Sam Borchers Class: Junior Hometown: Yellow Springs, Ohio High School: Yellow Springs Experience: SO

On the National Scene ...
|| 2009 Indoor || Led off the school-record and NCAA automatic-qualifying distance medley relay at the Alex Wilson Invitational at Notre Dame ... The relay finished 14th in an outstanding field, running 9:32.94 ... Anchored the DMR at the NCAA Championships, where the Lions finished ninth in 9:37.62 - just shy of All-America honors. || 2008 Season || An NCAA regional participant as well as an NCAA provisional qualifier.

At the Big Ten Championships ...
|| 2009 Outdoor || Competed in the 1500-meters. || 2009 Indoor || Posted a fifth-place finish in the mile with a season-best 4:04.44 ... Ran the 800-meter leg on the fifth-place DMR that finished in 9:47.73. || 2008 Outdoor || Burst into Big Ten prominence with a championship victory in the 1500-meters. || 2008 Indoor || Posted a scoring performance in his first Big Ten appearance, taking sixth in the mile run.

Around the Track ...
|| 2009 Outdoor || Won the 1500 at the Jim Click Shootout ... Split 1:49.75 on the fourth-place 4x800 in the Championship of America at Penn Relays ... Team finished in 7:18.66 ... Placed third in the 1500 at the Jesse Owens Classic. || 2009 Indoor || Won his heat of the 800-meters at the Washington Husky Classic, finishing in an NCAA provisional-qualifying and personal-best 1:48.90 - one of the top 15 times in the country in 2009 ... anchored the seventh-place DMR at the Penn State National. || 2008 Outdoor || Began the season with an exciting PR and regional-qualifying 1:49.94 to win the 800-meters at the Oregon Pepsi Challenge ... Finished first in the 1500 at the Bucknell Team Challenge ... Ran a regional-qualifying 3:47.32 to finish third in the 1500 at the Jesse Owens Classic. || 2008 Indoor || Set school records in back-to-back weekends, starting with a 2:22.42 win in the 1,000-meters at the Penn State Open and following up with a 4:01.98 performance in the mile at the Penn State National ... His mile effort broke the 36-year old Penn State standard of 4:03.72 set by the great Greg Fredericks in 1972 ... Started off the season in style with wins in the 4x800 and DMR at the Penn State Relays ... Named Big Ten Athlete of the Week for his record performance at the Penn State National. || High School || The top high school miler in the country in 2007... Finished first in the mile at both the Nike Indoor and Nike Outdoor National Championships, running the number-one time in the U.S. in 2007 to win the outdoor meet (4:03.33) ... A three-time Ohio Division III state champion in the 1600-meters, and a two-time winner in the 800 ... Holds Ohio state meet records in both the 1600 (4:10.83), and 800 (1:51.54) ... Also an Ohio state champion in cross country ... Twice finished third in the 1500-meters at the USATF Junior Track and Field Championships ... A Track and Field News High School All-America honoree. || Personal || Son of Jerome and Theresa Borchers ... Born May 25, 1988 ... Majoring in Communications.