Sam Ellis Award Track Performer Week Of 4/30/2013 Sport Men's Track and Field School Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Year Junior Position Multi Hometown Sandwich, MA High School Sandwich RPI junior Sam Ellis earned eight points for the Engineers at the 2013 NYS Decathlon over the weekend. Ellis earned his highest score, 771, in the 400, while notching 758 in the 110-hurdles.