Colin Sahlman

Colin Sahlman (born October 28, 2003)^[1] is an American middle- and long-distance runner.

Colin Sahlman

Sahlman at the 2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(2003-10-28) October 28, 2003 (age 21)
Education	Newbury Park High School
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Event	800m–5000m
University team	Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
Coached by	Mike Smith
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	*All information from athlete's World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted. 800 m: 1:44.80 (Eugene 2025) 1500 m: 3:33.96 (Azusa 2024) Mile: 3:52.82i (Boston 2025) 3000 m: 7:40.41i (Seattle 2025) 5000 m: 13:38.96 (Palo Alto 2024)

Career

Sahlman competes for Northern Arizona University.^[2] He ran for Newbury Park High School previously, where he won the 2021 RunningLane Cross Country Championships and ran personal bests of 8:33.32 in the 3200 meters and 3:56.24 in the mile shortly after graduating, at the 2022 Prefontaine Classic.^[3] He was also named the 2022 Gatorade Player of the Year both overall and in cross country.^[4][5]

At the 2024 John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, he set a personal best of 3:53.17 in the mile, setting a school record for NAU in the process.^{[citation needed]}

Shortly after, Northern Arizona competed at the 2024 Husky classic, where Sahlman raced the 800 meters and ran both a personal best and school record of 1:47.88. He lowered his record to 1:47.48 at the 2024 Big Sky Indoor Conference Championships.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2024, Sahlman signed an NIL deal with Hoka.^[6]

On August 1, 2025, at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, after making it through the preliminary round the previous day, Sahlman ran a personal best of 1:44.80 in the semifinal to qualify for the final.^[7]