Sam Otis

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Manlius, NY
High School:
Fayetteville-Manlius

2023-24 Indoor: Competed in four indoor meets for the Panthers. Otis posted a personal best in the 3000 with a time of 8:16.22 at the Penn State National Open (Jan. 26-27), earning him a third place finish. He closed out his season with a 46th place finish in the 3000 at the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 22-24).

2023 Outdoor: Competed in four outdoor meets for the Panthers. At the UCF Black and Gold Invite Otis was able to set a personal record in the 1500 at a time of 3:58.00.

2022-23 Indoor: Competed in three indoor meets for the Panthers. Otis’ best placement of the season came with a personal record when he finished sixth in the 3000 with a time of 8:17.61 at the Tiger Paw Invite.

2022 Outdoor: Appeared in three meets for the Panthers… Competed at WVU Stan Romanoski Open (Mar. 18-19) finishing 7^th in the 4x400 and posted a personal best in the 1500m taking home 2^nd place (4:03.99) …Finished 94^th place at the Raleigh Relays… Secured sixth place with a personal best finish in the 5000m with a time of 14:14.05 at Duke Invitational (Apr. 7-9).

2021-22 Indoor: Competed in four indoor meets as a sophomore … Earned a personal best in the 3000m with a time of 8:24.46 and took 13^th at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 28-29) … Placed 11^th in the 3000m at the Nittany Lion Challenge … Took 12^th in the 3000m at the Tiger Paw Invite (Feb. 11-12).

2021 Outdoor: Competed in four outdoor meets during his freshman campaign … Placed fifth in the 5000m at the Mountaineer Twilight (May 1) with a time of 14:59.75 … Competed at the Virginia challenge (April 16-17) in the 5000m and placed 61^st with a time of 15:07.95 … Set a career time of 14:49.83 in the 5000m at the Raleigh Relays (Mar 25-27) and placed 92^nd in it … Won the 1500m at the Stan Romanoski Open (Mar 20) and also set a career time of 4:06.70 ... Named to the ACC Honor Roll.

2020-2021 Indoor: Competed in three indoor meets during his freshman campaign … Competed at the ACC Indoor Track & Field championships (Feb 25-27) and finished 27^th in the 3000m while setting a career time of 8:30.24; he also placed 25^th in the 5000m and set a new career time of 14:54.58 … Finished second in the 5000m at the Virginia Tech Challenge (Feb 19-20) with a time of 15:04.36 … Finished eighth in the 3000m at the Tiger Paw Invite (Feb 12-13) with a time of 8:38.58.

High School: Ran cross country and track & field at Fayetteville-Manlius High School for head coach Bill Aris… three-time First Team All-State honoree in cross country… three-time Nike Cross Nationals qualifier and two-time Nike Cross NY Regional First Team honoree… posted a 30^th place finish at the Nike Cross Nationals during his senior season… notched a third place finish at the Nike Cross NY Regional as a senior while also posting a third place finish at the New York State Class AA Cross Country Championships… has a cross country 5K personal record time of 15:38 and a 3200m personal record time of 9:20.

Personal: Born on September 6, 2002… son of AnnMarie Giannino-Otis and Thomas Otis… has three brothers, Ben, Anthony and Julian… enjoys playing and watching soccer and is a huge NY Giants fan… lists his favorite athletes of all-time as Matt Centrowitz, Saquon Barkley and Michael Jordan… his favorite movies are Goodwill Hunting, A Bronx Tale and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off… undecided major at Pitt.