Sam Bowler

Position:
Sprints
Weight:
0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Dallas, Texas
High School:
Cistercian Preparatory School

Junior: Took seventh at the Terrier Classic indoor meet with a 1:04.48 in the 500m, making him the fourth-fastest performer in school history … helped the Blue Devils’ 4x400m relay team to fourth-place finishes at the Armory Collegiate and Tar Heel Invitational … finished fourth at the ACC Indoor Championships as the team notched a 9:56.35 in the distance medley relay … earned All-East honors for that event … during the outdoor season, helped the squad to a 24th place finish at the Penn Relays with an overall time of 3:28.67 in the sprint medley relay, the fifth-best performance in school history … helped the 4x400m relay team to a fourth-place finish at the UNC Elite with an overall time of 3:15.54 … helped the 4x100m relay team finish eighth at the ACC Outdoor Championships with its season-best time of 42.10.

Sophomore: Ran the fastest open 800m time for Duke in 2008 with a 1:53.29 at the Carolina Classic ... had three sub-1:55 races outdoors and went sub 0:50 in the open 400m at the Duke Invite ... a mainstay on the Duke 4x400m that ran 3:15.07 to score at the ACC Championships ... lowered his indoor 500m personal best to 1:06.64.

Freshman: Ran the 400m, 500m and 800m indoors ... earned All-East honors indoors on the 4x800m relay, running legs in the trial round and finals at the IC4A Championships ... Duke’s third-fastest indoor half-miler as a freshman, clocking 1:56.35 ... remained the third-fastest Blue Devil at 800m outdoors with a 1:55.61 at the ACC Championships ... ran on Duke’s 4x400m relays that qualified for the IC4A championships indoors and outdoors.

PB Indoors
400m: 50.33
500m: 1:04.48
800m: 1:56.35

PB Outdoors
200m: 22.74
400m: 48.83
800m: 1:53.29

Honors
All-East Indoors: 2007, 2009

Prep: All-conference selection in three sports in high school, including football and soccer ... in track, Bowler was a 400m specialist, clocking 49.6 open and splitting 48.5 on a relay carry.