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Samuel Yaro

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Teshie Presbyterian Senior
  • Hometown Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Biography

Lindenwood:
2021 – Indoor first-team All-American (400 Meter and 4x400) … Indoor All-Region (400 Meter and 4x400) … one-time GLVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week … GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar Award honoree … Academic All-GLVC selection … competed in six meets for Lindenwood … at the Mel Tjeerdsma Classic on Jan. 16, set a career-high in the 200 with a time of 22.04 … earned a personal-best mark of 1:11.92 in the 600 at the UCM Invitational on Jan. 22 … raced in the 60 at the TRXC Timing Opportunity Invitational on Feb. 26, setting a career-best time of 7.02 … earned first place in the 400 and 4x400 at the Washburn Open on Jan. 29 … finished third in the 4x400 at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 11.

2020 – 2020 GLVC Indoor Track and Field Male Athlete of the Year … won the GLVC 400-meter with a time of 47.36, setting a new Lindenwood record … finished 1st in the 400 at the Gene Edmonds Memorial on Jan. 10-11 with a time of 49.20 … captured a 1st-place finish in the 600 at the UCM Invitational on Jan. 24, with a time of 1:12.36 … was 3rd in the 4x400 at the UCM Invitational, with a time of 3:23.97 … 1st-place in the DMR at the Principia College Relays on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 with a time of 10:24.22 … competed in the 400 and the 4x400 at the GLVC Championships on Feb. 29-March 1, finishing in 1st-place in both events ... season shortened due to COVID-19.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2019Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2020Junior

    Sprints
  • 2021Junior

    Sprints/Middle Distance
  • 2022Graduate Student

    Sprints