2023 Cross Country Roster
Roster

Sawyer Schmidt
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-2
- Hometown:
- Augusta, Kan.
- High School:
- Augusta High School
CAREER STATS
2025 OUTDOOR (R-So.)
Competed in five events for the Jayhawks, including the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Opened the season with an 11th place finish in the 3000m steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational … Placed ninth in the 1500m at the Kansas Relays … Won the Desert Heat Classic 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:17.39 … Set two personal bests at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a 14:33.27 5000m time and a 8:59.85 3000m steeplechase time.
2024-25 INDOOR (R-So.)
Opened the season with a personal best mile time of 4:02.89 with a fourth place finish at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular, also placed fifth in the 3000m … Competed in the Rick McGuire Invitational 3000m … Set a personal best 3000m time of 8:04.87 at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational … Placed fourth as part of the DMR team at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships, also competed in the 3000m.
2024 CROSS COUNTRY (R-So.)
Set a new 6K personal best with an 18:54.0 sixth place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic ... Placed 94th with a time of 24:34.8 at the Gans Creek Classic ... Ran a 24:49.3 8K at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals to place 54th ... Set an 8K personal best at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 24:06.7 achieving 53rd place ... Set a new 10K personal best time of 31:02.0 with a 76th place finish at the NCAA XC Midwest Regional Championships.
2024 OUTDOOR (RS.)
Ran unattached … Participated in both home meets … Won the 5000m at the Kansas Relays with a time of 14:44.38 … Took home silver in the 1500m at the Rock Chalk Invite.
2023-24 INDOOR (R-Fr.)
Ran in four meets for Kansas, participating in the mile and 3000m … Made his season debut in the 3000m at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular, placing fifth … Won the 3000m at the Black and Gold Invite … Placed sixth in the mile at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational … Closed the season by competing in the mile at the Tyson Invitational.
2023 CROSS COUNTRY (R-Fr.)
Competed six times for Kansas ... Made his cross country debut at the Bob Timmons Classic where he ran the 6k in 19:05.7 and finished seventh ... Placed 23rd in the 8k at the Greeno/Dirksen Invite with a personal best 8K time of 24:43.6 ... Finished in 62nd place at the Big 12 Championships ... Placed 100th at the NCAA Midwest Regional XC Championships 10K with a time of 32:38.7 ... Earned Academic All Big-12 First Team for Cross Country.
2023 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Made his outdoor season debut at the Wichita State Shocker Spring Invitational where he ran the 1,500 in 4:00.47 and finished eighth … Finished fourth in the 1,500 for finishing in 3:50.44 at the LSU Invitational … Ran the 1,500 at the Kansas Relays, completed it in 3:58.37 and finished 6th … Achieved a personal best in the 1,500 for finishing in 3:47.87, earned points in the event … Was runner up at the Rock Chalk Classic for finishing the 1,500 in 3:50.54 … Set a new 5k personal best at the 2023 Outdoor Big 12 Championships, running a 15:07.48 to place 19th … Also ran the 1500m, finishing 18th with a time of 3:53.23.
2022-23 INDOOR (RS.)
Ran unattached … Made his debut at the Jayhawk Classic and ran the mile in 4:12.68, earning him third.
HIGH SCHOOL
Won ten letters across cross country, track, and basketball … Is a two-time State Track Champion (1600m and 3200m) and a Cross Country State Champion...Earned First-Team honors at Nike Cross Regional.. Holds the school record in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m … Was his school’s valedictorian.
PERSONAL
Son of Denise & Rob Schmidt... Has a younger brother, Dawson Schmidt... Plans to major in Biochemistry and minor in Spanish … Plans to attend medical school and become a physician … Three time Big 12 All-Academic Team Member and won the 2024 Big 12 Academic Dr. Gerald Lage Award.