Sam Gilman (runner)
{{Short description|American athlete (born 2000)}}
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| event = Middle-distance running, Long-distance running
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| pb = 3000m: 7:34.69 (Boston, 2025)
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Sam Gilman (born 20 September 2000) is an American middle- and long-distance runner.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/sam-gilman-14789430|website=World Athletics|accessdate=22 March 2025|title=Sam Gilman}}
Early and personal life
He attended Hilton Head Island High School on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. He joined the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs in 2019, where he studied business management. He later served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force.{{cite web|url= https://sc.milesplit.com/articles/263341/sam-gilman-one-last-high-school-race|website=Milesplit|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= Sam Gilman: One Last High School Race|date=15 June 2019}}{{cite web|url= https://sirwaltermiler.com/2024-sam-gilman/|website=Sirwaltermillee.com|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= Meet the 2024 SWM Athletes: Sam Gilman|date=July 25, 2024}}
Career
Gilman had a sixth place finish in the 2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships, and a fifth place finish in the 2022 NCAA outdoor Championships over 5000 metres.{{cite web|url= https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/02/hobbs-kessler-edges-dylan-jacobs-to-earn-first-us-title-in-3000m/ |website=Lets Run|accessdate=22 March 2025|first1=Robert|last1=Johnson|first2=Jonathan|last2=Gault|title= Hobbs Kessler Edges Dylan Jacobs In Thriller To Earn First US Title in 3000m at 2025 USATF Indoors |date=25 Feb 2025}}
He finished third in the 3000 metres at 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in February 2025. The following week, he ran a personal best time of 7:34.69 over that distance in Boston, Massachusetts.{{cite web|url= https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/03/bu-last-chance-yared-nuguses-mile-world-record-attempt-comes-up-short-347-22-nico-young-1251-56-heather-mclean-417-01-run-super-fast/ |website=Lets Run|accessdate=22 March 2025|first=Jonathan|last=Gault|title= BU Last Chance: Yared Nuguse’s Mile World Record Attempt Comes Up Short (3:47.22), Heather MacLean Breaks American 1500 Record (3:59.60), Nico Young (12:51.56) Runs Super Fast |date=2 March 2025}} He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, where he finished fourth in the 3000 metres.{{cite web|url= https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/03/2025-world-indoors-mens-preview-jakob-ingebrigtsen-goes-for-double-gold-as-josh-hoey-leads-800-field/|website=Lets Run|accessdate=22 March 2025|first=Jonathan|last=Gault|title= 2025 World Indoors Men’s Preview: Jakob Ingebrigtsen Goes for Double Gold as Josh Hoey Leads 800 Field|date=18 March 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7136586?eventId=10229560&gender=M|website=World Athletics|title=World Athletics Indoor Championships|date=22 March 2025|accessdate=22 March 2025}}
A challenger at the Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia he was runner-up over 3000 metres to Nico Young on 1 June 2025.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/melissa-jefferson-wooden-runs-historic-100m-at-grand-slam-track-1040001938/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=2 June 2025|title= MELISSA JEFFERSON-WOODEN RUNS HISTORIC 100M AT GRAND SLAM TRACK|first=Jasmine|last=Collett|date=2 June 2025}}
=Circuit performances=
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References
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{{Footer Team USA Track & Field 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships}}
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