2024 Track and Field Roster

Sammie Velazquez

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Corona, Calif.
  • High School Santiago High School

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2023 (Senior)
  • Fourth in the 800m at the Ron Mann Classic
  • Fifth in the 600m at the Lumberjack Team Challenge
  • Back-to-back top-10 finishes in the 1500m at the AstroAI Distance Classic and Mangrum Invitational
2022 (Junior)
  • Collegiate best in the 1500m at the Big West Championships
  • 1500m winner at the Chris Rinne Twilight
  • Collegiate best in the 800m at the Vince O'Boyle Classic
2021 (Sophomore)
  • Personal best in the 1500m at the UC Riverside Distance Invite
2020 (Freshman)
  • Ran the 800m at the RCC Invitational
High School
  • 2018 Big VIII MVP
  • Great White Shark Award 
  • 2018, 19 Big VIII champions
Personal
  • Daughter of Robert and Anna Velazquez
  • Major: Cellular, Molecular and Development Biology
  • Favorite sports team: Los Angeles Lakers
  • Favorite athletes: Alexi Pappas, Kobe Bryant
  • Favorite TV shows: The Office, Big Bang Theory, Spongebob
  • Favorite movies: Shrek, The Help, Scarface
  • Favorite musical artists: Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Bob Marley
  • Hobbies: Eating food, watching movies, playing the ukulele

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Sophomore

    Distance

  • 2023Freshman

    Middle Distance
    5'4"

  • 2024Senior

    Distance