AJ Sager

Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lakeside, Calif.

2024 (Senior)
• Recorded a season-best 8K time of 25:44.2 at the Big West Championships
• Received his fourth career Big West Fall All-Academic nod

2023 (Junior)
• Opened the season with a 6K personal-record 19:41.9 at the Big West Preview
• Also established a lifetime-best 25:33.7 in the 8K at the Bronco Invitational
• Competed at the Big West Championships (25:58.4)
• Earned Big West Fall All-Academic honors

2022 (Sophomore)
• Ran in four of the team's five races
• Registered a season-best 26:17.7 in the 8K at the Bronco Invitational
• Named to the Big West Fall All-Academic Team for the second year in a row

2021 (Freshman)
• Competed in four meets
• Clocked an 8K season-best 25:54.6 at the Titan Invitational
• Big West Fall All-Academic selection

2020
• Season canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

High School
• Three-time CIF State Cross Country Championship qualifier at El Capitan High School
• Back-to-back Grossmont Hills League individual and team champion as a junior and senior
• Won the 2019 cross country title with a 5000m personal-record 15:57.0
• Also claimed runner-up honors at the 2018 CIF San Diego Section meet
• Individual track & field league champion in the 800m as a junior
• Advanced to the CIF-SDS meet in the 800m and 4x400 relay
• Competed two years on the Vaqueros' basketball team

Personal
• Majoring in quantitative economics

TOP MARKS AT UCI
6K = 19:41.9 (2023 Big West Preview)
8K = 25:33.7 (2023 Bronco Invitational)