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2012-13 Women's Cross Country

Samantha Hamilton

Samantha Hamilton

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Jackson-Milton
  • Hometown:
    North Jackson, Ohio

Summary

Biography

2012 (Senior): Redshirted.

2011 (Junior): Captured third at the Horizon League Championships to earn first-team 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, taking 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...6k time of 21:38 was just seven seconds from breaking her own school record...earned her third letter.

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 ... was 48th at the competitive Iona Meet of Champions with 6k time of 23:36 ... earned her second letter.

2009 (Freshman): Finished in 11th place 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, finishing as the second-best runner in four of them ... 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 ... ran a time of 24:28 to finish in 67th Bowling Green Falcon Invite...earned her first letter.

High School: Was a four-time letterwinner in both track and cross country...named captain twice in both sports... holds 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... holds ITCL records in the 1600m and 3200m...was an eight time ITCL champion between cross country and track... was 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... finished eighth in the 800m and anchored the second place 4x800 relay at the Midwest Meet of Champions...also qualified for the National Scholastics Indoor Championships in the 3200m.

Personal: Parents are Jim and Debi Hamilton...has one brother Jimmy, who also attends Youngstown State...birthday is Jan. 22...major is Education...recipient of the 2012-13 Women's Athletic Alumni Scholarship.

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