Charleston Southern University Athletics

Sam Waldin - TFRRS Profile

School Records: As of 4/22/2024
8th - Indoor Mile - 4:09.80 - 2024 USC Invitational (2/3)
9th - Indoor 3K - 8:22.75 - 2024 Bob Pollock (1/26-27)
2nd - Indoor 5K - 14:31.31 - 2023/24 Sharon Colyear-Danville (12/3/2023)
8th - Outdoor 1500m - 3:49.86 - 2024 Yellow Jacket Invite (4/20)
5th - Outdoor 5K - 14:17.43 - 2024 CSU Buccaneer Invitational (3/15) Presented by East Bay Deli
3rd - Outdoor 10K - 29:23.09 - 2024 Raleigh Relays (3/28)

2024 XC at Charleston Southern: Earned First-Team All-Conference at the end of the season ... Named Big South Runner of the Week (10/23) following a career-best 8K at the Arturo Barrios Invitational hosted by Texas A&M (11/18) ... Finished inside the top 50 of the meet to be the first CSU athlete to cross the finish line with his time of 23:41.0, more than 30 seconds faster than his previous best ... Helped the team to claim their fifth consecutive conference title at the Big South Championships (11/1) ...  Was fifth overall and the second CSU finisher with his time of 24:36.6 to earn his All-Conference accolades ... Opened the fall with a career best time in the 6K with his 18:25.5 at the Furman Invitational (9/14) ... Ended his collegiate career by competing in the NCAA Southeast Regionals and crossed the line in 32:46.4.

2024 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Recorded a pair of top-four finishes at the Big South Championships (5/6-8) ... Took second overall in the 10K at the meet with a time of 30:44.60 and took fourth in the 5K with a time of 14:52.16 ... Had personal bests in each event ran during the season ... Opened the spring with a 14:17.43 for third at the Charleston Southern Invitational (3/15) with the time ranking 3rd in school history ... Raced in the 10K at the Raleigh Relays (3/28) with a time of 29:23.09 which is the third-fastest in school history ... Ran the 1500m at the Georgia Tech Invitational (4/19) and took 12th overall in a field of 90 runners with his time of 3:49.86 which is the 8th-best in school history.

2024 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Big South Indoor 5K champion with a time of 14:43.74 (2/24) in the race ... Also took third at the meet in the 3K with his time of 8:31.10 in the race ... Scored 16 points for the Buccaneers to help them tie for their highest finish in program history at the meet and register their highest point total ever at the event with a total score of 136.5 ... Competed at five races during the season and recorded personal bests in every event he competed in during the season with each being ranked in the school's top ten for the events ... Opened the season in Boston at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12/2) with a time of 14:31.31 in the 5K for the second-fastest in CSU history ... Recorded a time of 4:09.80 in the mile at the South Carolina Invitational (2/3) to take second overall and hold the 8th-fastest time ever for a CSU athlete in the event ... Had a time of 8:22.75 at the Bob Pollock Invitational (1/26-27) in the 3K for 7th at the meet and the 9th-best in program history ... Took a top three finish with 3rd at the Gamecock Opener (1/13) in the 3K with a time of 8:29.86 to a field of over 20 runners. 

2023 XC at Charleston Southern: Named First-Team All-Conference, his second time being selected to conference honor for cross country and improving upon his Second-Team selection from the 2022 fall ... Competed at every meet for the Buccaneers as was one of the team's top four finishers at four of the meets ... He finished in the Top 30 at every meet he ran in including three times within the Top 10 ... He ran a career best time in the 8K at the Live in Lou Classic (9/30) as he ran a 24:16.2 to be in 28th overall and the 2nd finisher for Charleston Southern at the race, over 80 seconds faster than his personal best from last fall ... He followed that performance with a 24:44.5 at the Upstate Invite (10/14) to 10th overall in the field of nearly 300 runners ... At the Big South Championships (10/29), he recorded his highest-ever finish in a cross country race since his arrival at Charleston Southern as he was 3rd overall at the race and had a time of 24:16.6, just tenths of a second off his career best time set at the end of September and helped seal the squad's fourth straight Big South Championship ... Ended the year with a personal best time at the NCAA Southeast Regionals (11/10) as he finished in 58th time a mark of 30:24.0 to be the team's third finisher at the meet and help the squad seal a 9th-place finish at the meet in a field of over 30 teams.

2023 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Ran in five meets during the spring season, primarily in the 5000 across the competitions ... Scored in each event at the Big South Championships (5/10-12) ... Won the 10K with a time of 29:55.58, his first time running the event, and set the school's 4th best time in the event ... In the 5K, he finished in 4th overall at the meet with a time of 14:40.37 ... Had a career best in the event come at the Georgia Tech Invitational (4/21-22) with a 14:29.19 finishing fourth in the event ... That time ranks as the 8th-fastest in CSU history and became the only runner to break into the Top 10 for the event in 2023 ... Opened the year with a third-place finish at the Charleston Southern Invitational (3/17) in the 1500 with a time of 3:55.67.

2023 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Competed in a pair of meets on the season, the first and the final of the winter season ... Ran a 14:54.17 in his first career 5K at the Big South Championships (2/24-25) crossing the line in 7th to score points for the Bucs which ranks as the 6th-fastest by a CSU runner in program history ... Finished in 8:25.30 in the 3000 at the Clemson Invite for the 8th-fastest in school history. 

2022 XC at Charleston Southern: Ran his personal best 8K time of 25:37.5 at the Big South Cross Country Championships ... Earned Second-Team All-Conference Recognition for his 13th place finish at the event ... Finished the 6K Adidas XC Challenge with a time of 18:27.6.

High School: Originally from Auckland, New Zealand ... Attended St. Kentigern College and the University of Auckland prior to enrolling at Charleston Southern in the fall of 2022 ... Had a career best time of 3:55.19 in the 1500 set in March of 2022 ... Won the 10k at the Auckland Championships in February of 2021 with a time of 32:48.48 ... Competed in the 8K in the U20 age group to take a NZ Championship Medal at 26:14 ... Broke 15 minutes in the 5k for the first time in 2021 at the NZL National Championships and had a 14:29.73 the following year for a personal best.