Blue Devils Track & Field

Samantha Ellwood Samantha Ellwood

Samantha Ellwood

Class: Senior

Hometown: Hamburg, N.Y.

Major: Business Management; Exercise Science

Events: Distance

Highlights: 2007 XC -- Team captain ... 4-year top-7 runner ... member of 2004 and 2006 teams which finished 2nd in the SUNYAC - the best placings in team history ... ran a personal-best 6K time of 23:54 at Geneseo, finishing 25th overall ... 25th at the SUNYAC Championship in 24:43. 2006-2007 T&F -- Ran Fredonia State's second fastest 10,000 meter race at Slippery Rock in 39:25 ... fifth at NYSCTC Championship in 40:53, an ECAC qualifying time ... established personal-best 5,000 meters at the Wake Forest Invitational in 19:32, ninth on the Blue Devil all-time list ... ninth at the SUNYAC indoor championship 5,000 meters in 20:04 ... ran 19:42 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational ... 10th in the 5K at the Kent State Golden Gala in 19:33. 2006 XC -- 51st at the NCAA Atlantic Regional in 24:23; the team finished fifth overall ... 39th at Geneseo Invitational in 24:21 over 6,000 meters ... 29th at the SUNYAC Championship. 2005 XC -- Best 6K of season came at SUNYAC Championship, where she was 31st overall in 24:44 ... 86th at the NCAA Atlantic Regional in 25:27 ... ran season-best 5K of 20:28 at the Hamilton Invitational. 2004 XC -- 18th at the SUNYAC Championship in 24:54 ... was FSU's No. 5 runner on the second-place Blue Devils, the school's highest placing at the conference meet ... ran 20:03 5K at the NYSCTC Championship and 23:59 at the Atlantic Regional, finishing 49th. Before Fredonia State -- Attended Hamburg H.S. ... won scholar-athlete awards and served as team captain.


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