Samuel McEntee Hometown: Perth, Australia High School: Hale School Position: Cross Country/Middle Distance Birthdate: 02/03/1992 Experience: So./So.

On McEntee: Joined the team for the spring 2011 semester ... Has all four years of eligibility remaining in cross country and outdoor track, plus three years indoors ... Very strong runner who will be counted on to help the team this season ... Possesses outstanding potential as a middle distance runner in the Villanova program.

2012 Indoor: Broke four minutes in the Mile at the Penn State National with a time of 3:57.86 ... Automatically qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships with that time, which was a personal best by a margin of 12 seconds ... Became the 34th Villanovan to run either a sub-four minute mile or the 1500 meters equivalent (3:42.20) ... Also the 10th Wildcat to accomplish the feat under head coach Marcus O'Sullivan ... Finished third in the invitational section of his race at the Penn State meet ... Earlier in the year won the 3000 meters in his season debut at the Great Dane Classic, where he registered a personal best time of 8:13.93 and qualified for both the BIG EAST Championships and the IC4A Championship.

2011 Cross Country: Broke into the team's lineup midway through the season and was a scoring runner at all three postseason meets ... Finished third on the team at both the NCAA Championships and the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional ... Placed 77th at the national meet and earned All-Mid Atlantic Region honors for a 16th place finish at the regional meet ... His 10K time of 30:38 at the national championships was 21 seconds faster than in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional race ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors with an 11th place finish at the conference meet, where he was fourth on the team with a time of 23:54.1 to help lead the Wildcats to the team title ... Ran as part of the Villanova lineup for the first time at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational and was the team's third runner, coming in 83rd out of 270 competitors (24:44) ... Competed as an unattached runner in two meets earlier in the season ... Placed third out of 85 runners at the Main Line Invitational with a four-mile time of 19:35.91 in his collegiate cross country debut ... Individual winner of the Men's Open race at the Paul Short Run with an 8K time of 25:25.

2011 Outdoor: Redshirted ... Competed as an unattached runner at the Larry Ellis Invitational and recorded a time of 3:47.77 in the 1500 meters ... Came in fifth in his section and seventh overall with that time ... Also ran in the 1500 meters at the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet and posted a time of 3:43.34 to finish in fourth place.

2011 Indoor: Placed sixth at the BIG EAST Championships in the Mile with a time of 4:10.61 in the finals ... He stood first overall after the preliminaries with a mark of 4:11.42 ... Made his Villanova debut at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational, where he posted a time of 4:09.84 to finish in third place ... Ran the third leg of the 4x800 meter relay at the BIG EAST Championships and helped Villanova place second with a time of 7:28.28.

Personal: Born 2/3/92 in Melbourne, Australia ... One of four children of Peter and Karen McEntee ... Siblings are Alysha (21), Maddison (17) and Chantel (13) ... Majoring in Computer Science.

PERSONAL BESTS

1500 Meters              3:43.34           2011 Swarthmore Last Chance Meet
Mile                     3:57.86           2012 Penn State National
3000 Meters              8:13.93           2012 Albany Great Dane Invitational
8000 Meters (XC)         23:54             2011 BIG EAST Championships
10000 Meters (XC)        30:38             2011 NCAA Championships

CAREER AWARDS

All-Mid Atlantic Region (Cross Country)    2011
All-BIG EAST (Cross Country)               2011
BIG EAST Academic All-Star                 2011