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Samantha Hamilton

Samantha Hamilton

  • Class
    2014
  • Induction
    2024
  • Sport(s)
    Track & Field / Cross Country

Cross Country

2013 (Senior): Competed in five meets…finished fourth at the Horizon League Cross Country Championships with a time of 18:20.86…helped lead the Penguins to the first Horizon League women’s cross country title in school history...led the team by finishing first in the BGSU Mel Brodt Invitational with a time of 16:52.67 in her first race of the year…placed third with a time of 20:41.07 at the Pre-Nationals (White Race)...finished sixth at the Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 17:12.9…led the Penguins with four top 10 finishes of the season...placed 123rd at the NCAA Regionals....redshirted in 2012.

2011 (Junior): Captured third at the Horizon League Championships to earn first-team all-league honors...ran the 5k in 19:06...was the Guins’ top finisher in all seven meets...opened the season with two victories, winning the Duquense Duals in a season-best time of 18:31 and less than a week later, took the title at the Akron Quad in 18:40...set a new school record with a 6k time of 21:31 at the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational...placed seventh at the meet...ran the 5k at the Notre Dame Invitational in 18:33 to place 32nd...took 19th at the Penn State Collegiate National after crossing the line in 22:03...finished 43rd at the Great Lakes Regional.

2010 (Sophomore): Finished seventh at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 18:17 (5k)...was a first-team all-league selection ... was the team’s top finisher in all seven meets...placed 44th at the Great Lakes Regional with a school-best 6k time of 21:45...was fourth at the Akron Quad Meet with a 5k time of 18:50...finished sixth at the BGSU Invitational with a 6k time of 22:13...was seventh at the Duquesne Duals with a time of 18:35 (5k)...was eighth at the Notre Dame Invitational with a 5k time of 18:07.

2009 (Freshman): Finished 11th at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 19:22...earned second-team All-Horizon League honors with the finish...scored in all five meets for the Penguins....ran a season-best 5k time of 19:07 at the Akron Quad Meet...finished in fourth at the meet...had a time of 22:42 to finish in 18th at the PSU Spiked Shoe Invitational...claimed 41st at the All-Ohio Championships with a time of 19:52.

Track and Field

2014 Outdoor (Senior): Won the 5,000-meter run at the Horizon League Championships recording a time of 17:32.19...won the 10,000-meter competition at the league meet with a time of 35:30.60...was honored as the Horizon League’s Female Athlete of the Year and Most Outstanding Track Performer at the league meet...advanced to the NCAA East Prelims by setting the school record in the 10,000m with a time of 34:51.17 at the North Central College Gregory Final Qualifier...at the NCAA East Prelims had a time of 36:37.04 in the 10K...ran a season-best 4:28.88 in the 1,500-meter run at the Jesse Owens Classic...redshirted in 2013.

2014 Indoor (Senior): Finished first in the 5,000-meter run at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 17:08.78...finished first in the mile run at the Penn State National Invite with a season-best time of 4:53.42...ran the 3,000-Meter run at the YSU Icebreaker with a season-best time of 9:42.71...also ran the 5,000-meter run at the YSU College Invitational with a season-best time of 16:37.76...redshirted in 2013.

2012 Outdoor (Junior): Won the 3,000m steeplechase at the Horizon League Championship with a time of 10:36.44...ran to a second-place finish in the 5,000m run thanks to a 16:34.44 time...finished 14th in the 5,000m run at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 16:34.44...was a second-team Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 selection...competed in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA East Preliminary Round...finished 19th with a time of 16:42.40.

2012 Indoor (Junior): Placed second in the 3,000m run at the Horizon League Championship running it in 9:28.30...also had a second-place finish in the 5,000m run with a time of 16:40.23...finished second in the mile run at the YSU Invitational with a time of 4:58.01...ran to a fifth-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational in the 5,000m run with a time of 16:22.84.

2011 Outdoor (Sophomore): Captured the title in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Horizon League Championships, running the event in 10:53.87...added eighth-place finishes in the 1,500m (4:50.14) and 5,000m (18:14.45)...set a school record in the 1,500m at the Ashland Last Chance Meet with a time of 4:32.56...finished fourth in the 800m at the Sparky Adams Invitational with a season-best time of 2:19.98.. also ran the 1,500m in 4:47.30 at the meet...claimed seventh at the All-Ohio Championships with a season-best 5,000m run of 18:11.14...finished the 3,000m steeplechase in 11:00.77 at the Penn Relays...ran a personal-best 10:55.55 in the steeplechase at the Duke Invitational to finish 11th.

2011 Indoor (Sophomore): Placed fourth in the 3,000-meter run at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 10:10.06...finished fifth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:31.26.

2010 Outdoor (Freshman): Finished first in the steeplechase with a time of 11:07.72 and eighth in the 1,500m with a time of 4:40.55 at the Horizon League Championships...her steeplechase time qualified for the 2010 USA Junior Track and Field Championships...ran a time of 17:54.26 in the 5,000m at the Raleigh Relays...also finished 11th in the 1,500m with a time of 4:46.60 at the event...finished seventh in the 1,500m (4:44.94) and the steeplechase (11:40.88) at the Sea Ray Relays...claimed 10th in the steeplechase at the All-Ohio Championships with a time of 11:24.93.

2010 Indoor (Freshman): Set the school record in the 1,000m after running a time of 2:56.80 at the Kent State Tune-Up...finished eighth in the 800m with a time of 2:22.74 and 10th in the 5,000m with a time of 18:28.35 at the Horizon League Championships...ran a second-place time of 10:37.12 in the 3,000m at the Jane Herman Invite...also added top-10 finishes in the 1,000m (3:00.18) and 3,000m (10:34.07) at the Doug Raymond Invitational.

High School: Was a four-time letterwinner in both track and cross country...set the Jackson-Milton 3200m record...was First Team All-Suburban League in cross country four times...named First Team All-ITCL four times in both cross country and track...an eight-time ITCL champion between cross country and track...district champ in cross country in 2009 and won the 1600m in both 2008 and 2009...qualified for Regionals four times in cross county and seven times in track...regional champ in the 1600m in 2008 and 3200m in 2009...qualified for State twice in cross country and three times in track...named an All-Ohioan in cross country in 2008...had two top-10 finishes in the 3200m at the Ohio State Meet.

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