Sam Hyams

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Pleasanton, Calif.

2012 (Senior)
• Finished 91st at the NCAA West Regional, covering the 10K course in a personal-best 31:17
• Established an 8K career-best 24:52.2 to place 15th at the Big West Championships
• Came in eighth at the Titan Invitational 6K (18:03.5)
• Added a top-five showing at the UCI Invitational (25:19.7)
• Named UCI's 2012-13 Big West Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year

2011 (Redshirt)
• Did not compete

2010 (Junior)
• Competed at the NCAA West Regional (98th)
• Placed 39th overall at the Big West Championships, completing the 8K course in a season-best 25:33.7
• Finished fifth at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational and 10th at the Cal Poly Invitational
• Opened the season with a 24th-place showing at the UCI Invitational (25:45.8)

2009 (Sophomore)
• Came in 93rd at the NCAA West Regional
• UCI's top finisher at the Big West Championships, placing 24th overall (25:02.0)
• Took fifth at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational (25:59.33)
• Added a top-12 showing at the Cal Poly Invitational

2008 (Freshman)
• Finished the NCAA West Regional 10K course in 32:54.92 (130th)
• Placed 50th at the Big West Championships
• Top collegiate runner at the Titan Invitational (8K), clocking in at 25:38.0
• Established an 8K season-best 25:36.57 in his collegiate debut at the Pepperdine Invitational

High School
• Graduated from Foothill High School in 2008
• Advanced to the state championships and broke the school record in the 1600m
• Named MVP of his cross country team

Personal
• Majoring in history
• Parents are Jamie and Michael Hyams

TOP MARKS AT UCI
6K = 18:03.5 (2012 Titan Invitational)
8K = 24:52.2 (2012 Big West Championships)
10K = 31:17 (2012 NCAA West Regional)