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Sawyer Schmidt
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Senior*
- Hometown:
- Augusta, Kan.
- High School:
- Augusta
CAREER RESULTS
2026 CROSS COUNTRY
Opened the season with a personal best 6K time of 18:50.0 to finish 11th at the Bob Timmons Classic.
2026 OUTDOOR
Competed at six meets … Began the season with a 14th place finish in the 3,000 meter steeplechase … Set a personal best in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 3:46.02 to place ninth at the John McDonnell Invite … Achieved second place in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Rock Chalk Classic … Set a personal best 3,000 meter steeplechase time of 8:48.09 to finish 10th at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship … Competed at the NCAA First Round in the 3,000 meter steeplechase.
2025-26 INDOOR
Ran three times for Kansas … Kicked off the season with a seventh place finish in the mile at the Thane Baker Invitational … Competed in the 3,000 meters at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational and Tyson Invitational.
2025 CROSS COUNTY
Competed four times for KU … Ran the 8K at the Gans Creek Classic, Missouri Pre-National Invitational and Big 12 Championships … Placed 79th at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing the 10K in 32:35.7.
2025 OUTDOOR
Competed in five events for the Jayhawks … Opened the season with an 11th place finish in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational … Placed ninth in the 1,500 meters at the Kansas Relays … Won the Desert Heat Classic 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:17.39 … Set a personal best 5,000 meter run time at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, finishing in 14:33.27, while also running the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 8:59.85 to finish ninth.
2024-25 INDOOR
Ran in four meets for the Jayhawks … Opened the season with a personal best mile time of 4:02.89 to place fourth at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular, while also finishing fifth in the 3,000 meters … Set a personal best 3,000 meters time of 8:04.87 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational … Placed fourth as part of the DMR team at the Big 12 Indoor Championship and also competed in the 3,000 meter run.
2024 CROSS COUNTRY
Competed in five meets for the Jayhawks … Opened the season with a sixth place finish at the Bob Timmons 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 while achieving 53rd place ... Set a new 10K personal best time of 31:02.0 with a 76th place finish at the Midwest Regional.
2024 OUTDOOR
Ran unattached …Won the 5,000 meters at the Kansas Relays with a time of 14:44.38 … Took home silver in the 1,500 meter run at the Rock Chalk Invite.
2023-24 INDOOR
Ran in four meets for Kansas, participating in the mile and 3,000 meters … Opened the season with a fifth place finish in the 3,000 meters at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular … Won the 3,000 meters at the Black and Gold Invite, finishing in 8:29.68 … Placed sixth in the mile at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational.
2023 CROSS COUNTRY
Competed six times for Kansas ... Made his cross country debut at the Bob Timmons Classic where he placed seventh, finishing the 6K in 19:05.7 ... Placed 23rd in the 8K at the Greeno/Dirksen Invite with a season 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.
2023 OUTDOOR
Made his outdoor season debut at the Wichita State Shocker Spring Invitational where he ran the 1,500 meters in 4:00.47 and finished eighth … Finished fourth in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 3:50.44 at the LSU Lloyd Wills Invitational … Placed sixth in the 1,500 meters at the Kansas Relays while also helping the 4x800 meter relay team win … Achieved a season best in the 1,500 meters at the John McDonnell Invitational, placing fifth with a time of 3:47.87 … Was runner-up at the Rock Chalk Classic in the 1,500 meters … Competed in the 1,500 and 5,000 meter runs at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship.
2022-23 INDOOR
Ran unattached … Made his debut in the mile at the Jayhawk Classic, placing third with a time of 4:12.68.Â
HIGH SCHOOL
Won ten letters across cross country, track, and basketball … Is a two-time State Track Champion (1,600 meters and 3,200 meters) and a Cross Country State Champion ... Earned First-Team honors at Nike Cross Regional ... Holds the school record in the 800 meters, 1,600 meters and the 3,200 meters … Was his school’s valedictorian.
PERSONAL
Son of Denise & Rob Schmidt... Has a younger brother, Dawson Schmidt... Plans to major in Biochemistry with a 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.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE KU?
I chose KU because of the people. I wanted to be a part of the culture being built here.
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