2020-21 Track & Field Roster
Samantha Drop
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Coginchaug
- Hometown:
- Durham, Conn.
2020 SEC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2019, 2017 NCAA Cross Country All-American
2019 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Team
2018 NCAA Honorable Mention Outdoor All-American (10,000 Meters)
2017 NCAA South Region Cross Country Champion
2017 NCAA Cross Country All-Region
2021: Outdoor – Had a personal-best time of 4:32.38 to take fourth in the 1500 meters at the Spec Towns Invitational…Ran the seventh-fastest 5000m time in UGA history at 16:26.13 to win the Torrin Lawrence Memorial…Finished ninth in the 10,000m at the SEC Championships.
Indoor – Finished third in the mile at the Clemson Invitational after running a 4:53.27…Finished 11th in the 3000m (9:36.06) at the USC Indoor Open…Had a season-best time of 16:28.46 for sixth in the 5000m at the Music City Challenge…Did not finish the 5000m at the SEC Championships.
2020: Named the female winner of the Joel Eaves Scholar-Athlete Award for having the highest grade point average upon entering the fall semester of her senior year, based on academic hour.
Indoor – Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual...Had a personal-best time of 4:50.68 to take seventh in the mile at the Bob Pollock Invitational…Scored in the 3000-meter run at the SEC Championships thanks to her time of 9:26.79…Also tallied points in the 5000m at SECs after running a personal record 16:16.25 for seventh…Had a season-best 3000m time of 9:26.50 for third in the Invitational portion of the Razorback Invitational.
2019: Cross Country - Led Georgia with a victory in the season-opening 4k Bulldog Invitational thanks to a 13:14.7…Scored in four other meets for the Lady Bulldogs, including an All-SEC Second Team finish at the 6k SEC Championships with a 20:24.9…Earned All-Region honors after crossing the 6k finish line in 20:23.2 at the NCAA South Regional…Took 45th at the 6k NCAA Championships after registering a 20:54.3...earned her first USTFCCCA All-Academic recognition alongside her sister, Jessica.
Outdoor - Redshirted for the Lady Bulldogs...Honored as one of UGA’s eight Presidential Scholar-Athletes for Spring 2019, accruing a perfect 4.0 GPA while taking 14 credit hours.
Indoor - Made her official collegiate return after resting through cross country season at the SEC Indoor Championships, clocking her second-best indoor time in the 5000 meters (16:57.73) on the way to an eighth place finish.
2018: Cross Country - Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
Outdoor - After resting during the indoor season, surged to nationals qualification in the long distance...Secured a spot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, where she finished honorable mention All-American (35:03.81), by finishing ninth at NCAA East Prelims with a time of 34:14.66 in the 10,000 meters...Opened with her first run since the cross country season at Texas Relays, moving to No. 10 in school history with a second-place time of 16:31.42 in the 5000 meters...With her twin sister Jessica’s new school record time from the Mt. SAC Relays, the pair become the first siblings in program history to rank among the current top 10 marks all-time in the same event within the same year...Moved to No. 3 in school history in the 10,000 meters with a time of 33:28.89 and a seventh-place finish at the Mt. SAC Relays towards the No. 4 NCAA East Region qualifying mark...Competed in the 10,000 at the SEC Outdoor Championships but bowed out after the 14th lap while in third place...Honored as one of UGA’s eight Presidential Scholar-Athletes for Spring 2018, accruing a perfect 4.0 GPA while taking 14 credit hours or more...Also earned SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - Redshirted for the Lady Bulldogs...Honored as one of UGA’s seven Presidential Scholar-Athletes for Fall 2017, accruing a perfect 4.0 GPA...Also earned SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2017: Cross Country - Finished with runner-up honors at the two-mile WCU Festival after taking second with a 10:44.45…Second at the 6k Bulldog SEC Preview thanks to a time of 21:15.9…Was fifth at the 6k Paul Short meet thanks to a 20:00…Led Georgia for the first time in 2017 after taking 13th (20:06.4) at the 6k NCAA Pre-Nationals…Earned All-SEC First Team honors taking fifth (20:19.8) at the 6k SEC Championships…Was voted the USTFCCCA Women’s Athlete of the Year following her victory at the 6k NCAA South Regional thanks to a time of 19:40.9…Became the first Lady Bulldog across the 6k finish line at the NCAA Championships after earning All-America honors with a 30th-place finish (20:06.34).
Outdoor - Had a season-best time of 4:33.22 to take third in the 1500-meter run at the Spec Towns Invite…Finished fifth in the 5000m at the Texas Relays thanks to a time of 16:49.64…Clocked a 34:45.66 for sixth place in the 10,000m at the SEC Championships…Finished 18th in the 10,000m (34:29.84) at the NCAA East Prelims…Won the USATF Junior Championships after completing her 5000m laps in 16:56.91.
Indoor - Was third in the mile at the Razorback Invite thanks to a time of 4:53.59…Ran the 10th-fastet 3000-meter run time of 9:33.62 to take second at the Texas A&M Quad meet…Finished first in the 5000m at the Orange & Purple Classic after completing her laps in 17:06.68…Had the seventh-best 5000m time in school history (16:33.57) to take fourth at the Music City Challenge.
2016: Cross Country - Was the second Lady Bulldog across the line at four meets...Scored at the 5K UGA Cross Country Invitational with a fifth-place finish thanks to her 18:17.34...Was the second Georgia finisher at the 5K Commodore Classic, taking 20th (17:39.6)...Took 43rd (20:50) at the 6K Paul Short Run...Had a top-10 finish at the 6K Crimson Classic with a 21:08.3...Earned All-Freshman honors at the 6K SEC Championships after running a 21:15.6 for 24th place...Brought All-Region honors back to Athens and led UGA for the first time in her career with a 17th-place finish (20:45.2) at the 6K NCAA South Regionals.
High School: Earned All-America honors on her indoor distance medley relay team...Captured Shoreline championships in the 1600 meters and 3200m...Won the Class SS individual cross country title and was on the winning Class S 4x800m relay squad...Personal-best times of 18:48 (5K cross), 5:04 (mile), 10:46 (3200m) and 7:19 (2000m steeplechase)...All-State in cross from sophomore to senior years and in cross, indoor and outdoor during junior and senior seasons...Named cross team MVP from sophomore to senior years...Earned First Team All-Shoreline honors in cross and indoor and outdoor track as a sophomore, junior and senior...Selected to All-New England team indoors as a junior and to squad indoors and in cross as a senior...Named New Haven Register cross MVP....Member of National Honor Society, French Honor Society and Best Buds...Graduated with Honors and Distinction...Volunteer for Special Olympics.
Personal: Born October 7, 1998...Daughter of Daniel and Anne Drop...Twin sister, Jessica, is also running for Georgia...Majoring in Nutritional Sciences.
