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2016-17 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Samantha Kitchen

Samantha Kitchen

  • Position:
    Middle Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Westwood, MA
  • High School:
    Westwood

Summary

Biography

TFRRS Stats

At UR 2016-17: Indoor: Finished off career with first All-American honor, ending 5th in the mile at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships, running a personal best 4:55.09...The team captain was a two-time NYSCTC Indoor Championships winner, capturing the 800 meters in a time of 2:15.56 and on distance medley relay (12:15.21), also placing on 3rd place 4x400 meter relay team...DMR set a new school record of 12:01.12 at the ECAC Division III Indoor Championships, ending with the #18 time in NCAA Division III this season...Had fastest indoor time on UR in two individual events as well as on two relays...Captured wins in the mile at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational and in the 800 meters at the Brockport Golden Eagle Multi & Invitational...Earned USTFCCCA All-Region accolades in the 800 meters and the mile...Was honored in the fall as a UR Garnish Scholar.

Outdoor: Kept phenomenal season going by qualifying for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in two events, finishing 19th in the 5000 meters and 20th in the 1500 meters...Broke school record in the 5k at the Colonial Relays at William & Mary, clocking in at 17:01.03, finishing 8th in a field of nearly 100 runners, many of which were from Division I...Qualified for NCAA's in the 1500 at the Bison Outdoor Classic, crossing the finish in 4:32.91, a personal best...Ended the season ranked #14 in NCAA Division III in the 1500 meters and #17 in the 5000 meters...Won two NYSCTC Outdoor titles, coming in the 1500 meters (4:39.32) and on 4x800 meter relay which set a new school record of 9:19.42...Also, finished 6th on 4x400 meter relay which posted UR's top time in the event this season...Earned All-Region honors for her performance in the 1500 meters from the USTFCCCA...Named to All-Academic Squad by the USTFCCCA.

At UR 2015-16: Indoor: Had best season to date, qualifying for the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships in the 800m...Finished 14th at NCAA's in a time of 2:15.24...Was UR's leading runner in the 800m, 1000m and mile events while also running on UR's top 4x400m and DMR teams...Ranked in the top-30 of NCAA Division III in three of those events, posting a school record 2:13.95 in the 800m (#19) along with being #24 on the DMR (12:09.59) and #29 in the mile (4:58.53)...Competed in three events at the NYSCTC Championships, earning wins in the 800m and on 4x400m relay while finishing 2nd in the DMR...Double-winner at the Brockport Multi & Invitational, capturing the 4x400m and 800m...Named All-Region by the USTFCCCA in the 800m.

Outdoor: Showed she can excel at various distances on the track, running from the 400m up to 5000m events...Earned three podium spots at the NYSCTC Outdoor Championships, finising 2nd in the 800m, 4th on the 4x800m relay and 5th in the 1500m...Ran 4:34.88 in the 1500m at the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic which ended the season ranked #35 in NCAA Division III...Placed 11th in the 1500m at the ECAC Championships...Ranked #34 in D-III in the 5k with her time of 17:19.20 from the Penn Relays in her first ever attempt at the distance...Posted top times during the spring on UR in the 400m, 800m, 1500m and on the 4x800m relay...Had seven top-5 results during the season...Named All-Academic selection by the USTFCCCA.

At UR 2014-15: Indoor: Helped Rochester's distance medley relay set a new school record in a runner-up finish at the ECAC Indoor Championships...Team recorded a time of 12:06.28 which ranked 34th in NCAA Division III...Also, qualfied for ECAC's in the 800m...Ran 2nd at the NYSCTC Indoor Championships in the 800m, posting a team best time this season of 2:21.50 while earning 6th on the 4x800m relay...Was on 4x800m relay which had UR's quickest time of 9:45.11 in winning performance at the Brockport Golden Eagle Run on Feb. 21.

Outdoor: Qualified for the NYSCTC Outdoor Championships on the 4x800m relay and in the 800m...Relay finished in 6th place in 9:38.40, the fastest time by a UR relay this season, while also ending in 18th individually in the 800m...Had best finish be a runner-up on the 4x400m relay at the UAlbany Last Chance Meet...Posted UR's best 800m time of 2015 at the Bucknell Bison Classic where she ran a time of 2:20.17.

At UR 2013-14: Indoor: Competed in seven meets during freshman season indoors...Ran in two events at the NYSCTC Championships, placing 6th on the 4000m distance medley relay and 16th in the 1000m...Ended the year ranked in the top-100 of NCAA Division III in the DMR...Ended 24th at the ECAC Championships in the 1000m.

HS: Earned four letters in both indoor and outdoor track and field for Westwood HS...Also, played three years of varsity soccer and earned one letter in cross country...Named outdoor track captain her junior and senior years, indoor track and cross country captain as a senior...Earned All-Conference honors three times in both indoor and outdoor track, once in cross country...Member of the National Honor Society.

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