 Sahlman at the 2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Newbury Park High School |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | 800m–5000m |
| University team | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks |
| Coached by | Mike Smith |
Colin Sahlman is an American middle- and long-distance runner.
Sahlman competes for Northern Arizona University. [1] He ran for Newbury Park High School previously, where he won the 2021 RunningLane Cross Country Championships and ran personal bests of 8:33.32 in the 3200 meters and 3:56.24 in the mile shortly after graduating, at the 2022 Prefontaine Classic. [2] He was also awarded the 2022 Gatorade Player of the Year both overall and in cross country. [3] [4]
At the 2024 John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, he set a personal best of 3:53.17 in the mile, setting a school record for NAU in the process.
Shortly after, Northern Arizona would compete at the 2024 Husky classic, where Sahlman would race the 800 meters and run both a personal best and school record of 1:47.88. Sahlman would lower his record to 1:47.48 later at the 2024 Big Sky Indoor Conference Championships.
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