Samantha Lenton

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Samantha Lenton, 2018-19 Women's Track and Field

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Position:
Throws
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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Career
Thrower that joined the UofM program mid-year in 2017-18 … Has 24 top-three performances (7 indoor/17 outdoor) … Has two titles … In outdoor (since first competition), has improved by more than 20 feet in the hammer, nearly 35 feet in the discus and more than five feet in the shot put … In indoor, has improved by more than 12 feet in the weight throw and five feet in the shot put in two seasons.

Honors
Two-time NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier in the discus (2018, 2019) … Two-time All-American Athletic Conference (outdoor) … 2019 American Athletic Conference silver medalist (discus) … 2018 American Athletic Conference bronze medalist (discus) … American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2018-19).

Outdoor
2020: Canceled due to pandemic … 2019: Threw in eight meets, including the postseason … Logged 10 top-three performances … Won two titles, with both coming in the discus … Set personal-bests in all three of her throws … Recorded personal-bests in the discus and shot put at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational … Posted her personal-best in the hammer at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Came home with discus titles from the Rhodes College Invitational and Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational … Had multiple top-three finishes at the Rhodes College Invitational and Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays … Scored points in the discus and hammer at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2018: Competed in nine meets, including the postseason … Posted seven top-three performances, including a bronze at the conference meet … Five of her seven top-three finishes were second place in the discus … Made her outdoor college debut at the Rhodes College Invitational, where she logged her first career top-three finish (3^rd, hammer) … Her hammer effort at the Rhodes College Invitational was a season-best … Set a season-best in the discus at Arkansas State’s Red Wolves Open, where she placed second in the event … Her shot put season-best came at Ole Miss’ Joe Walker Invitational … Threw in the discus and hammer at the American Athletic Conference Championships.

Indoor
2019-20: Made appearances in all six meets … Set personal-bests in both the shot put and weight throw at Birmingham-Southern’s Panther Indoor Icebreaker … Had five top-three finishes … Placed in top-three in both events at Birmingham-Southern’s Panther Indoor Icebreaker (shot put, 3^rd/weight throw, 2^nd) and the KMS Invitational in Birmingham (both events, 2^nd), which were the season’s first two meets … Second in the weight throw at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational … Scored points in both event at the American Athletic Conference Championships (shot put, 7^th/weight throw, 5^th) … 2018-19: Threw in all seven meets, including the American Athletic Conference Championships … Posted two top-three finishes, with both coming in the shot put … Made her college indoor debut at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener … Recorded her first top-three finish in the shot put at the Arkansas State Invitational … Second top-three performance came at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Season-best weight throw was at the Arkansas State Invitational … Logged her season-best shot put effort at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Threw in both events at the American Athletic Conference Championships.