Rutgers-Camden Athletics

After joining the Rutgers-Camden indoor track program midway through the 2013-14 season and continuing on with the outdoor team in the spring of 2014, Omar Samaniego returned for a full season of action as a sophomore. He ran in one cross country meet during the fall semester and went on to post five personal bests during the 2014-15 indoor track season. The sprinter returns to the outdoor track program this spring.
 
Indoor 2014-15: In his five indoor meets, set five personal bests at 60, 200, 300 and 400 meters, in addition to the 4x200 relay…Opened the season finishing 30th of 50 in the 200-meter dash (25.27) and running the second leg on the 4x200, which finished 14th of 20 (1:38.99) at the Bow Tie Classic (Dec. 6)…Posted a pair of personal bests at the MAC Classic (Dec. 14), notching a 7.78 time in the 60-meter dash and a 39.83 clocking at 300 meters, finishing 17th of 17 and 23rd of 23, respectively…Had a busy day at the St. Joseph’s Invitational (Jan. 17), finishing 25th of 37 at 200 meters (26.52), placing 21st of 29 at 400 meters (a personal best of 59.44) and running the third leg on the 4x200 team which finished third of 13 teams (1:37.50)…Placed 36th of 43 in the 60-meter dash (7.97) and 29th of 31 at 400 meters (1:05.31) at the Frank Colden Invitational (Feb. 7)…Closed the season at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 26), running the third leg as the 4x200 team finished fourth of nine with his personal best time of 1:34.09 and also placing 25th of 29 in the 200-meter dash (25.84).
 
Cross Country 2014: Competed in the season-opening 5K Bryn Mawr Invite (Aug. 29), placing ninth on the Raptors and 40th of 42 overall…Posted a time of 24:37.81.
 
Outdoor Track 2014: Ran the 200- and 400-meter dashes four times apiece over five spring invitationals…Also participated as the anchor leg on the Raptors’ 4x400 relay team, which posted a 4:02.36 clocking at the New Jersey Invitational (April 12)…Opened the spring season finishing 27th of 32 in the 200-meter dash (26.78) and 70th of 78 in the 400-meter dash (1:00.08) at the Danny Curran Invitational (March 29)…Posted his best 400-meter time (57.66) at the WCU Open (April 25) and nearly matched it at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (May 4), when he ran a 57.67 clocking…Had a personal best 25.50 time in the 200-meter dash at the NJAC meet.
 
Indoor Track 2013-14: Competed in three invitationals, running the 55-, 60- and 200-meter dashes and participating in the shot put…Made collegiate debut at the LVC Invitational (Jan. 25) with a 6.97 clocking to finish eighth of 40 in the 55-meter dash…Also finished 27th of 29 in the shot put (8.09 meters)…Ran his first 60-meter dash at the Monmouth Winter Invitational (Feb. 8), finishing 23rd of 25 (8.61)…Competed in both the 60-meter dash (8.10) and 200-meter dash (26.66) at the NJAC Championships (March 1).
 
Pre-Rutgers-Camden: Attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick during the 2012-13 scholastic year, but didn’t compete with the Scarlet Knights.