2013 Women's Cross Country Roster
Jones, Samantha
Samantha Jones
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Randolph
- Hometown:
- Randolph, N.J.
Bio
Career Results
Career Honors
- 2016 Second Team All-ACC (Indoor 5,000m)
- 2016Â All-ACC Academic Indoor Team
- 2015 Second Team All-ACC (Outdoor 5,000m)
Outdoor Personal Bests
800m -- 2:20.08 --Â 2015Â Georgia Spec Towns National Team Invitational
1,500m --Â 4:29.03 --Â 2015Â Georgia Spec Towns National Team InvitationalÂ
3,000m --Â 9:50.42 -- 2014 Wake Forest Open
5,000m -- 16:12.44 -- 2015 Virginia Challenge
Indoor Personal Bests
Mile -- 4:56.40 -- 2014Â Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite
3,000m -- 9:30.93 -- 2016 ACC Championships
5,000m -- 16:15.77 -- 2016 ACC Championships
2016 Outdoor
Ran in the 1,500m twice ... Took first place at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting and came in third at the Wake Forest Open.
2015-16 Indoor
Earned Second Team All-ACC status in the 5,000m with a fifth-place finish at the conference meet ... Posted an indoor personal record time of 16:15.77 in the 5,000m at the ACC Championships ... In total, appeared at five meets on the season ... Part of the first-place Wake Forest distance medley relay squad at the Chipotle Marshall Invitational ... Also won the 3,000m at Marshall ... Placed 12th in the 3,000m at the ACC Championships with personal-record time of 9:30.93 ... Made one appearance in the mile, placing sixth at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite Meet with a personal-best time of 4:52.67.
2015 Outdoor
Competed at seven meets ... All-ACC Second Team in the 5,000m with a 16:26.41, fourth-place showing ... Placed 21st at the conference meet with a 4:29.35 in the 1,500m ... Took 36th with a 16:51.12 in the 5,000m at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round ... Debuted in the 800m with a 2:20.08 to finish seventh at the Georgia Spec Towns National Team Invitational ... At the same meet, set a personal record in the 1,500m with a 4:29.03, coming in seventh ... Had a PR time of 16:12.44 in the 5,000m at the Virginia Challenge, good for a sixth-place finish.
2014-15 Indoor
Appeared in six meets ... Came in third in the 3,000m at both the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite and the Hilton Garden Innvitational ... Set a personal record in the event with a 9:40.14 at the ACC Championships to come in 16th ... Took eighth at the conference meet in the 5,000m with an indoor personal best of 16:34.97.
2014 Outdoor
Saw action in four meets ... Top-five finisher at the Wake Forest Open in the 1,500m and the 3,000m (second place) ... Came in 28th in the 1,500m and 16th in the 5,000m at the ACC Championships.
2013-14 Indoor
Competed in five meets ... Won distance medley relay at the Wake Forest Invitational with a 12:06.65 and won the 3,000m at the Kentucky Track and Field Invitational with a 9:53.03 ... Set a new indoor personal best with a 9:44.99 in the 3,000m at the Hilton Garden Innvitational ... At Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite, set a new career mark in the mile with a 4:56.40 ... At ACC Championships, came in 11th in the 5,000m with a 16:42.65 and came in 12th in the distance medley relay with a 11:46.54.
2013 Outdoor
Participated in the 1,500m, the 3,000m and the 5,000m and appeared in nine different meets ... Top 1,500m time was 4:32.47 at the Auburn Tiger Classic, good for a sixth-place finish ... Came in 16th at the ACC Championships in that event ... Best 5,000m time was 16:33.21 at the ACC Championships, good for an 11th-place finish ... Placed 33rd with a 16:47.58 time at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round ... Took second place in her only appearance in the 3,000m with a 9:59.15 at the Wake Forest Open.
2012-13 Indoor
Appeared at four meets in the mile, the 3,000m and the distance medley relay ... Was second in the mile at the JDL Fast Track Championship Tune-up Indoor with a time of 5:07.71 and third at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet in the DMR, clocking in at 12:09.80 ... Placed seventh at the ACC Championships with a 11:54.23 distance medley relay time ... At the conference meet, came in 21st in the 3,000m with a 10:04.48 time.
High School
Competed for Randolph High School in Randolph, N.J. ... Earned two letters in cross country to go with two in field hockey, three in indoor track and three in outdoor track ... Was the New Jersey state sectional champion in 2010 and 2011 ... 2010 Daily Record and Star Ledger Morris County Cross Country Athlete of the Year ... Was fifth at the Nike Northeast Regional and 31st in the Nike Cross Country Nationals ... Randolph was the team 2011 sectional, conference and county champions in cross country ... In track and field, Jones was the state sectional champion in indoor in the 800m as a sophomore ... Placed fourth at the New Jersey Meet of Champions in the 3,200m ... In her junior year, was the sectional champion in indoor and outdoor for the 3,200m ... At Nationals for indoor track and field, placed 12th in the two mile championship with a mark of 10:43 ... Personal record in 1,600m was 4:58 and was 2:16 in the 800m.
Personal
Full name is Samantha Leigh Jones ... Born Jan. 31, 1994 in Morristown, N.J. to parents Peter and Sharon Jones ... Was on the honor roll in high school and served as the online editor for the school's newspaper ... Father, Peter Jones Jr., played baseball at Furman from 1978-80 and signed to play Single-A team Utica Blue Sox.
Career Honors
- 2016 Second Team All-ACC (Indoor 5,000m)
- 2016Â All-ACC Academic Indoor Team
- 2015 Second Team All-ACC (Outdoor 5,000m)
Outdoor Personal Bests
800m -- 2:20.08 --Â 2015Â Georgia Spec Towns National Team Invitational
1,500m --Â 4:29.03 --Â 2015Â Georgia Spec Towns National Team InvitationalÂ
3,000m --Â 9:50.42 -- 2014 Wake Forest Open
5,000m -- 16:12.44 -- 2015 Virginia Challenge
Indoor Personal Bests
Mile -- 4:56.40 -- 2014Â Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite
3,000m -- 9:30.93 -- 2016 ACC Championships
5,000m -- 16:15.77 -- 2016 ACC Championships
2016 Outdoor
Ran in the 1,500m twice ... Took first place at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting and came in third at the Wake Forest Open.
2015-16 Indoor
Earned Second Team All-ACC status in the 5,000m with a fifth-place finish at the conference meet ... Posted an indoor personal record time of 16:15.77 in the 5,000m at the ACC Championships ... In total, appeared at five meets on the season ... Part of the first-place Wake Forest distance medley relay squad at the Chipotle Marshall Invitational ... Also won the 3,000m at Marshall ... Placed 12th in the 3,000m at the ACC Championships with personal-record time of 9:30.93 ... Made one appearance in the mile, placing sixth at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite Meet with a personal-best time of 4:52.67.
2015 Outdoor
Competed at seven meets ... All-ACC Second Team in the 5,000m with a 16:26.41, fourth-place showing ... Placed 21st at the conference meet with a 4:29.35 in the 1,500m ... Took 36th with a 16:51.12 in the 5,000m at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round ... Debuted in the 800m with a 2:20.08 to finish seventh at the Georgia Spec Towns National Team Invitational ... At the same meet, set a personal record in the 1,500m with a 4:29.03, coming in seventh ... Had a PR time of 16:12.44 in the 5,000m at the Virginia Challenge, good for a sixth-place finish.
2014-15 Indoor
Appeared in six meets ... Came in third in the 3,000m at both the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite and the Hilton Garden Innvitational ... Set a personal record in the event with a 9:40.14 at the ACC Championships to come in 16th ... Took eighth at the conference meet in the 5,000m with an indoor personal best of 16:34.97.
2014 Outdoor
Saw action in four meets ... Top-five finisher at the Wake Forest Open in the 1,500m and the 3,000m (second place) ... Came in 28th in the 1,500m and 16th in the 5,000m at the ACC Championships.
2013-14 Indoor
Competed in five meets ... Won distance medley relay at the Wake Forest Invitational with a 12:06.65 and won the 3,000m at the Kentucky Track and Field Invitational with a 9:53.03 ... Set a new indoor personal best with a 9:44.99 in the 3,000m at the Hilton Garden Innvitational ... At Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite, set a new career mark in the mile with a 4:56.40 ... At ACC Championships, came in 11th in the 5,000m with a 16:42.65 and came in 12th in the distance medley relay with a 11:46.54.
2013 Outdoor
Participated in the 1,500m, the 3,000m and the 5,000m and appeared in nine different meets ... Top 1,500m time was 4:32.47 at the Auburn Tiger Classic, good for a sixth-place finish ... Came in 16th at the ACC Championships in that event ... Best 5,000m time was 16:33.21 at the ACC Championships, good for an 11th-place finish ... Placed 33rd with a 16:47.58 time at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round ... Took second place in her only appearance in the 3,000m with a 9:59.15 at the Wake Forest Open.
2012-13 Indoor
Appeared at four meets in the mile, the 3,000m and the distance medley relay ... Was second in the mile at the JDL Fast Track Championship Tune-up Indoor with a time of 5:07.71 and third at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet in the DMR, clocking in at 12:09.80 ... Placed seventh at the ACC Championships with a 11:54.23 distance medley relay time ... At the conference meet, came in 21st in the 3,000m with a 10:04.48 time.
High School
Competed for Randolph High School in Randolph, N.J. ... Earned two letters in cross country to go with two in field hockey, three in indoor track and three in outdoor track ... Was the New Jersey state sectional champion in 2010 and 2011 ... 2010 Daily Record and Star Ledger Morris County Cross Country Athlete of the Year ... Was fifth at the Nike Northeast Regional and 31st in the Nike Cross Country Nationals ... Randolph was the team 2011 sectional, conference and county champions in cross country ... In track and field, Jones was the state sectional champion in indoor in the 800m as a sophomore ... Placed fourth at the New Jersey Meet of Champions in the 3,200m ... In her junior year, was the sectional champion in indoor and outdoor for the 3,200m ... At Nationals for indoor track and field, placed 12th in the two mile championship with a mark of 10:43 ... Personal record in 1,600m was 4:58 and was 2:16 in the 800m.
Personal
Full name is Samantha Leigh Jones ... Born Jan. 31, 1994 in Morristown, N.J. to parents Peter and Sharon Jones ... Was on the honor roll in high school and served as the online editor for the school's newspaper ... Father, Peter Jones Jr., played baseball at Furman from 1978-80 and signed to play Single-A team Utica Blue Sox.
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