Samantha Valentine

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Middleton, Wis.
High School:
Middleton

All-Time Results & PR

2021 Outdoor: Took third in the 1500m with a time of 4:38.94 at Bryant.

2020-21 Indoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2020 XC: Earned Academic All-Ivy honors ... Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20 Indoor: Placed eighth in the 3,000m and runner-up in the 4x800m relay at the Ivy League Championship … personal best in the 3,000m (9:33.16) at the BU Valentine Invite … won the mile at the URI Coaches Tribute … third in the 1,000m at the Beantown Challenge.

2019 XC: Second Team All-Ivy … placed 84th at the NCAA Northeast Regional (6K) in a time of 21:11.6 … took tenth at the Ivy League Championship (6K), finishing at 21:24.7 … won the Rothenberg Run (5K) at 17:17.2 … third at the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invitational (6K) at 22:27.9 … also competed at the Battle in Beantown, finishing 48th overall.

2019 Outdoor: NCAA qualifier in the 3,000-meter steeplechase ... took third overall in the 3000m at the Ocean State Invitational … Personal-record 1500m (4:30.82) with a 13^th-place finish at the Sam Howell Invitational … Personal-record 3000m run (10:22.87) for a fourth-place finish and a fifth-place finish in the 4x800 at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2018-19 Indoor: Took second overall in the 4x880 at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Championships (8:54.66) … Personal-record 1000m time at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2:52.11) … Crossed the finish line fifth in the 1000m at the Beantown Challenge … Also ran the mile in the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic.

2018 XC: Placed 36th at NCAA Northeast Regional [ 6K 22:39.9] ... took 37th with a personal best at Ivy League Championships [6K 21:40.7] ... finished 55th at Coast- to- Coast in Beantown with a college best [5K 18:09.2 ] ... Competed at Penn State Nationals [6K 21:55.5] and Maribel Sanchez Souther [6K 22:3.8].

2017 XC: Placed fifth overall at the Bryant Nassaney Memorial Race in a time of 18:07.0 … finished 62nd at the Ivy League Championship (6K) at 22:42.4 … also competed at the NCAA Northeast Regional (6K) at 23:17.5 … also competed at NCAA Pre-National Meet.

Before Brown: Ran cross country and track at Middletown High School in Wisconsin and Phillips Academy Andover … finished fourth at New Balance Nationals Outdoor 2016 in the mile and earned All-American Honors … finished second at 2016 WIAA state track meet in 800m and 1600m … finished eighth at both the USATF Cross Country Championships in 2016 and the WIAA State Cross Country Meet in 2015 … earned MVP award in 2013, 2015, 2016 … Wisconsin Envirothon Champion and Envirothon National Competition Qualifiers … National Honors Society.

Personal: Daughter of Angela Tenley and Mathew Valentine … has two brothers, Seth Valentine and Ethan Tenley … interests include plants, disease and global health … plans to concentrate in Geology-Biology.