Sam Colton

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.
High School:
The Paideia School
Concentration:
Economics

Full Results on TFRRS

2024 Cross Country: Competed in six events…Finished 10th at the Friar XC Invitational with a 6K personal record time of 19:03.5…Finished 20th at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational…Earned an 8K personal record of 25:04.8 at the Princeton Fall Classic…Placed third on his team at the NCAA Northeast Regionals.

2023 Cross Country: Competed in five meets…Finished 60th at Ivy League Heps and 127th at NCAA Northeast Regional with a personal-best 10k time of 31:44.7…Ran a season-best 25:54.6 over 8k at IC4A Championship.

2022 Cross Country: Placed in the team’s top five in four of his five meets…Placed second on the team at the 8K Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (25:34.6)…Placed fourth on the team at both the Ivy League Championships (8K-26:59.4) and NCAA Northeast Regionals (10K-32.58.4).

2021 Cross Country: Placed 22nd overall out of 127 runners in the Open Race at the Battle in Beantown…Placed fifth on the team at the 8K Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (26:05.6).

Before Brown: Four-time 1A All-State honoree out of The Paideia School in Atlanta…Received Commended Status on the PSATs.

Personal: Son of Karen and Kevin Colton…Has one brother, Jack…Both parents graduated from Penn.

Why Brown?: “I chose Brown because I was very unsure of what I wanted to pursue when I enrolled and Brown gave me the ability to explore.”