University of South Dakota Athletics

NIL Opportunities: Sammy Neil

Career Bests

2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the 60 meters with a time of 7.73 seconds at the Summit League Championships … clocked a personal-best time of 7.70 seconds in the 60 preliminaries at the Summit meet … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team …  tied for eighth in South Dakota program history in the 60 meters (7.70) … finished runner-up in the 60 meters at the SDSU Holiday Open … placed third in the long jump at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a mark of 18-4 ½ (5.60m) … notched 17 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League champion in the 4x100-meter relay … also placed fifth in the 100 meters (12.06 seconds) and seventh in the long jump (19-2 ½) at the Summit League Championships … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the 4x100-meter relay … broke the South Dakota school record in the 4x100 meter relay (44.63 seconds) while placing third at the Drake Relays … clocked a season-best time of 11.85 seconds in the preliminary of the 100 meters at the Summit meet … set the Lillibridge Track Complex record in the 4x100-meter relay (44.90 seconds) at The Monday Meet … finished runner-up in the 100 meters (11.90) and long jump (18-0 ½) at the USD Tune-Up … leaped 19-4 (5.89m) in the long jump at the Pacific Coast Invitational … moved to 10th in South Dakota program history in the long jump (19-4) … took eighth in the 100 hurdles at The Monday Meet … tallied 19 top-10 finishes during the season.

University of Mary
An All-American long jumper in 2022, placing seventh at the NCAA Division II Championships with a leap of 19-8 ¼ (6.00m) ... garnered USTFCCCA all-region honors for the Mauraders.

Prep
Held personal bests of 18-8 ½ (5.70m) in the long jump and 12.04 seconds for 100 meters.

Personal
Daughter of Yulette Samuels ... criminal justice major.