Sam Martens recently competed in the 2016 New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York City, a high school track & field meet that brings together thousands of the best high school athletes in America. Sam qualified for the Freshman Mile at an indoor track meet at GVSU on Feb. 20, setting a time of 4:38.12 in the Freshman 1600 meter (qualifying time is 4:40). Sam missed the qualifying time by 7/10th of a second during a meet at U of M two weekends before.

"Qualifying for this meet is a success on its own, despite not having much training because of me doing swimming this season which made it a little tough," said Martens.

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