Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

Honors and Accolades
2025 GSC All-Academic Team
2021 GSC Fall Academic Honor Roll

2025 Cross Country
Competed in five meets ... Ran 26:59.30 in the 8k at the GSC Championships, helping the men to a 4th place finish ... Delivered a time of 26:41.70 at the DBU Old Glory Gallop in the 8k ... Time of 28:12.70 in the 8k at the FSU Invite ... Placed 17th overall in the 8k at the Montevallo Falcon Classic (26:52.40) ... Delivered a personal best performance in the 8k at the UNA Invitational (26:33.80) 

2024 Outdoors
Competed in five meets ... Ran at the Lee University - Fast Break Athletics Invitational, crossing the finish line in 15:58.95 (5000m) ... Raced at the Troy Doc Anderson Invitational & Multi, competing in the 800m (2:01.22) and the 1500m (4:27.90) ... Placed 6th overall in the 5000m at the UAB Spring Invitational (15:49.19) ... Took fifth at the UWA Invitational in the 5000m (15:55.29) ... Delivered a personal best performance in the 5000m at the Victor Ice Breaker Duals, crossing the line in 15:45.62

2023 Cross Country 
Competed in six meets ... Helped lead AUM to a fifth-place team finish at the GSC Championships…part of a squad that made six appearances in USTFCCCA’s weekly South Region rankings and finished the year ranked No. 8 in the region…also helped lead AUM to its highest-ever finish at the NCAA South Region Championships (8th)…raced in all six competitions for the black and orange…ran his best collegiate 8K at the Southern Showcase (26:58.3)…broke the 27-minute mark again at the GSC Championships with an 8K time of 26:58.5).

2023 Outdoors 
Competed in three meets ... Placed 21st overall in the 5000m at the UAB Spring Invitational (16:31.55) ... Placed 18th overall at the 2023 Falcon Classic & Multi in the 5000m (16:12.14) ... Personal best performance in the 1500m at the Victor Ice Breaker Duals (4:17.29)

2022 Cross Country
Raced four times for the Warhawks, including helping the team to a third-place finish overall at the University of North Alabama Invitational...named to the GSC Fall Academic Honor Roll...ran a collegiate-best 8K time of 27:27.4 at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Division II Festival Year Showcase at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Ala....also ran a 27:57 at the Queens University of Charlotte Royals Challenge.

2022 Outdoors 
Competed in two meets ... Placed 25th overall in the 5000m at the UAB Spring Invitational (16:26.87) ... Time of 16:21.46 in the 5000m at the 2022 Falcon Classic & Multi Invite

2021 Cross Country 
Competed in three meets ... Was named to the Gulf South Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll…ran in three meets for AUM…made his collegiate debut with a four-mile time of 22:39.20 at the CBU Memphis Twilight on Sept. 4…finished a season-high 21st at the Falcon Classic on Sept. 17 while posting a season-best 8K time of 28:13.70 at the Charger Invite on Oct. 9.

PREP 
Lettered for six seasons in cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field at Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School in Montgomery, Ala.…was named to the all-state team from 2018-2020 while also earning all-metro honors in 2019 and 2020…helped lead the Knights to a 4A cross country state championship in 2018…posted a personal-record time of 16:39 in the 5K.
 
PERSONAL
Full name is Samuel James Leslie…was born on Sept. 19, 2002…is the son of Fred and Lucy Leslie…has two sisters, Sarah and Grace…his sister, Grace, was a member of the AUM women’s cross country team from 2019-2020.