AJ Sager

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

2024 (Senior)
• Big West qualifier in the 1500m and steeplechase
• Ran a personal-record 9:25.11 in the steeple at the Challenge Cup
• Also clocked in at 9:31.79 at the Leopard Distance Carnival
• Notched a 1500m season-best 4:04.82 at the Ben Brown Invitational
• Big West Spring All-Academic selection

2023 (Junior)
• Finished 12th in the steeplechase at the Big West Championships
• Had a runner-up showing at the Beach Invitational (9:36.48)
• Established a then personal-record 9:32.96 at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival
• Registered a 1500m season-best 4:02.80 at the Vince O’Boyle Classic
• Earned Big West Spring All-Academic honors

2022 (Sophomore)
• Competed in the steeplechase at the Big West Championships
• Notched a season-best 9:35.88 in a fifth-place finish at the Bob Larsen Invitational
• Ran a lifetime-best 3:59.75 for a top-10 showing in the 1500m at the Vince O’Boyle Track & Field Classic
• Also clocked an 800m season-best 1:58.19
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2021 (Freshman)
• Competed in the 800m at the Big West Championships
• Established a personal-best 1:55.95 at the season-opening Ben Brown Invitational
• Also ran the 1500m (4:10.38) and 3000m steeplechase (10:18.53)

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
• Member of the UCI cross country team

TOP MARKS AT UCI
800m = 1:55.95 (2021 Ben Brown Invitational)
1500m = 3:59.75 (2022 Vince O'Boyle Track & Field Classic)
Steeplechase = 9:25.11 (2024 Challenge Cup)