2016-17 Track and Field Roster

Sam Pauling

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Highlands Ranch, Colo.
  • Highschool ThunderRidge
  • Major Petroleum Engineering
  • Position Throws

Biography

TFRRS PROFILE

2016-17: Indoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Hit a season-best 15.49m in the weight throw at the Joe Davies Classic … Finished 14th in the weight at RMAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Threw discus and hammer outdoors … Set a collegiate PR of 46.59m at the CMU Invite … Also had a season discus best of 41.28 at the Slope Challenge … Was 11th in the hammer at RMAC Outdoors.

2015-16: Indoor Track & Field – Competed in six meets all in the weight throw… had season-best throw of 15.70m at both the CSM DII Invite (1/30) and Western State Alumni Open (2/6)… finished fourth at both events. Outdoor Track & Field – Competed in six meets in the events of discus and hammer throw… best throw in both events came at the CSM Friday Last Chance (5/13)… had a 46.24m toss in the hammer throw to place seventh… threw the discus 42.26m to place fourth.

2014-15:
 Indoor Track & Field – Had trio of top-five throws...Spun third in weight throw (48-2.0) and fifth in shot put (40-5.0) at CSM Division II Invite...Sat fifth in weight throw at CSM Twilight Open behind season-long 49-1.0...RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll. Outdoor Track & Field – Tallied pair of top-five hammer throw efforts...Staked third at CSM Last Chance Meet (142-3) and fifth at CSU-Pueblo Pack Classic (139-9)...Debuted 11th at conference meet at 142-1...RMAC Summit Award winner...RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

2013-14: Indoor Track & Field – Threw two top-10 weight throw distances...Sat eighth at CSM Twilight Open (34-1.5) and 10th at Potts Indoor Invitational (36-6.75)...Earned 11th in weight throw at Air Force Holiday Open (39-10.0) and Joe Davies Open (41-9.75). Outdoor Track & Field – Had six top-10 results...Posted seventh in discus (125-11) and eighth in hammer throw (135-7) at CSM Pre-Conference Open – both season-bests...Finished eighth in hammer throw (115-11) and ninth in discus (110-1) at Front Range Open.

High School: Two-year letterwinner...Member of four team league championships (2010-13)...Lettered three seasons in football (2010-12), earning First Team All-Continental League and team defensive MVP honors in 2012...Led team to back-to-back league titles (2011-12), including 11-game win streak in 2012...Two-time CHSAA First Team Academic All-State in football (2011-12) and track and field (2012-13)...National Honor Society member (2011-13)...Class Valedictorian...Ranked third in graduating class. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

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  • 2014-15Sophomore

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  • 2015-16Junior

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  • 2016-17Senior

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