Samantha Lewis

Position:
Distance
Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Boulder HS
Hometown:
Boulder, Colo.

PERSONAL BESTS

1500m: 4:41.77
Oregon Relays
Eugene, Ore., 4/15/16
3,000m: 10:17.08 (i)
Washington Invitational
Seattle, Wash., 1/28/17
5,000m: 17:07.57
High Performance List
Corvallis, Ore., 4/29/16
10,000m: 35:33.81
Pac-12 Championships
Eugene, Ore., 5/13/17

Pac-12 Track & Field Championships
2017: 5,000m, 35th, 17:42.96
2017: 10,000m, 16th, 35:33.81.
2016: 10,000m, 13th, 36:05.25

Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
2016: 58, 22:25 (6,000m)
2015: 68th, 22:08 (6,000m)
2014: 111th, 23:44 (6,000m)
2012: 84th, 22:36 (6,000m)

NCAA Cross Country West Regionals
2016: 106th, 21:43
2015: 91st, 22:16 (6,000m)
2012: 150th, 22:18.69 (6,000m)

TRACK AND FIELD

2017
Outdoor: Pac-12 Academic First Team member ... doubled in 5k and 10k at Pac-12 Championships ... Ran PR of 35:33.81 at Pac-12, No. 4 time all-time at OSU. Indoor: Named team co-captain, along with Lucinda Howard and Rachel Picknell ... Competed in one meet, PRed in 3,000 (10:17.08) ... Earned MPSF all-academic honors. Season bests: Outdoor - 1,500m, 4:54.84, Bryan Clay Invitational, Azusa, Calif. (4/14/17); 5,000m, 17:16.56, High Performance Meet, Corvallis, Ore. (4/28/17); 10,000m, 35:33.81, Pac-12 Championships, Eugene, re. (5/13/17). Indoor - 3,000m, 10:17.08, Washington Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/28/17).

2016
Outdoor: Set PRs in 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m. Indoor: Did not compete. Season bests: Outdoor - 1500m, 4:41.77, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/15/16); 5000m, 17:07.54, High Performance Meet, Corvallis, Ore. (4/29/16); 10,000m, 36:05.23, Pac-12 Championships, Seattle, Wash. (5/14/16). Indoor - Did not compete.

2015

Outdoor: Competed for first time and set PRs in 3,000m (10:54.00), 5,000m (18:04.51) and 10,000m (38.30.44) .. First-team Pac-12 All-Academic. Indoor: Did not compete.

2014
Outdoor: Did not compete.

2013
Outdoor: Did not compete.

CROSS COUNTRY

2016
Competed in all six meets and scored in five meets ... Top finish was an 8th place at the Sept. 3 John Frank OSU Invitational ... Improved 10 spots from junior season at Pac-12 Championships ... Earned first-team Pac-12 all-academic honors.

2015
Ran in five meets ... Best finish was 45th at Sundodger Invitational on Sept. 19 ... Earned second-team Pac-12 all-academic honors.

2014
Took 111th at Pac-12 Championships (23:44) in only race.

2013
Competed in one race unattached, running the 6,000-meter Beaver Classic 23:37 (33rd).

2012
Ran her first three collegiate races unattached, finishing 27th (18:52.02), first (18:57.05) and ninth (22:22) at Charles Bowles, Mike Hodges and the Beaver Classic … Wore the Orange & Black for the first time at the Pac-12 Championships on Oct. 27, finishing 84th with a time of 22:37 … Came in 150th at NCAA Regionals, crossing the line with a time of 22:19.

BOULDER HIGH SCHOOL

Competed four years in cross country for head coach Monique Guidry and in track for head coach Carol Worthington … Cross country team finished second at state in 2009 and 2010 … Individually, finished fourth in the state as a sophomore and sixth as a senior (cross country) … Track team went to state all four years … In cross country, named All-Front Range League all four seasons, rookie of the year in 2008, most inspirational in 2010 and athlete of the month in Oct. 2011 … In track, was a Front Range League All-Conference selection as a freshman and went to state each year … Finished fourth at state in 3,200 meters in 2009, seventh in 2010 and third in 2011 … Came in seventh in the 1,600 meters at state in 2009 and ninth in 2010 … Named rookie of the year in 2008, outstanding performer from 2010-12 and athlete of the spring in 2010 and 2011 … Personal bests include 2:20 in the 800, 5:09 in the 1,600, 11:03 in the 3,200 and 18:15 in the cross country 5K.

PERSONAL

Graduated after winter term, 2017, with a degree in Exercise and Sports Science, with a pre-therapy and allied health option and a minor in Spanish ... Made OSU honor roll every quarter she has been enrolled ... Is a leader in BAST, the Beaver Athlete Sustainability Team ... Daughter of Jean and Jim Lewis ... Has an younger brother, Kyle … Father, Jim, played one year of football at Michigan State and one year at Colorado … Member of the National Honor Society and made the honor roll each year of high school … Graduated magna cum laude and was all-academic in cross country and track all four years … Lists Steve Prefontaine as her favorite athlete growing up … Describes winning the Uphill 5K at Steens Mountain Running Camp as her biggest athletic thrill to date … Chose Oregon State because the “coaching staff is amazing and has so much experience and passion for the sport that I believe they will be able to take the team to a whole new level and help me be the best runner I can. The program has so much momentum with the new facility that it’s exciting to be a part of because the possibilities are endless.”