The University of Akron Athletics
2016 Akron Cross Country

Samuel Blechman
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bradford Woods, Pa.
- High School:
- North Allegheny
2018 Outdoor: Didn’t compete during the outdoor campaign.
2018 Indoor: Didn’t compete during the indoor campaign...2017 Cross Country: Ran in five races for the Zips and posted a season-best finish off 11th at the Tommy Evans Invitational (Sept. 7)...registered season-best time of 26:11.9 en route to placing 60th at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 29)...recorded a time of 26:25.0 to finish 61st at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Oct. 28)...added times of 26:23.0 (54th) and 26:51 (63rd) at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational (Sept. 15) and Penn State National (Oct. 13).
2018 Indoor Accolades: Named an Academic All-MAC Selection.
2016-17: Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor campaign...Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor campaign...Cross Country: Ran in the final five races for the Zips, including a 52nd-place finish in his team debut at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational with a season-best time of 26:27.20...posted a time of 27:20.1 to place 53rd at the MAC Championships...registered times of 26:34 (81st) and 27:01.3 (92nd) at Penn State National and the All-Ohio Invitational, respectively...crossed line in 36:01.40 at Great Lakes Regional.
Personal: Majoring in biochemistry…son of Bill and Erin Blechman.