2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster
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Ells, Sam
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Sam Ells
- Event(s):
- Distance
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kalispell, MT
- High School:
- Glacier HS
- Major:
- Mechanical Engineering
Bio
Ells' Performance History and Personal Bests
2023-24 Season
Cross Country (Redshirt Freshman): Named Big Sky Freshman of the Year ... First Bobcat Big Sky Freshman of the Year since 2017 ... Finished as the No. 6 runner for the Bobcats and 183rd overall at the NCAA Championships in Charlottesville as Montana State finished 13th as a team ... Was the No. 6 runner for the Bobcats and 45th overall at the NCAA Mountain Regional in Lubbock, helping the Cats finish fifth as a team and secure an at-large bid to the national meet ... Placed 13th at the Big Sky Championships to help the Cats finish as the conference runner-up ... Finished as the fifth Bobcat at Pre-Nationals, crossing the line in 52nd overall
Indoor (Sophomore): Member of the silver medalist distance medley relay team at the Big Sky Indoor Track & Field Championships ... Placed ninth in the mile and ninth in the 3,000 meters at the conference meet ... Ran an altitude-converted time of 3:58.81 in the mile at the Big Sky Tuner, the ninth-fastest mark in school history ... Won the mile at the Bobcat Challenge in Bozeman ... Placed fifth in the mile at the Spokane Sports Showcase ... Finished 29th in the 3,000 meters at the Husky Classic in a season-best time of 8:06.94
Outdoor (Sophomore): Scored a point in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Big Sky Outdoor Track & Field Championships, placing eighth, as the Montana State men defeated No. 11 Northern Arizona by a single point, 186-185, to win their first team title since 2005 ... Finished 11th in the 5,000 meters and 19th in the 1,500 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor meet ... Placed second in the 1,500 meters at the Tom Gage Classic, running an altitude-converted time of 3:43.83, the ninth-fastest time in school history ... Ran season-best times in the 3,000 meter steeplechase and 5,000 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Placed fourth in the 1,500 and sixth in the 5,000 meters as Montana State defeated Montana in the Cat-Griz Dual in Bozeman
2022-23 Season
Cross Country (Freshman): Redshirted.
Indoor (Freshman): Competed in five indoor track meets ... Saved best performances of the season for last, placing 12th in the 3,000-meters (8:25.53) and 11th in the mile (4:10.15) at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships ... Also was a member of the Big Sky Champion distance medley relay team that crossed the line in 9:45.98, the sixth-best mark in program history ... Placed fifth in the mile at the Big Sky Tuner (4:11.62) ... Took second in the 3,000-meters at the Bobcat Performance meet ... Placed 22nd in the lone 800-meter race of the winter, competing at the WSU Open ... Named to Big Sky Winter All-Academic Team
Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in five outdoor track meets ... Earned a pair of top-ten finishes at the Big Sky Outdoor Track and Field Championships, placing seventh in the 1,500-meters (3:53.45) and tenth in the 5,000-meters (14:46.46) ... Competed in a trio of events at the Griz-Cat Duel, finishing in the top-six in the 1,500-meters, 5,000-meters, and 3,000-meter steeplechase ... Placed second in the 5,000-meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Set personal bests in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:11.85) and 5,000-meters (14:25.97) while placing fifth in the 5K at the EKU Rick Erdmann Twilight ... Earned Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team honors
High School: Graduated from Glacier High School in 2022 with school records in the 5K (XC), 800 and 1,600 meters ... Capped off his high school track career by winning a state title in the 1,600 meters at the MHSA Class AA State Meet ... Broke the school 800 meter record with a 1:54.45 to finish second at the state meet and was the Class AA runner up in the 3,200 meters ... Went undefeated in the 1,600 meters as a senior ... Ran a personal-best 3,200 meter time of 9:19.39 to win a Western AA Divisional title ... In cross country, broke the school record in the 5K with a 15:41.4 to win the Butte High Invitational ... As a junior, placed third in the 1,600 meters and fourth in the 800 meters at the state track meet ... Best finish at the MHSA Class AA XC State Meet was 19th, which he achieved as a sophomore in 2019 ... Also lettered in soccer ... Earned all-conference honors in soccer as a senior and helped the Wolfpack finish second in the Class AA boys soccer state tournament ... Maintained a 4.0 grade-point average in all eight semesters and earned academic all-state honors ... Was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Brooke and Aaron Ells ... Has a brother, Liam ... Mother, Brooke, ran cross country and track for Montana State (1993-95) ... Majoring in mechanical engineering
2023-24 Season
Cross Country (Redshirt Freshman): Named Big Sky Freshman of the Year ... First Bobcat Big Sky Freshman of the Year since 2017 ... Finished as the No. 6 runner for the Bobcats and 183rd overall at the NCAA Championships in Charlottesville as Montana State finished 13th as a team ... Was the No. 6 runner for the Bobcats and 45th overall at the NCAA Mountain Regional in Lubbock, helping the Cats finish fifth as a team and secure an at-large bid to the national meet ... Placed 13th at the Big Sky Championships to help the Cats finish as the conference runner-up ... Finished as the fifth Bobcat at Pre-Nationals, crossing the line in 52nd overall
Indoor (Sophomore): Member of the silver medalist distance medley relay team at the Big Sky Indoor Track & Field Championships ... Placed ninth in the mile and ninth in the 3,000 meters at the conference meet ... Ran an altitude-converted time of 3:58.81 in the mile at the Big Sky Tuner, the ninth-fastest mark in school history ... Won the mile at the Bobcat Challenge in Bozeman ... Placed fifth in the mile at the Spokane Sports Showcase ... Finished 29th in the 3,000 meters at the Husky Classic in a season-best time of 8:06.94
Outdoor (Sophomore): Scored a point in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Big Sky Outdoor Track & Field Championships, placing eighth, as the Montana State men defeated No. 11 Northern Arizona by a single point, 186-185, to win their first team title since 2005 ... Finished 11th in the 5,000 meters and 19th in the 1,500 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor meet ... Placed second in the 1,500 meters at the Tom Gage Classic, running an altitude-converted time of 3:43.83, the ninth-fastest time in school history ... Ran season-best times in the 3,000 meter steeplechase and 5,000 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Placed fourth in the 1,500 and sixth in the 5,000 meters as Montana State defeated Montana in the Cat-Griz Dual in Bozeman
2022-23 Season
Cross Country (Freshman): Redshirted.
Indoor (Freshman): Competed in five indoor track meets ... Saved best performances of the season for last, placing 12th in the 3,000-meters (8:25.53) and 11th in the mile (4:10.15) at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships ... Also was a member of the Big Sky Champion distance medley relay team that crossed the line in 9:45.98, the sixth-best mark in program history ... Placed fifth in the mile at the Big Sky Tuner (4:11.62) ... Took second in the 3,000-meters at the Bobcat Performance meet ... Placed 22nd in the lone 800-meter race of the winter, competing at the WSU Open ... Named to Big Sky Winter All-Academic Team
Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in five outdoor track meets ... Earned a pair of top-ten finishes at the Big Sky Outdoor Track and Field Championships, placing seventh in the 1,500-meters (3:53.45) and tenth in the 5,000-meters (14:46.46) ... Competed in a trio of events at the Griz-Cat Duel, finishing in the top-six in the 1,500-meters, 5,000-meters, and 3,000-meter steeplechase ... Placed second in the 5,000-meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Set personal bests in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:11.85) and 5,000-meters (14:25.97) while placing fifth in the 5K at the EKU Rick Erdmann Twilight ... Earned Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team honors
High School: Graduated from Glacier High School in 2022 with school records in the 5K (XC), 800 and 1,600 meters ... Capped off his high school track career by winning a state title in the 1,600 meters at the MHSA Class AA State Meet ... Broke the school 800 meter record with a 1:54.45 to finish second at the state meet and was the Class AA runner up in the 3,200 meters ... Went undefeated in the 1,600 meters as a senior ... Ran a personal-best 3,200 meter time of 9:19.39 to win a Western AA Divisional title ... In cross country, broke the school record in the 5K with a 15:41.4 to win the Butte High Invitational ... As a junior, placed third in the 1,600 meters and fourth in the 800 meters at the state track meet ... Best finish at the MHSA Class AA XC State Meet was 19th, which he achieved as a sophomore in 2019 ... Also lettered in soccer ... Earned all-conference honors in soccer as a senior and helped the Wolfpack finish second in the Class AA boys soccer state tournament ... Maintained a 4.0 grade-point average in all eight semesters and earned academic all-state honors ... Was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Brooke and Aaron Ells ... Has a brother, Liam ... Mother, Brooke, ran cross country and track for Montana State (1993-95) ... Majoring in mechanical engineering
Big Sky Preview
Friday, February 11
Track and Field Big Sky Championships
Monday, February 18
Coach Kennedy - Feb. 11, 2013
Tuesday, February 12
Coach Kennedy - Feb. 4, 2013
Tuesday, February 05
