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Sam Affolder

Distance Runner
LOUDOUN VALLEY HS
PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:20

Group 4A State Meet

2nd

NXN Southeast

23rd

NXN Final
“Sam not only made the team better from an athletic standpoint but also from a confidence standpoint. He brought to the team a swagger and a level of confidence that was not there.”
Marc Hunter
Loudoun Valley High Head Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10, 160-pound junior won the Group 4A state meet this past season with a time of 15:20, breaking the tape six seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor and leading the Vikings to the state championship as a team. Affolder finished second at the Nike Cross Nationals Southeast Regional championships and crossed the line in 23rd at the NXN Final—just 1.5 seconds off All-American pace—as the Vikings won the team national title. A transfer from Carlisle, Pa., he was the 2017 Washington Post All-Met Runner of the Year.

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Academic Achievement

Affolder has maintained an unweighted 4.04 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Affolder was attending his third high school in three years. He has volunteered at a soup kitchen and as a teacher’s aide at Vacation Bible School.