Sam Spallinger Class: Sophomore Hometown: Pandora, Ohio High School: Pandora-Gilboa Event: Sprints/Jumps

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2010-11: Competed in the long jump at the Mid-American Conference Championships and ended with a fifth-place finish after a wind-aided season-best mark of 7.29m/23-11 ... also ran on Miami's sixth-place 4x100m relay team at the MAC meet, clocking 42.61 ... helped the RedHawks win the 4x400m relay at the RedHawk Invitational in 3:19.25 ... finished second at the RedHawk invitational in the long jump with a winded-aided mark of 7.08m/23-2.75 ... posted a non-wind-aided season-best long jump of 6.98m/22-11 to place fifth at the Billy Hayes Invitational ... ran on Miami's season-best 4x100 relay team that clocked 41.78 to place fourth at the Billy Hayes Invite ... clocked a season-best 200m time of 22.30 at the Billy Hayes Invite as well, placing 15th ... indoors, finished first in the long jump at the Findlay Indoor Track & Field Classic with an indoor season-best mark of 6.96m/22-10.

High School: Earned four varsity letters in track at Pandora-Bilboa under coach Jeff Diller ... captain of the track team for two years ... set personal bests of 10.6 in the 100m, 21.6 in the 200m, 48.3 in the 400m and 23-9 in the long jump ... earned All-Ohio honors in 2008, 2009 and 2010 ... earned first-team all-conference all four years ... holds the regional record in the long jump ... helped his team win league titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010 while earning runner-up honors at the state meet in 2009 ... also earned two varsity letters in football as a wide receiver.

Personal: Born in December of 1990 in Bluffton, Ohio ... son of Dawn and Jonathan Spallinger ... majoring in mechanical engineering.