Sam Horn Hometown: Reading, Mass. High School: Reading Memorial Last College: James Madison Height: 5-11½ Event: Middle Distance/XC Eligibility: XC/In/Out Graduated: 2010

14-Time IC4A Qualifier

PRs: 800 (in - 1:53.28, out - 1:51.17); 1000 (in - 2:24.96); 1500 (in - 3:51.79, out - 3:48.31); Mile (in - 4:02.00); 3000 (in - 8:45.12)

2010 Indoor: Reached an NCAA provisional qualifier in the mile with a time of 4:02.00 at the BU Valentine Invitational... Qualified for the IC4A Championships in the 1000-meter run with a time of 2:29.23 at the Father Diamond Invitational... Member of the Patriots' 4x800 and distance medley relay teams that qualified for the IC4A Championships... Ran on the distance medley relay team that placed third at the IC4A Championships with a time of 9:46.57.

2009 Cross Country: Ran his fastest time of the season on the 8k course at the Mason Invitational, clocking in at 25:27.00... Second-fastest time of the season came at the CAA Championships, where he finished in 10th place with a time of 25:39.04... Earned All-CAA honors for his performance at the conference championship meet... Finished 51st at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships with a time of 31:56.26.

2009 Outdoor: NCAA East Regional Qualifier in the 800-meter run after second-place finish of 1:49.29 at the IC4A Championships (May 17)... Finished 34th in the preliminaries at regionals with a time of 1:54.20... Posted a season-best time of 3:52.79 in the 1,500-meter run at Colonial Relays (Apr. 3)... Was also a member of the NCAA East Regional-qualifying 4x400-meter relay which placed 17th (3:20.87) at that event... Member of the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

2009 Indoor: IC4A qualifier in the 1000-meter run and the mile... Ran the team's top time in the mile, crossing the finish line in 4:09.10 at the Valentines' Invitational... Clocked in at 2:26.46 to finish in fourth place in the 1000-meter run at the IC4A Championships... Top time in the 800-meter run was 2:07.07 at the Valentines' Invitational... Crossed the finish line in 8:45.12 in the 3000-meter run at the VT Hokie Invitational... Was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished in first place at the Patriot Games with a time of 3:24.47... Was a member of the 4x800-meter relay team that finished second at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational and qualified for the IC4A Championships with a time of 7:33.63.

2008 Cross Country: Ran his best time of the season at the CAA Championships, finishing in 35th place with a time of 26:13.00.

2008 Outdoor: Recorded the third-fastest time for all Patriots in the 800-meter with a time of 1:54.30 at the Sea Ray Relays... Earned the second-fastest time of all Mason runners in the 1500-meter at the Seminole Twilight Meet crossing the finish line with a time of 3:48.31... Was also a member of the second-place 4x400-meter relay team at the CAA Championships.

2008 Indoor: Ran the second-fastest time on the team in the 800-meter run, crossing the finish line in 1:53.28 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational to qualify for the IC4A Championships... Recorded the team's top time in the 1000-meter run, clocking in at 2:24.96 at the IC4A Championships... Finished fourth in the finals of the 1000-meter run at the IC4A Championships with a time of 2:25.91... Ran the team's second-fastest time in the mile, recording a time of 4:18.53 at the Virginia Tech Challenge... Top time in the 3000-meter run was 8:58.12 at the Father Diamond Invitational... Ran on the team's fastest 4x800-meter relay team of the season, teaming with Michael Pachella, Erin McWhorter and Matt Bailey to cross the finish line in an IC4A-qualifying time of 7:45.96 at the Millrose Games... Was a member of the 4x400-meter relay and the 4x800-meter relay teams that finished in first place at the Patriot Games.

2007 Cross Country: Finished in 80th place at the Mason Invitational.

At JMU: Competed for a year at James Madison before transferring to George Mason when the Dukes dropped their men's track and field program.

Prep: Played on the football team as both a freshman and sophomore at Reading Memorial... Three-time track league All-Star and MVP... Captained both the indoor and outdoor track teams as a senior... Holds the school record for the 800.

Personal: Full name is Samuel John Horn... Born August 31, 1987... Parents are Lorraine and Bernard Horn... Has a sister, Alexis... Enjoys traveling, sailing and fishing... Majoring in finance.