The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2020-21 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Sam Worley
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- New Braunfels, Texas
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- New Braunfels Canyon
- Major:
- Masters in Business Analytics
• Six-time USTFCCCA All-American
• Four-time Big 12 Champion
• Three-time All-Big 12 Cross Country (2018-20)
• Two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2019-20)
• School-record holder – Indoor Mile (2019)
• No. 2 performance in UT history – 4x1500m (2018)
• No. 3 performer in school history – Outdoor 1500m (2019)
• No. 4 performer in UT history – Indoor 800m (2018)
• No. 4 performance in UT history – Outdoor DMR (2018)
• No. 4 performance in UT history – Indoor DMR (2018)
• 2019 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-American (27th Place)
• 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American – 1500m (Second Team)
• 2019 Big 12 Men’s Outdoor Champion – 1500m
• 2019 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American – Mile (First Team), DMR (Second Team)
• 2019 Big 12 Men’s Indoor Champion - Mile
• 2018 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American – 1500m
• 2018 Big 12 Men’s Outdoor Champion – 1500m
• 2018 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American – Mile (Second Team)
• 2018 Big 12 Men’s Indoor Champion - DMR
COLLEGIATE BESTS & RESULTS VIA TFRRS
2021-22 (Grad):
OUTDOOR: Made his season debut in the 800m dash at the Michael Johnson Invite and finished ninth with a time of 1:54.45...Ran a season-best 800m time at the Oregon Twilight at 1:53.53…. Competed in the 800m at the Big 12 Championships…
INDOOR: Did not compete.
2020-21 (Senior):
OUTDOOR: Did not compete during the outdoor season.
INDOOR: Competed in the 800m at the Tyson Invitational.
2019-20 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
INDOOR: Ran in three meets … paced the mile at the John Thomas Terrier Classic, helping teammate Crayton Carrozza break the four-minute mark as a freshman … did not finish the race individually … placed eighth behind a personal-best 3000m at the Razorback Invitational … also helped the Horns take second in the DMR, trailing only Oregon’s collegiate-record showing … suffered a leg injury that ended his season while running the mile at the Husky Classic in Seattle.
CROSS COUNTRY: Earned All-America honors with a 27th-place finish at the NCAA Championships … Texas’ first Cross Country All-American since 2013 … won the NCAA South Central Regional in Fayetteville behind a personal-best 10K (29:49.8) … the first Longhorn to win an NCAA Regional meet since Paul Morrison in 2003 … earned All-Big 12 honors for a third-straight year with a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships … was Texas’ top finisher at the conference meet … was named the Big 12 Runner of the Week twice (Sept. 3 and Oct. 1) … first earned the honor after winning the Bear Twilight on opening weekend … ran a personal-best 6K (18:00.1) in Waco … did so again after finishing 11th overall and tops for Texas among a stacked field at the Bill Dellinger Invitational in Springfield, Oregon … clocked 23:50.9 on the 8K course … also finished seventh at the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, breaking the 24-minute mark (23:59.4) for the third-time in an 8K race this season.
2018-19 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Won the Jerry Thompson Mile and helped Texas win the SMR at the Texas Relays … clocked a personal-best 1500m (3:38.64) and finished fifth at the Bryan Clay Invitational … won the 1500m title at the Big 12 Championships … placed ninth in the event at the NCAA Championships.
INDOOR: won the mile with a personal-best 3:57.98 mark at the Husky Classic, lowering the school record he set in 2018 … scored in the 1000m (sixth) and DMR (4th) while also winning the Big 12 mile title at the conference championship meet … earned first-team All-America honors with a sixth-place mile and second-team honors with an 11th-place run in the DMR at the NCAA Championships.
CROSS COUNTRY: Earned All-Big 12 honors after placing eighth at the conference meet … competed at the NCAA Championships, crossing the finish line in 30:55.8 … placed ninth at the NCAA South Central Regional meet with a 32:01.0 … finished 19th at the Arturo Barrios Invitational.
2017-18 (Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Finished fifth in the 1500m at the NCAA Championships to earn first-team All-America honors … won the Big 12 title in the 1500m with a time of 3:44.63 … named the Big 12 Conference Outdoor Freshman of the Year … earned a spot on the 2017-18 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team … helped the Longhorns to victories in the DMR at both the Texas Relays and National Relay Championships.
INDOOR: Won the 800m at the Texas A&M Quadrangular … won the mile at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic … finished third in the 800m at the Big 12 Championships, with a personal-best time of 1:48.71 … finished fourth and set a school record in the mile with a time of 3:58.04 at the Husky Classic … placed 15th in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships … helped UT win the DMR at the Big 12 Championships.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in four meets for the Longhorns … placed third overall at the Texas Invitational, his collegiate debut … crossed 33rd overall and third for Texas at the Notre Dame Invitational … was Texas’ top finisher at the Pre-Nationals Invitational … earned All-Big 12 honors with a third-place finish at the Big 12 Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked No. 1 nationally in the 1600m, No. 2 in the 800m and No. 3 in the mile … won the Jerry Thompson Invitational Mile at the Texas Relays against collegiate and professional runners as a senior … clocked 4:00.61 to rank No. 12 all-time in U.S. high school history … was a back-to-back state champion in the 1600m … won the 800m state title as a senior … finished runner-up at Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) as a senior … also logged a ninth-place finish at Footlocker Nationals … won the cross country state title as a senior … represented Team USA at Edinburgh Great XC Challenge … named the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Texas … earned USA Today and NXN first-team All-America recognition.
PERSONAL: Son of Bob Worley … has one brother, Robert.
