(RollTide.com contributor Pete LaFleur will be profiling four of Alabama's qualifiers in the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships - Diondre Batson, Elias Hakansson, Alexis Paine and Krystle Schade - over the next few days.)
Junior 2013 Outdoor Season Played a key role in the 4x100 meter relay team that finished 2nd at the SEC Championships with a time of 39.08 ... also ran in the preliminary round of the 100 meters (10.38 - 13th) ... ran the the third leg on the first-place 4x100-meter relay team at the Drake Relays that ran a sub-39 second time, the 3rd in UA history and first since 1983 ... finished 4th at the Spec Towns Invitational in the 100 meters with a time of 10.37 ... at the Crimson Tide Invitational won the 100 meters with a time of 10.46 ... was a part of the 4x100 meter relay team at the Crimson Tide Invitational that finished 1st with a school-top ten all-time time of 39.17 ... competed in the 4x100 meter relay team at the Yellow Jacket Invitational that finished 1st with a time of 39.89 ... ran a 100 meter time of 21.39 good enough for 4th at the Yellow Jacket Invitational. 2013 Indoor Season Ran in the prelims at the SEC Championships in the 60 meters and finished 14th in the 200 meters with a 21.27 ... set a career-best in the 60 meter with a qualifying time of 6.86 and finished in sixth with a finals time of 6.89, also placed seventh in the 200 meter with a 21.70 ... placed seventh in the 200 meter invitational at the Indiana Relays running a 21.92 ... qualified for semi-final in the 60 meters at the Indiana Relays with a time of 6.89 ... ran as a part of the 4x400 relay team that finished eighth at the Auburn Invitational ... in first meet with the Crimson Tide, competed in 60 meters with a preliminary time of 6.91.
Prep and Personal Former junior college standout at Barton County CC that also is one of Canada's best young sprinters ... has posted career-best 100 meter times of 10.18 (wind-aided) and 10.23, along with 200 times of 20.61 (wind-aided) and 20.83 ... was a two-time all-American at Barton County ... was fourth in the 100 at the 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials in a time of 10.25 ... played football in high school at Crescent Heights High School in Calgary and earned all-City honors along with Calgary City Most Valuable Player honors in 2009 ... was second in the 100 at the 2012 NJCAA Outdoor Championships (10.16w) ... coached by John Cannon at the Calgary International Track Club and by Nigel Bigbee at Barton County CC ... son of Kim Samuels ... born March 11, 1992.
