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2018-19 Track & Field Roster

Samantha Sayer

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Hellgate
  • Hometown Missoula, Mont.

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

CAREER HONORS:

• America East All-Academic Team (2019)
• America East Commissioner's Honor Roll (2016)

PERSONAL BESTS:
1500     4:46.14        Dartmouth Invitational    (4/13/18)
MILE     5:05.50        Valentine Invite    (2/10/18)
3000     9:57.40        America East Championship    (2/23/19)
5000     16:58.51      ECAC/IC4A Championship    (3/3/19)
10,000     36:04.23      Mt. SAC Relays    (4/20/19)
3000S     11:17.70      Black & Gold Invite    (4/1/17)

SENIOR OUTDOOR SEASON (2019): Opened the season wit a victory in the 5000m run (17:42.18) at the Minuteman Invitational (Apr. 6) ... Finished 11th in the 1500m run at the Dartmouth Invitational (Apr. 12) ... Recorded a personal-best time in the 10,000m run (36:04.23) for 38th place at the Mt. SAC Relays (Apr. 20) ... Registered sixth-place finishes in the 5000m run (17:35.62) and 10,000m run (36:56.37) at the America East Championships (May 4 & 5) ... Ran a 5000m time of 17:22.48 for seventh at the New England Championships (May 11).

SENIOR INDOOR SEASON (2019): Opened the season with a fourth-place finish in the 3000m run (10:15.79) at Dartmouth (Dec. 8) ... Took sixth in the 3000m run at the Dartmouth Relays with a time of 10:17.87 (Jan. 13) ... Won the mile (5:14.14) at the Middlebury Wintefell and ran for the runner-up 4x800m relay team (Jan. 19) ... Finished eighth in the in the 5000m run with a time of 17:27.05 at the Penn State National Invite (Jan. 26) ... Was second in the 3000m run at the NEICAAA Championships with a time of 10:03.04 (Feb. 2) ... Set a personal-best 3000m time of 9:57.40 to finish seventh and recorded a third-place finish in the 5000m run (17:04.71) at the America East Championships (Feb. 22 & 23) ... Ran a personal-best 5000m time of 16:58.51 to finish 10th at the ECAC/IC4A Championships (Mar. 3).

JUNIOR OUTDOOR SEASON (2018): Won the 5000m with a time of 17:38.69 at the Minuteman Invitational (Apr. 7) ... Set personal record in the 800m (2:30.34) and 1500m (4:46.14) at the Dartmouth Invitational (Apr. 13) ... Finished third in the 5000m (17:34.83) at the America East Championship (May 6) ... Set a 5000m personal best with a time of 17:08.73 at the NEICAAA Championship (May 12).

JUNIOR INDOOR SEASON (2018): Finished fourth in the mile (5:13.72) at Middlebury (Jan. 20) … Ran to fifth in the 3,000m (10:22.18) at Dartmouth (Dec. 9) … Placed eighth in the 3,000m (10:09.17) at the Penn State National Open (Jan. 26-27) … Recorded a 10th-place finish in the 1,000m (10:08.12) at the New England Championships (Feb. 2-3) … Finished eighth in the 3,000m (9:59.77) and seventh in the 5,000m (17:26.33) at the America East Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24).

SOPHOMORE OUTDOOR SEASON (2017): Won the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 11:17.70 at the Black & Gold Invitational ... Took fourth in the same event with a time of 11:50.58 at the Dartmouth Outdoor Invitational ... Finished second in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 11:52.88 at the UMass Pre-Conference Meet.

SOPHOMORE INDOOR SEASON (2017): Took third with a time of 10:25.41 in the 3,000m at the Jay Carisella Invitational ... Helped the 4x800m relay team finish third (10:07.78) at the Dartmouth Quad Meet ... Took third in the 3,000m with a time of 10:24.51 at the Dartmouth Indoor Classic.

FRESHMAN OUTDOOR SEASON (2016): Won the 3,000m steeplechase at the Dartmouth Invitational with a time of 11:26 ... Finished second in the 3,000m against Albany with a time of 10:25 ... Placed third at the Black & Gold Invitational in the 5,000m with a time of 17:56.

FRESHMAN INDOOR SEASON (2016): Finished ninth in the 3,000m at the America East Championships with a time of 10:06 ... Finished 12th at the New England Championships the 3,000m with a time of 10:05 ... Ran a season best in the mile of 5:19 at the New Hampshire and Maine Tri-Meet ... Helped win the DMR against Hartford. 

BEFORE VERMONT: Member of the Hellgate track and field and cross country teams ... MVP of track and field team in 2015 ... Cross country team earned second place overall at state meet during 2014 season and third in 2013 ... Earned All-Conference and All-State honors in 2014 for both cross country and track and field ... Finished third overall at state cross country meet.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Wendy Calvert and Jim Sayer ... Has two younger siblings, Lucy and Keilan ... Was Class Valedictorian ... Member of the National Honors Society ... Plans to pursue a degree in pre-physical therapy.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16First Year

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  • 2016-17Sophomore

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  • 2017-18Junior

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  • 2018-19Senior

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