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Boys Cross Country - Oklahoma

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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Sam Bass

Distance Runner
CASADY SCHOOL
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-9
Press Release

Peak Performance

2nd - 15:46.53

Southwest Prep Conference Championship

33rd

FL South

1st

Oklahoma XC & Track Coaches Association Meet
“Sam has gained more confidence in his abilities, taken more risks to get into good racing positions and has learned to push himself beyond the comfort zone to be a champion. Sam is the complete package and we are fortunate to have him on our team.”
Roxanne Sterling
Head Coach - Head coach of the Casady School
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-9 120-pound junior finished second at the Southwest Prep Conference Championships this past season with a time of 15:46.53, leading the Cyclones to an eighth-place finish as a team. Bass took 33rd at the Foot Locker South Regional championships and he won the Oklahoma Cross Country & Track Coaches Association Meet of Champions by 12 seconds.

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Academic Achievement

Bass has maintained a weighted 3.88 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Bass has volunteered with SBP, a national disaster management group, assisting with flood relief in Houston in 2018. He has also donated his time to an area food bank and the Boys & Girls Club of Oklahoma County.