2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Sam Boender

Braden Struhs

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Parker, Colo.
  • Highschool Chaparral
  • Major Environmental Engineering

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2024-25: USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Competed in three meets running the 3,000m and 5,000m … Ran personal-bests in both events, hitting 8:56.09 in the 3K at the Mines Winter Classic and 14:21.78 in the Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston … Finished 13th in the 5K at the RMAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (10,000m) … First-Team All-RMAC (10,000m) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Ran the 10,000m in four meets … Ran a personal-best 30:34.40 to earn the bronze medal in the 10K at the RMAC Championships … Qualified for his first NCAA Championships thanks to that time … Ran 30:53.06 to place 12th in the 10K at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

2023-24: Indoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Ran one race indoors, a 15:24.45 5K at the Mines Alumni Classic. Outdoor Track & Field - Did not compete.

2022-23: Indoor Track & Field - Redshirted. Outdoor Track & Field - Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Cross country and track & field student-athlete at Chaparral High School in Colorado … Raced to 2021 Colorado 5A Second-Team All-State in cross country … Tallied a total of eight varsity letters across two sports … Career times include a 15:34 in the 5,000-meter run and a 10:06 on the 3,200-meter run … Member of the honor roll and the National Honor Society.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

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  • 2023-24Sophomore

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  • 2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2025-26Redshirt Junior

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