HONORS AND AWARDS
Gold Stars (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
Southern Conference Commissioner's Medal (2019-20)
Southern Conference Honor Roll (2019-20)
CROSS COUNTRY BIO
CAREER MARKS (TFRRS)
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| Mile |
 4:23.95 * |
South Carolina Invitational (2/7-8/2020) |
| 3,000m |
 8:47.06 ** |
USC Indoor Open (2/22/2020) |
| 5,000m |
 15:16.30 * ! |
Carolina Challenge (1/31-2/1/2020) |
* – Program freshman indoor record
** – Ranks T-6th in indoor program history
! – Ranks 5th in indoor program history
SENIOR (2022)
INDOOR: Personal best in the 5000 meters with 14:47.39 at the South Carolina Invitational Jan. 28-29… Followed by a first-place finish and personal best in 3000 meters with 8:32.60 at the Champion College Team Challenge on Feb. 10… Finished first place in the distance medley relay with 10:12.13 at the U of SC Indoor Open on Feb. 18... Fourth place for the distance medley relay with 10:14.11 at the SoCon Indoor Track and Field Championships Feb 26-27…
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OUTDOOR: Back-to-back personal bests at the ECU Bill Carson Invitationals April 1-2 with 800 meters of 1:58.04 and a 1500 meters time of 3:59.75… Third place finish in the 1500 meters… Won the 5000 meters at the Gamecock Invitational on April 16 with a time of 14:55.63… Placed sixth in the 10,000 meters with 31:24.33 at the SoCon Outdoor Championships on April 30-May 1…
FRESHMAN (2020)
INDOOR: Set two individual program freshman records and helped the freshman distance medley relay team set another … Ran in all seven indoor meets … Made his collegiate track debut, turning in a 5,000-meter time of 15:42.05 at the Gamecock Opener (1/17-18/20) … Ran as part of the freshman distance medley relay team at the VMI Team Challenge (1/25/20), helping the team set the program freshman record with a second-place time of 10:36.24 … Also posted a 3,000-meter race time of 9:08.58, finishing eighth … Set the program freshman record, which also ranks fifth in indoor program history, with his season-best 5,000m time at the Carolina Challenge (1/31-2/1/20), finishing in a time of 15:16.30 … Followed that up at the next meet with a time of 4:23.95 in the mile, setting the program freshman record at the South Carolina Invitational (2/7-8/20) … Posted a time of 8:51.95 in the 3,000m at the JDL College Team Challenge (2/13/20) … Recorded his season-best 3,000m time of 8:47.06, which is tied for sixth in program history, to finish fourth at the USC Indoor Open (2/22/20) … Helped the distance medley relay team post a sixth-place time of 10:32.26 at the 2020 SoCon Indoor Championships (2/29-3/1/20).
HIGH SCHOOL: A six-time letterwinner, including three in cross country and three in track and field … Ran a personal-record time of 15:52 in the 5K, 9:32 in the 3,200-meter race and 4:22 in the 1,600-meter race … As a senior, was named all-state and academic all-state in cross country, and was named all-state in both the 1,600-meter run and 3,200-meter race and earned academic all-state honors … Earned all-state and academic all-state honors in both cross country and the 3,200-meter race in track as a junior.
PERSONAL: Full name is Samuel Reed Sharnas … Son of Michael and Jenna Sharnas … Father, Mike, is a 1993 graduate of The Citadel, who also ran cross country and track … Major is history.
