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Sammy Hentz Season 2016

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YearSophomore
HometownErlanger, Ky.

QUICK NOTES: Moved up higher on the indoor and outdoor 800m all-time Top 10 lists in 2018 with several PR runs… indoors, ranks #6 all-time at 2:13.07 while her time of 2:10.44 ranks her #4 outdoors… member of three Top 10 relay teams as well… helped the outdoor DMR run 11:53.46 in 2016 to break the school record… her outdoor 4x1,500m relay team in 2016 ran 19:16.04 to break the school record and ranks #2 now (broken in 2017)… indoor, helped the DMR run the #7 time in program history (11:56.78) in 2017.
 


2017-18 SEASONS
2018 OUT (JR): Missed the final of the 800m run at the AAC Championships by one spot, placing ninth in the preliminary round… ran a best of 2:10.44 at the War Eagle Invitational (Auburn) for her third PR in as many weeks… that time moved her up to #4 all-time in program history… ran 2:11.34 one week prior at the Tennessee Relays to claim the #6 spot on the Top 10 ledger… one week earlier, ran 2:12.80 at the Jim Click Shootout (Arizona) for her first PR of the outdoor season… also was called upon to run on the 4x400m relay several times… helped the team to a time of 3:43.27 at the Tennessee Relays, the third-fastest time of the season for the Bearcats… earned AAC All-Academic honors.
2018 IN (JR): Scored for the team at the 2018 AAC Championships, placing eighth in the final of the 800m run… ran a time of 2:13.07 in the preliminary round of the conference meet to reach the final… that time, which was a PR, also moved her up to #6 on the program’s all-time Top 10 ledger… ran a PR 2:13.96 at the Buckeye Tune-Up ahead of the conference meet… that time ranked her #9 in UC history.
2017 XC (JR): Rank three times… opened the season with a personal-best time of 19:50.2 in the 5,000m run at the Queen City Invitational… was the team’s top finisher in the open division of the All-Ohio Championships, placing 20th overall in the 6,000m race… also competed at the NCAA Pre-National meet.
 
2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (SO): Competed in the 800m run at the American Outdoor Championships, placing 14th overall… ran a personal-best time of 2:13.30 at the Lyles/Wood Invitational in Louisville, a time that ranks her in the Top 15 all-time in UC history and lowered her previous PR by 1.19 seconds… finished fourth in the event at the All-Ohio Championships to score for the eventual team champions… earned AAC All-Academic honors.
2017 IN (SO): Individually, joined the program’s all-time Top 10 ledger in the 800m run as she posted a best of 2:14.49 at the Music City Challenge, a time that tied for the ninth-fastest in program history… scored at the conference meet as she helped the distance medley relay team to a seventh-place finish at the American Indoor Championships… the team ran 11:56.78 to also record the fifth-fastest time in UC history… ran a personal-best time of 5:25.07 in the mile as well.
2016 XC (SO): Raced twice on the year… was fifth on the open division team at the All-Ohio Championships, taking 25th overall to help the team to runner-up honors in the competition… also finished 55th at the Queen City Invitational.
 
2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (FR): Raced twice in the 800m run, finishing second at the Lyle/Wood Invitational in 2:14.76, which was a PR by just over nine seconds… ran the third leg of the distance medley relay at the Penn Relays as the team clocked in at 11:53.49, which is a school record… capped the year earning American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2016 IN (FR): Ran the 800m three times on the season, improving her time at each race… finished the season with a best of 2:18.03, which she ran at the SPIRE DI Invitational.
2015 XC (FR): Raced three times during her rookie campaign… placed 44th at the Queen City Invitational, her first collegiate race.
 


PERSONAL BEST MARKS
Cross Country
5,000m • 19:50.2 (Queen City Invitational • 9/2/17)
6,000m • 23:20.5 (All-Ohio Championships • 10/2/15)
 
Indoor Track & Field
800m • 2:13.07 (AAC Championships • 2/23/18) • UC #6
Mile • 5:25.07 (Thundering Herd Invitational • 1/28/17)
 
Outdoor Track & Field
800m • 2:10.44 (War Eagle Invitational • 4/21/18) • UC #4

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