2021 Cross Country Roster
Samantha Drop
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Coginchaug
- Hometown:
- Durham, Conn.
2020 SEC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2019, 2017 NCAA Cross Country All-Region
2016-17, 2019 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Individual
2018 NCAA Honorable Mention Outdoor All-American (10,000 Meters)
2017 NCAA South Region Cross Country Champion
2017 NCAA Cross Country All-American
2021: Ran her first meet of the year at the 6k SEC Championships and was 32nd (21:26.7) to score…Earned the fourth All-Region honor of her career with a 22nd-place finish at the 6k NCAA South Regional to lead the Lady Bulldogs.
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...Named SEC Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year…Was Georgia’s top finisher to score for the fourth time in her career at the SEC Championships after taking 21st (20:44.7) on the 6k course…Led the Lady Bulldogs at the 5k FSU Invitational after taking seventh (17:08.5).
2019: 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.
2018: Redshirted for the Bulldogs.
2017: 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).
2016: 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.
