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2021 Women's Cross Country Roster

Samantha Matthews

  • Height 5-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Groveland, Mass.
  • High School Pentucket Regional

Biography

ACCOLADES

2021-22: 
NE10 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

AT SAINT ANSELM

2021: Competed in four events for the Hawks, opening the year with a time of 29:36.1 at the Shacklette Invitational on Sept. 11...Was 37th at the Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup on Oct. 2 (21:45.7, 5K)...Produced a 5K time of 24:04.3 at the NEICAAA Cross Country Championship on Oct. 9.

2019: Competed in all six races for the Hawks as a sophomore, debuting at the 8K Shacklette Invitational on Sept. 7, where she earned 10th place finish with a 21:04.37…Recorded her fastest 5K time of the season at the Mass.-Dartmouth Invitational with a 20:04.21, placing 59th out of 263 racers…Posted sub-21 5K times for the next two events at the Bruce Kirsh Cup on Sept. 28 and the NEICAAA New England Championship on Oct. 12…Ran in the NE10 Championship on Oct. 27, capturing a 6K time of 28:15.0…Helped the Hawks to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Division II East Regional on Nov. 9.

2018: Raced in all six events for the Hawks as a freshman, debuting at the Shacklette Invitational on Sept. 1...Placed 23rd in the field of 74 runners at the Shacklette Invite, logging a 5K time of 21:13...Ran a season-low 5K time of 20:23.3 at the NEICAAA New England Championship on Oct. 6...Ran in the 6K NE10 Championship (24:11.07) and the 6K NCAA Division II East Regional (25:34.80).

PRIOR TO SAINT ANSELM: 2018 graduate of Pentucket Regional HS...Ran both indoor and outdoor track and was a member of the cross country program...A three-time Cape Ann League All-Star selection...Helped the Sachems place 10th at the MIAA EMass D5 Championships and posted a personal-best time of 20:54 at the state championships...Registered a 22nd place finish at the Cape Ann League Championships...National Honor Society...A member of both the Science National Honor Society and the Latin National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Rob and Beth...Sister of Sydney...Nursing major...Aspires to become a nurse practitioner.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

    5'1"
  • 2020Junior

    5'1"
  • 2021Senior

    5'1"