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Paige Sandwell, 2018-19 Women's Track and Field

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Paige Sandwell

Position:
Distance
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Career
Has nine top-three performances (6 outdoor/3 indoor) … Has two 3000m steeplechase titles … Record holder in the 3000m steeplechase … In her two outdoor campaigns, has shaved off 50 seconds from her initial 5000m, 40 seconds off her first 3000m steeplechase and 10 seconds off her first 1500m … In indoor, has improved her times by more than 20 seconds in the mile and 30 seconds in the 3000m.

Honors
2019 NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier (3000m steeplechase) … Three-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19).

On The Charts
Indoor Performance List: Fifth in the mile … Seventh in the 3000m … Fourth in the 5000m … Outdoor Performance List: Ninth in the 1500m … Seventh in the 5000m … First in the 3000m steeplechase.

Outdoor
2020: Canceled due to pandemic … 2019: Competed in eight meets, including the postseason … Had two top-three performances … Won the 3000m steeplechase title at the Rhodes College Invitational … Placed runner-up in the 3000m steeplechase at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational … Logged personal-bests in the 1500m (Alabama’s Crimson Tide Invitational), 5000m (American Athletic Conference Championships) and 3000m steeplechase (American Athletic Conference Championships) … Scored points with a sixth-place finish in the 3000m steeplechase at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2018: Appeared in six meets … Recorded three top-three performances … Won the 3000m steeplechase at the Rhodes College Invitational in her college outdoor debut … Runner-up in the event at the Memphis Tigers Invitational … Placed third in the 5000m at Ole Miss’ Joe Walker Invitational … Ran in the 5000m and 3000m steeplechase at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Scored points with a seventh-place finish in the 3000m steeplechase … 2017: Redshirted.

Indoor
2019-20: Redshirted … 2018-19: Ran in only three meets … Placed second in the 3000m at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational … Also fifth in the mile at the meet … Ran in both the mile and 3000m at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Logged a personal-best time in the mile … Posted a season-best time in the 3000m … 2017-18: Competed in five meets … Recorded personal-bests in the 5000m (Vanderbilt Invitational) and 3000m (Vanderbilt’s Music City Challenge) … Logged a season-best time in the mile at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Posted two top-three performances … First came with a third-place finish in the 3000m at the KMS Invitational in Birmingham … Runner-up in the mile at Southern Illinois’ Don DeNoon Invitational … 2016-17: Ran in three meets … Made her college indoor debut at the Arkansas State Invitational (3000m) … Placed sixth with a season-best time in the event at the meet.