Track & Field

SamiHattab

  • position Distance/XC
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Louisville, Ky.
  • Major Kinesiology
  • High school St. Xavier

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Personal Bests

Cross Country:

5k – 16:12.0

8k – 24:47.8

Indoor:

Mile – 4:06.44

1000 – 2:23.97

Outdoor:

800 – 1:51.42

1500 – 3:48.23

Academic Accolades 

  • USTFCCCA Academic All-American – 2025
  • SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll – 2025
  • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2024

2024-25 (Sophomore)

Cross Country

  • Placed 92nd in the 8k  at the SEC Championships in a personal best time of 24:47.8
  • Placed 94th, and scored team points, in the 8k Red Invite at the Bradley Pink Classic in a time of 24:57.7
  • Placed 133rd in the 8k at the Gans Creek Classic in a personal best time of 24:49.2
  • Placed 100th in the 8k at the Southern Showcase in a time of 25:36.7

Indoor

  • Featured on the men’s DMR team that placed third in it’s season debut at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a 10:05.97 time
  • Finished fifth in the 1000m event at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a personal best time of 2:23.97
  • Placed sixth at the Tiger Paw Invitational in the men’s mile, posting a 4:06.44 mark
  • Placed seventh in the DMR and 31st in the mile at the SEC Indoor Championships

Outdoor

  • Competed in five meets for the Wildcats during the outdoor season
  • Placed ninth in the men’s 1500m event in the season-opener with a personal best time of 3:48.23
  • Won the 1500m final at the Jim Click Shootout Invite with a 3:50.00 time
  • Finished eighth in the 1500m at the Tom Jones Invitational
  • Posted a career best time of 1:51.42 in the 800m final at the Jim Green Invitational
  • Placed 26th in the men’s 1500m final at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:54.29

2023-24 (Freshman)

Cross Country

  • Placed 75th with a time of 25:13.6 in the 8k at the Southern Showcase

High School  

  • Earned three letters in track & field and cross country at St. Xavier HS 
  • Won a state championship in XC (2021), 1600m (2022), 3200m (2022) and 4x800m (2021) relay
  • Set a new school and state record in the championship 4x800m relay (2021)
  • Won three track and field state championships (2021, 2022, 2023) and one cross country state championship (2020)
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