Samuel Spencer
Samuel Spencer
Height: 5-10
Weight: 145
Year: Sr
Hometown: Seekonk, Mass.
High School: Seekonk
Position: Mid-Distance/Distance
Major: History

Career Personal Bests:
800m: 1:55.65 indoors/1:55.29 outdoors.
1,000m:
2:28.98 BU Valentine Invitational, (2/11/11).
1,500m:
3:59.31 Duke Invitational, (4/6/13).
Mile:
4:16.64 New England Championships, (2/23/13).
3,000m: 9:09.62 Harvard Invitational, (12/11/10).
5,000m: 16:14.74 Wheaton College Invitational, (1/23/10).

Indoor Season

2012-13: NE-10 Relay of the Week (4x800, 1/21; DMR, 2/12). Competed in six meets for the Skyhawks. Finished 4th in the mile at URI Sorlien Invitational (1/19/13) with a time of 4:24.37. Placed 6th at URI Coaches Tribute Invitational (2/2) with a mile time of 4:19.29. Ran the mile in 4:16.64 at New England Championships, good for a 26th-place finish and a personal best. Also ran three races in the 800-meter event during the indoor season. Finished 15th at Joe Donahue Games (1/25) with a time of 1:58.58. Captured 4th at Tufts Cupid Challenge (2/11) with a 1:59.01 finish. Placed 5th at Northeast-10 Championships (2/16) with time of 1:57.14 in the 800m event.

2011-12: Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall Semester). NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall Semester). Competed in seven individual races and four relays for the Skyhawks on the season. Finished 5th overall out of 19 competitors with a personal best time of 4:16.73 in the one mile run at the Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) Championships (2/18/12). Placed 55th overall out of 208 competitors in the 800-meter run at the Boston University Valentine Invitational (2/11/12) with a time of 1:55.65, a personal best indoors. Aided the Skyhawks in posting an NCAA Provisional Qualifying time (10:04.38) in the distance medley relay and finish 8th overall at BU running the first leg of the event. Finished 4th overall in 1:56.54 in the 800-meter run at the Charley Torpey Memorial Invitational (2/4/12). Ranked 17th overall out of 82 competitors in the one mile run (4:19.53) at the New Balance Boston Collegiate Indoor Games (1/27/12). Finished 2nd overall out of 12 competitors in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:33.93 at the University of New Hampshire Tri-Meet (1/21/12).  Placed 3rd overall in the 800-meter run at the Reggie Poyau Invitational (12/10/11) with a time of 1:57.88. Also, helped Stonehill finish 1st overall in the 4x800-meter relay (8:00.42) as the second leg of the event. Ran a time of 4:19.17 (8th place) in the one mile run in his first race of the season at the Jay Carisella Invitational (12/3/11).

2010-11: NE-10 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll. All-New England Honors (1,000 meters). Earned All-New England Honors in the 1,000 meters with a 7th place finish overall in 2:31.66. Ran to a personal best time of 2:28.98 in the 1,000 meter run at the Boston University Valentine Classic. Placed 4th overall at the NE-10 championships (2:32.95). Also posted a 9th place finish in the 1,000 meters at the Reebok Boston Collegiate Indoor Games in 2:32.32. Competed in the 800 meter run at the Tufts Stampede with a time of 1:58.68. Placed 23rd overall in the 3,000 meters at the Harvard Invitational in 9:09.62. Competed in the one mile run two other times during the season at the University of New Hampshire Tri-Meet (4:27.19) and the Jay Carisella Invitational (4:28.64). Helped Stonehill to a 4th place finish in the 4x800 meter relay at the NE-10 championships running the opening leg in a split time of 1:58.4. Ran on the "B" team 4x800 meter relay at the UNH Tri-Meet (8:36.04).

2009-10 Personal Bests:
5000m:
16:14.74 Wheaton College Invitational, (1/23/10)
3000m:
9:07.10 Tufts Stampede, (2/6/10)
1 Mile:
4:30.30 Reebok Indoor Games, (1/29/10)

Outdoor Season

2013: All-New England (4x800m relay). Saw action in six meets for the Skyhawks during the outdoor season. Finished 12th in the 800-meter race at Bridgewater State Bears Invitational (3/23) with a time of 2:04.70. Placed 12th again at UMass Invitational (4/13) with a personal-best 1:55.29 time in the 800m. Finished 3rd at Skyhawk Invitational (4/26) with a time of 1:55.42. Ran the 800m race in 1:55.37 at Northeast-10 Championships (5/4), finishing 9th. Placed 4th in the 1500m race at Bridgewater State Bears Invitational, completing the race in 4:07.61. Set a personal record at Duke Invitational (4/6) in the 1500m with a time of 3:59.31. Placed 3rd at Holy Cross Invitational (4/20) with a time of 4:00.19. Also saw action on the 4x400m and 4x800m relay teams, including a victory in the 4x800m event (7:50.28) at Skyhawk Invitational, a 3rd-place finish at Northeast-10 Championships (7:37.12), and a 2nd-place finish (7:34.77) at New England Championships (5/11), good for an All-New England honor.

2012: Competed in two meets for the Skyhawks during the spring season. Took 9th/53 in the UConn Spring Invitational 1500m, with a time of 4:12.15. Placed 23rd/45 in the Brown Springtime Invitational 800m, in 2:00.08.

2011: Finished 12th overall at the NE-10's in the 1,500 meters running a time of 4:04.62. Placed 24th overall at New England's in the 1,500 meters in 4:00.82. Posted a personal best time in the 1,500 meters at the Skyhawk Invitational in 4:00.17 placing 5th overall. Also competed in the 1,500 meters at the Bryant University Invitational (4:07.60, 8th overall) and the George Davis Invitational (4:03.68, 10th overall). Helped Stonehill to a 1st place finish at the NE-10 championships in the 4x800 meter relay running a second leg split of 1:59.4 (8:00.17). Placed 13th oerall in the 800 meter run in 1:58.57 at the UMass Minutemen Invitational.

High School: 2009 graduate of Seekonk High School. Lettered in cross country and track for coaches Eli Mello and Frank Mooney. Holds the school record in the 600m with a time of 1:25.95. Earned Sun Chronicle All-Star honors.

Personal: Born September 25, 1990, in Providence, R.I. Son of David and Elizabeth Spencer of Seekonk, Mass. Has three sisters. Lists favorite athlete as Tiger Woods.