2023-24 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Sawyer Schmidt
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Augusta, Kan.
- High School:
- Augusta High School
CAREER STATS
2024 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.)
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.
2023 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
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 (Fr.)
Made his debut at the Jayhawk Classic and ran the mile in 4:12.68, earning him third.
HIGH SCHOOL
Is a two-time state track champion and a cross country state champion...Earned First-Team honors at Nike Cross Regional.. Holds the school record in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m.
PERSONAL
Son of Denise & Rob Schmidt... Has a younger brother, Dawson Schmidt... Plans to major in Biochemistry and minoring in Spanish.