Geoffrey Sambu
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- Height:
- 5-11
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- Hometown:
- Nakura, Kenya
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- Year:
- Junior
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- High School:
- Chebara Secondary School
Bio
Geoffrey came to Tennessee Tech following one year at Florida A&M University, and quickly established himself as the most successful distance runner in school history...an NCAA All-Region performer and first-team all-OVC.
AT TECH (In 2014): Obvious choice for the team's Most Valuable award...Geoffrey recorded the highest finish in school history when he placed 13th at the NCAA South Regional Cross Country Championships...ran a career-best and school record time of 30:51.60 to place 13th overall at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Fla....crowned All-Region, the first Tech runner to receive that honor...missed by just three spots in the final standings a place at the NCAA National Championships...time was 9:00.4 at 3K and 15:07.4 when he finished the first 5K on the course, then swept past the 8K mark in 24:39.1...was the second finisher in the meet from all Tennessee schools...the regional effort capped off a sensation debut season after his transfer to Tech...led Tech in evern meet and scored four of the five best 8K times in school history...opened his Tech career finished first at the Carolina Invitational with a 5K time of 15:37.5 to earn him OVC Runner of the Week honors...ran 26:09.9 at the Indiana Invitational, then reeled off four consecutive times under 25:19...set the school record at 24:41.63 at Vanderbilt, a mark he would eclipse at the NCAA Regional.
BEFORE TECH: Geoffrey spent his first year of college at Florida A&M University before he transferred to TTU for his sophomore year...competed in the 8K, 10K, and mile run...personal record for the 8K was 24:39.. the 10K was 31:13..and the mile was 4:28.21.
PERSONAL: Geoffrey Sambu is from Eldoret, Kenya...attended Kapsabt High School.
News mentions
Tennessee Tech junior Geoffrey Sambu placed 34th individually at the NCAA South Regional cross country championships at Harry Pritchett Running Park, the lone Golden Eagle runner to cross the finish line.
Two members of the Tennessee Tech men’s cross country team and six from the women’s squad will compete Friday in the NCAA South Regional, hosted by the University of Alabama at Harry Pritchett Running Park in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Junior Geoffrey Sambu repeated his all-conference performance, placing 13th individually to capture second-team honors while leading the Tennessee Tech men’s cross country team to ninth place at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships Saturday in Murray, Ky.
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams will put the last three months of training into what should be their best effort Saturday morning at the Ohio Valley Conference championships in Murray, Ky.
Paced by former junior college All-American Purity Murray’s personal-best time, the Tennessee Tech women’s cross country team placed 16th in an outstanding field of 26 teams at the Alabama Crimson Classic Friday evening at the Harry Pritchett Park. The Golden Eagle men’s team, which started the race with only five runners, did not record a team score as one Golden Eagle runner was unable to finish the event due to cramps.
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams have one final tuneup race before competing at the end of the month in the Ohio Valley Conference Championships, and what a meet it will be. The Golden Eagles are set to run Friday afternoon in the Crimson Classic, hosted by the University of Alabama.
The Tennessee Tech women’s cross country team earned a sixth place finish among the 14 Division I teams in their event at the Greater Louisville Classic Saturday morning, and the Golden Eagle men finished 10th among 14 Division programs in their race.
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams will head to Louisville, Ky., this weekend to compete in their largest races of the season at the Greater Louisville Classic.
Geoffrey Sambu posted the 11th fastest 8K time in Tennessee Tech men's cross country history, and two other Golden Eagles recorded personal-best times as Tech placed 16th among 20 teams Saturday morning at the Commodore Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt University at Nashville's Percy Warner Park.
Geoffrey Sambu and Daniel Williamson led the way as the Tennessee Tech men's cross country team posted three career-best times and placed eighth among 12 teams at the Furman Invitational Saturday morning.
A huge field will greet the Tennessee Tech cross country teams Saturday when they run at the third annual Furman Cross Country Classic.
Nine of Tennessee Tech's 13 cross country runners ran in their first collegiate race Saturday as coach Wayne Angel's Golden Eagles opened the 2015 season at the Indiana Open.
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams open the 2015 schedule Saturday at the Indiana Open, where the Golden Eagles go up against two Hoosier teams each ranked 11th in the nation in the preseason