Savannah Smith

Savannah Smith, 2015-16 Women's Track and Field

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Nikki Boertman

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Woodstock, Ga.
Prev School:
Etowah HS

Academic Honors

Earned a 4.0 grade-point average for the Fall 2014, Spring 2015, and Fall 2015 semesters … Named to the Dean’s List and Tiger 3.0 Club for the Fall 2014. Spring 2015, and Fall 2015 semesters.

Cross Country

2014 (Freshman): Competed in two meets ... Clocked a 21:12.46 at the season-opening Brooks Twilight Classic (5k) ... Ran a 26:22.1 at the Rhodes College Invitational (6k).

Indoor

2014-15 (Freshman): Ran exclusively in the 800m and 4x400m relay … Competed in four 800m events … Had season-best 800m time of 2:21.92 at Vanderbilt’s Commodore Classic … Highest 800m finish was second at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Invitational (2:28.49) … Ran the 4x400m relay twice … Best 4x400m relay time of 4:09.71 was clocked at Vanderbilt’s Commodore Classic … Best 4x400m relay finish was fourth at the Missouri Tiger Invitational (4:12.13).

Outdoor

2015 (Freshman): Appeared in the 800m and 4x400m … Ran the 800m in five meets and had three top-10 finishes … Ran a season-best 2:22.62 in the 800m at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (9^th) … Best 4x400m relay finish was third at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational (4:13.59) … Season-best 4x400m relay time was 4:11.74 at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (5^th).

Prior To Memphis

Three-year letterwinner in cross country, track and field and basketball at Etowah High School ... For track and field, competed in the 400m, 800m and 1600m ... Earned All-Cherokee County honors in the 800m her senior year (2014) ... Won the 2014 Cherokee County 800m title ... Also placed first in the 800m at the GHSA Region 5-AAAAA meet ... Ran a school-record 2:17.66 at the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) 6A Sectional-A meet ... Placed fourth in the 800m at the sectional meet and qualified for the GHSA 6A state championships ... Finished sixth in the 800m at the 2014 GHSA 6A state championships ... Member of the school’s record-setting 4x400m, 4x800m and distance medley relay teams ... Helped Etowah High School cross country squad to claim the 2013 Cherokee County championship ... Played point and shooting guard for the Lady Eagles basketball squad ... Member of the regional championship team as a freshman ... Also ran indoor and summer track and field for the Heat Track Club in 2013-14 ... Competed in the 800m and 1500m for the Heat Track Club ... Advanced to the AAU Nationals in the 800m and 1500m ... Served as president of Etowah High School’s National Honors Society ... A Superintendent Key Scholar.

Personal

Daughter of Dave and Susan Smith ... Birthday is March 11 ... An education major with a math minor.