Michael Sanchez

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Amesbury, Mass.
High School:
Amesbury High School

2025-26
Outdoor: Secured third in the 400-meter run with a time of 49.92 at the UMass Flagship Opener (3/28)... Placed 32nd in the 200-meter run with a time of 22.73 and second in the 4x400 meter relay (Gaskins, Sanchez, Scalia, Mulligan) with a time of 3:22.15 at the UConn Dog Fight (4/4)... Finished 24th in the 200-meter run with a time of 22.63 and first in the 4x100 meter relay (Dejesus, Sanchez, Lewis, Gaskins) with a finish of 41.10 at the UMass Commonwealth Invite (4/11)... Placed 44th in the 400-meter run with a time of 49.63 and 14th in the 4x100 meter relay (DeJesus, Sanchez, Lewis, Gaskins) with a time of 41.46 at the Georgia Tech Invitational (4/17-18)... Secured 21st in the 400-meter run with a time of 50.27 at the NEICAAA Outdoor (5/8-9).
Indoor: Secured first in the 4x440 yard relay (Fortune, Sanchez, Scalia, Gaskins) with a time of 3:18.57 at the Harvard Classic (12/6)... Finished 23rd in the 300-meter run with a time of 35.74 at the Beantown Challenge (1/17)... Placed 23rd in the 200-meter run with a time of 22.50 and eighth in the 4x400 meter relay (Wolinski, Sanders, Scalia, Sanchez) with a finish of 3:20.17 at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Meet (1/24)... Finished 16th in the 400-meter run with a time of 49.20 and first in the DMR (Ciatto, Sanchez, Kirn, Catherwood) with a finish of 9:49.78 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championship (2/7-8)... Earned fourth in the 4x400 meter relay (Sten, Sanchez, Harden, Gaskins) with a time of 3:12.37 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/13-14) breaking the men’s indoor program record... Secured second place in the 400-meter run with a time of 50.58 at the URI Coaches Invitational (2/14)... Earned a pair of bronze medals in the 4x400 meter relay (Sten, Harden, Sanchez, Gaskins) with a time of 3:21.09 and the DMR (Ciatto, Sanchez, Kirn, Aschkenasy) with a time of 10:12.22 at the MAC Indoor Championships (2/27-28).

2024-25
Outdoor: Earned a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter run with a time of 49.58 and first place in the 4x400 meter relay (Sanchez, Sten, Scalia, Kirn) with a finish of 3:26.96 at the UMass Flagship Opener (4/5)... Placed 12th in the 200-meter run with a time of 22.29, eighth in the 4x100 meter relay (Dejesus, Sanchez, Guthrie, Gaskins) with a finish of 44.01 and fifth in the 4x400 meter relay (Sanchez, Sanders, Lewis, Lee) with a time of 3:21.02 at the UMass Lafreniere Commonwealth Invitational (4/12)... Finished seventh in the 200 meter run with a time of 22.33, second in the 4x100 meter relay (Dejesus, Hari, Lee, Sanchez) with a finish of 41.80 and third in the 4x400 meter relay (Sanchez, Medeiros, Stuckey, Clark) with a time of 3:25.53 at the jim Kavanagh Legacy Invitational (4/19)... Secured 16th in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.05 and second in the 4x400 meter (Sanchez, Sanders, Lee, Gaskins ) relay with a finish of 3:15.65 at the UMass Ken O’Brien Pre-Conference Qualifier (4/25-27)... Placed 19th in the 200-meter run with a time of 22.11 at the A-10 Outdoor Championship (5/3-4).
Indoor: Opened career with fifth place finishes in the 300-meter run with a time of 36.90 and the 4x400 meter relay (Sanchez, Feitel, Bienvenue, Sanders) with a time of 3:32.24 at the UConn Husky Challenge (12/5-6)... Took 18th in the 200-meter run with a time of 22.93 and seventh in the 4x400 meter relay (Gaskins, Sanchez, Sanders, Feitel) with a finish of 3:24.08 at the UMass Flagship Invitational (1/12)... Earned seventh in the 400-meter run with a time of 50.30 and third in the 4x400 meter relay (Lewis, Sanchez, Sanders, Gaskins) with a time of 3:17.01 at the Battle in Beantown (1/18)... Finished 17th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.17 and first in the 4x440 yard relay (Stuckey, Calitri, Sten, Sanchez) with a finish of 3:27.41 at the Crimson Open (2/8)... Earned fifth in the 400-meter run with a time of 50.07 and second in the 4x400 meter relay (Sanchez, Clark, Guthrie, Stuckey) with a time of 3:28.33 at the Yale Giegengack Invitational (2/15)... Scored in the 4x400 meter relay (Sanchez, Sten, Scalia, Gaskins) with the sixth fastest time of 3:16.02 and the DMR (Kenney, Sanchez, Kirn, Catherwood) with the third fastest time of 9:53.94 at the A-10 Indoor Championship (2/28-3/1).