2015 Cross Country Roster
Sam Bautista
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Political Science
- Hometown:
- Whittier, Calif.
- Prev School:
- California HS
Sam Bautista -- Career and Season Statistics
2015 (Junior): Ran career-best 5k time, 17:52.4, to place fourth at the Highlander Invitational ... Posted career-best 6k time of 24:56.4 to finish 17th at the Big West Championships ... Was 91st at the NCAA West Regional, running 32:55.3 on the 10k course ... Was 57th at the Roy Griak Invitational (26:07.6, 8k) ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2014 (Sophomore): Posted season-best 8k time of 25:04.8 to place 27th at the Big West Championships ... Finished 176th at the NCAA West Regional (33:18) ... Recorded season-best 10th (25:24.3) at Cal State Fullerton's Mark Calvert Classic to begin the season ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2013 (Freshman): Ran career-best 10k time at the NCAA West Regional, 32:25.8, to finish 125th ... Rank 27:56.2 at the Big West Championships to come in 48th ... Posted a 20:01.2 6k time at the Highlander Invitational (62nd) ... Charted season-best 8k performance at the Sacramento State Inter-Regional Jamboree, 25:42.9 to finish 88th ... Opened season 38th at Cal State Fullerton's Mark Calvert Classic.
High School: Lettered four years in both track and cross country at California High School ... Won the 3200m title at the Del Rio League Championships as a senior ... Named the league's athlete of the year and earned second-team all-state honors ... Placed third overall at the 2013 Nike Redondo Invitational with a school-record 9:21.40 ... Helped the cross country squad to a runner-up finish at the 2012 CIF Division I State Championships ... Qualified for the Nike Cross Nationals.
Personal: Majoring in political science.
