Kansas Jayhawks
Sam Hubert - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks
Position Distance
Class Sophomore
Hometown De Soto, Kan.
High School De Soto

2023 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Finished the 10,000 in 31:11.20 at his first outdoor meet of the season and finished 21st at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic … ran in both the 5k and the 10k at the 2023 Big 12 Outdoor Championships, taking 23rd in the 5k with a time of 15:24.75 and 10th in the 10k with his 31:31.82.

2023 INDOOR (Jr.)
Finished eighth in the 3,000 at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular for finishing in 8:31.86 … Ran a personal best mile of 4:17.62 at the Jayhawk Classic, placed fifth … Achieved a personal best at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational for finishing the 5,000 in 14:49.93, finishing 11th … Ran the 3,000 in 8:26.16 at the Tyson Invitational and finished 14th.

2022 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
Rounded out the top ten at the Bob Timmons Classic when he recorded a time of 18:57.71…Finished 29th overall with a time of 25:07.0 at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational….Finished 43rd overall with a time of 24:32.4 at the Gans Creek Classic…Ran a 25:24.4 8K to place 128th overall at the Weis Crockett Invitational.

2022 OUTDOOR (So.)
Ran a personal best 30:26.70 in the 10,000 meter at the Texas Relays, placing third.

2022 INDOOR (So.)
Placed seventh in the 3,000 meters at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular, finishing in 8:28.26 … Ran a personal best 8:25.85 in the 3,000 meters at the Iowa State Classic, placing 33rd.

2021 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Ran a personal best 4:09.32 in the 1,500 meters at the Mizzou Spring Opener … Ran a personal best 15:07.45 at the Tom Botts Invitational, placing 10th … Ran a 15:13.77 in the 5,000 meters at the John McDonnell Invitational, placing 18th.

2021 Cross Country (Fr.)
Placed third in the Bob Timmons Classic in Lawrence, Kansas…Finished the Gans Creek Classic in 75th with a time of 25:72.60… At the FSU Invite/Pre-Nationals in Tallahassee, Florida, he finished 65th with a time of 25:38.90.

HIGH SCHOOL
An eight-time letterwinner for coach Jack Sachse at De Soto High School (four times each in cross country and track & field) … Cross country team was he 2015 4A State runner-up and a two-time United Kansas Conference champion (2016, 2017) … The Wildcats’ track & field team claimed a runner-up finish at the 2019 5A State meet … That same season, the team was the Regional Champion … Two-time T&F team league champions (2018, 2019) … Had a productive and memorable senior year, as he finished as runner-up at the 5A State Cross Country meet as well as on the track in both the 3,200 meters and 4×800-meter relay … A member of De Soto’s school record-holding 4×800-meter team … Greater KC Cross Country Coaches Association All-Metro Team in both 2017 and 2018 … Kansas Cross Country All-Academic Team in 2018 … Class valedictorian … A National Merit Scholar.

PERSONAL
Son of Daniel and Missy Hubert … Both parents are graduates of the University of Kansas; his dad with a J.D. degree and his mom with a B.A. … Has a younger sister, Quincy … Plans to major in biochemical engineering.

Cross Country 16 Jayhawks Receive Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award

Sixteen University of Kansas student-athletes have been honored with the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic achievement, the 2023 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, it was announced Friday.