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Category / track & field
F R E D S A M E O I (Kenya) Addidas – Distance
Height:
Weight:
PRs: 800m 1:45.22
Born: Moiben Kenya
Current Residence:
High School: Paul Boit
College: Alabama
Fred got a bronze medal at the World University Games
this year.
Track
• Indoor NCAA Champion, 800 meters (2011)
• Indoor NCAA All-American, 800 meters (2011)
• Indoor SEC Champion, 800 meters (2011)
• Outdoor NCAA All-American, 800 meters (2010, 2011)
• Outdoor NJCAA National Champion, 5,000 meters (2008)
• Outdoor NJCAA All-American, 800 meters (2008)
• Outdoor NJCAA All-American, 1,500 meters (2008)
• Outdoor NJCAA All-American, 5,000 meters (2008)
Career Bests
Track
• 800 meters - 1:45.22
• 1,500 meters - 3:49.44
• Mile - 3:58.84
Cross Country
• 8 kilometers- 23:42.53
• 10 kilometers- 30:14.63
RS Junior (2010-11)
Cross Country
Did not compete.
Indoor Season
Captured the NCAA indoor 800-meter national title with a time of 1:48.33 ... won the SEC indoor 800-meter
championship in 1:49.68 ... posted a season best 800-meter time of 1:47.41 early in the indoor season at the Husky
Classic with a time of 1:47.41, the seventh fastest 800-meter time in the country and the second fastest in UA history ...
ran a leg on the SEC champion distance medley relay that set a meet record in 9:39.06 ... also competed in the mile and
3,000 meters during the indoor season and posted a personal best 3,000-meter time of 8:03.20 to finish first at the
Kentucky Invitational.
Outdoor Season
Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800 meters and finished 11th to earn second team All-America
honors ... crossed the line second in the 800 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships but was disqualified on a foul ...
ran a personal best 800-meter time of 1:45.22 at the Mt. SAC Relays ... that time was third fastest in the nation in 2011
and the second fastest in UA history ... also ran the third leg of the Tide's 4x400-meter relay that finished second at the
SEC Outdoor Championships and qualified for the NCAA Championships ... was named to the SEC Spring Honor Roll.
Junior (2009-10)
Cross Country
Competed in six of seven races for the Tide during the cross country season, running in top three in five ... finished third
at the Crimson Classic ... posted a personal-best 8,000m time of 23:42.53 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational where he
finished seventh ... finished 12th at the SEC Cross Country Championships earning Second Team All-SEC as the team won
the title ... turned in a seventh place finish and personal-best 10,000m time of 30:14.63 at the NCAA South Region
Championships to earn All-South Region honors while the team won the title ... placed 45th as Alabama's fourth runner
at the NCAA Cross Country Championships with a time of 30:25.2 ... helped the Tide to its highest NCAA finish ever (3rd)
...
Indoor Season
Did not compete.
Outdoor Season
Finished third in the 800 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 1:47.15 ... was eighth in the 800 meters at the
NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn All-America honors ... won the Drake Relays title in the 800 meters with a 1:49.73
finish.
At South Plains CC
Holds indoor record in the mile run (3:58.84) making him the first SPC runner in history to run a sub 4-minute mile ...
placed first in the 5,000 meters, second in the 800 meters and third in the 1,500 meters at 2008 NJCAA Outdoor
Championships to become a three-time NJCAA Outdoor All-American in outdoor track ... earned All-American status
placing seventh at the 2007 NJCAA Cross Country Championships.
Prep and Personal
Won the track and cross country titles at the provincial level in 2002 ... named MVP in middle distance running in 2003 ...
is the son of Daniel and Pauline Samoei ... has seven siblings, Abraham, Jack, Paul, Nick, Susan, Sarah, Eunice ... is
majoring in health sciences.