TF โ 33rd, 1500m
2021 Big Ten XC โ 37th (6th UM)
2021 Regional XC โ 23rd (4th UM)
2021 NCAA XC โ 179th (4th UM)
2022 Big Ten Indoor TF โ 4th, Mile | 1st, DMR (Big Ten Champion)
2022 Big Ten Outdoor TF โ DQ, 1500m
2022 NCAA East Prelims TF โ 35th, 1500m
2022 Big Ten XC โ 10th (2nd UM)
2022 Regional XC โ 22nd (2nd UM)
2022 NCAA XC โ 100th (2nd UM)
2023 Big Ten Indoor TF โ 5th, Mile | 20th, 3000m | 1st, DMR (Big Ten Champion)
2023 Big Ten Outdoor TF โ 5th, 1500m | 13th, 5000m
2023 NCAA East Prelims TF โ 21st, 1500m | 40th, 5000m
2024 Big Ten Indoor TF โ 6th, Mile | 3rd, 3000m | 2nd, DMR
2024 Big Ten XC - 124th (11th UW)
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Outdoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.2:07.87
1500mโฆโฆ.4:14.35
5000mโฆโฆ.15:52.65
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Indoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.2:09.28
Mileโฆโฆ.4:34.77
3000mโฆโฆ.9:19.06
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