2026 (Junior)
Outdoor: did not compete.
Indoor: Competed in mile (4:09.21) and 3,000m (8:15.64) at SEC Championships … Produced mile best of 4:01.91 at Boston University Valentine Invitational … Opened season with a victory in 2,000m (5:27.59) at LSU Purple Tiger.
2024-2025 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Raced in 600m (1:22.72) at Lurline Hamilton Invitational … Posted a 3:52.32 at LSY Battle on the Bayou … Clocked 1:54.91 in 800m to finish ninth in Battle at the Beach … Placed fifth in 1,500m (3:51.89) at LSU Alumni Gold … Set best of 3:48.12 in 1,500m at LSU Invitational.
Indoor: Competed in two meets at home … Opened with 8:35.06 at LSU Purple Tiger to place third … Runner-up in 3,000m with a 8:32.19 at LSU Twilight.
Cross Country: Top-three finisher for LSU in four of the five meets … Finished season placing 77th at NCAA South Central Regional with a 10k time of 32:12.7 at Agri Park … Placed 81st at SEC Championships with an 8k time of 25:20.3 … Produced a 24:16.5 over 8k at Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Invitational … Opened season with a 5k time of 14:46.5 to finish eighth at the Battle for NOLA … Recorded a third-place finish at LSU Invitational with a time of 12:15.3 in 4k.
2023-24 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Debut collegiate race at Miami Hurricane Invitational in 1,500m (3:56.85) where he placed 10th … Raced in 600m (1:23.29) at Keyth Talley Invitational … Posted 3:54.21 in 1,500m at LSU Battle on the Bayou … Produced season best of 3:52.75 at LSU Invitational to place fourth … Finished season with a 3:54.26 at LSU Invitational.
Cross Country: Competed in two meets during the season … Opened with a 5k PR of 15:12.4 at McNeese Season Opener to finish seventh… Also seventh at LSU Invitational with a 4k time of 12:04.1.
2023 – Cross Country: did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL
2023 graduate of Blue Valley North HS in Leawood, Kansas … Finished third in the 800m with a time of 1:58.03 at the 2022 Kansas State Championships … Set a personal best of 1:55.11 in the 800m at the Shawnee Mission North Relays in 2022… Sandler clocked a time of 4:20 in the 1,600m during the 2023 indoor season.
PERSONAL
Born on May 26, 2005, in Overland Park, Kansas… son of Pamela and Todd Sandler… plans to pursue a degree in Kinesiology and hopes to earn a doctorate in physical therapy.
