Class of 2023

J-MEE SAMUELS
MOUNT TABOR HIGH SCHOOL

2005 Track & Field News High School Athlete of the Year (national award; only two other N.C. boys have ever won the award)   

2005 Track & Field Yearbook Athlete of the Year (national award; only two other N.C. boys have ever won the award) 

6-time Track & Field News All-American (100 meters and 200 meters, 2004 and 2005; 1600-meter sprint medley, 2002 and 2003)   

North Carolina Gatorade Boys’ Track & Field Athlete of the Year (2005)

5-time NCHSAA state champion (4 indoors and 1 outdoors) 

55 meters, 2002, 2003, 2005 (indoor track)

300 meters, 2003 (indoor track)

200 meters, 2005 (outdoor track; setting a still-standing 4A record of 20.61) 

Graduated ranked No. 1 all-time in North Carolina in 5 events:   

Indoor 60 meters (6.70, still No. 3 all-time)

Indoor 200 meters (21.22, still No. 3 all-time)

Indoor 300 meters (33.87, still No. 3 all-time)

Outdoor 100 meters (10.05, still no. 2 all-time)

Outdoor 200 meters (20.32, still No. 2 all-time)

Graduated No. 2 all-time in the indoor 55 meters, with a 6.23, which is still No. 4 all-time

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COLLEGE (Arkansas, 2006-2009) 

4-time All-American 

100 meters, 2006 (outdoor track)

60 meters, 2008 (indoor track)

200 meters, 2008 (indoor track)

100 meters, 2009 (outdoor track) 

Helped Arkansas to the 2006 NCAA national indoor championship 

Helped Arkansas to 7 SEC team titles 

2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 indoor track and 2006, 2008, 2009 outdoor track 

Current Arkansas All-Time Top-10 Rankings:

No. 3, indoor 60 meters; No. 5 indoor 200 meters; No. 3 outdoor 100 meters; No. 5 outdoor 200 meters.