2019 Cross Country Roster
Roster
McCool, Sam

Sam McCool
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Downers Grove, Illinois
- High School:
- Downers Grove North HS
Bio
2022 (SENIOR): Did not compete.
2021: Was UNI's top finisher in every meet he competed in ... opened season at the Hawkeye Invite with an18th-place finish in a time of 19:12.60 ... 20th place at the Redbird Invite with a time of 25:13.20 ... was 73rd at the Gans Creek Invite with a time of 25:25.20 ... was 17th at the MVC Championships with a time of 25:13.60 ... finished 84th at regionals in a time of 32:18.19.
2018: Ran a career-best 6K time of 19:18.2 at the Hawkeye Invitation (Aug. 31) ... ran a career-best 4.97m at the Bradley Intercollegiate Championship (Sept. 14) ... finished 75th at the Roy Griak Invite with a career-best 8K time of 26.19.7 (Sept. 29) ... ran 26.52.9 in the 8K at the Bradley Pink Classic (Sept. 29) ... finished 48th in the MVC Championship ... finished 170th in the NCAA Midwest Regional (Nov. 9).
HIGH SCHOOL: Helped set the 4x800 freshman/sophomore record while competing for Downers Grove North … earned all-conference honors in cross country all four years … was part of a cross country team that finished second at the Illinois state championships.
PERSONAL: Son of Will and Michele McCool … native of Downers Grove, Illinois … has a younger sibling, Gavin … volunteered with Feed My Starving Children … enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee and disc golfing … majoring in exercise science.
2021: Was UNI's top finisher in every meet he competed in ... opened season at the Hawkeye Invite with an18th-place finish in a time of 19:12.60 ... 20th place at the Redbird Invite with a time of 25:13.20 ... was 73rd at the Gans Creek Invite with a time of 25:25.20 ... was 17th at the MVC Championships with a time of 25:13.60 ... finished 84th at regionals in a time of 32:18.19.
2018: Ran a career-best 6K time of 19:18.2 at the Hawkeye Invitation (Aug. 31) ... ran a career-best 4.97m at the Bradley Intercollegiate Championship (Sept. 14) ... finished 75th at the Roy Griak Invite with a career-best 8K time of 26.19.7 (Sept. 29) ... ran 26.52.9 in the 8K at the Bradley Pink Classic (Sept. 29) ... finished 48th in the MVC Championship ... finished 170th in the NCAA Midwest Regional (Nov. 9).
HIGH SCHOOL: Helped set the 4x800 freshman/sophomore record while competing for Downers Grove North … earned all-conference honors in cross country all four years … was part of a cross country team that finished second at the Illinois state championships.
PERSONAL: Son of Will and Michele McCool … native of Downers Grove, Illinois … has a younger sibling, Gavin … volunteered with Feed My Starving Children … enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee and disc golfing … majoring in exercise science.
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