2018 Women's Cross Country Roster

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Sammy Bockoven

  • Class Senior
  • Year of Eligibility Junior
  • Hometown Hudson, Ohio
  • Highschool Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Four-time BIG EAST champion in the relays and an 11-time All-BIG EAST performer … Her honors include being a second team All-American as part of the Wildcats distance medley relay her sophomore season and helping Villanova win a Championship of America title in the 4x1500 meter relay at the Penn Relays her freshman year … Hard worker who contributed to the team both in cross country and on the track.
 
PERSONAL BESTS
400 Meters 58.0 High School
800 Meters 2:09.93 Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4.9.2016)
1000 Meters 2:48.06 Gotham Cup (1.20.2017)
1500 Meters 4:23.05 Larry Ellis Invitational (4.22.2016)
Mile 4:38.27 FastTrack National Invitational (2.10.2017)
3000 Meters 10:06.00 Jack Pyrah Invitational (12.2.2017)
5000 Meters 18:28 High School
3 Miles (XC) 17:30.6 Main Line Invitational (9.16.2016)
6000 Meters (XC) 21:18.1 NCAA Championships (11.19.2016)
 

HONORS AND AWARDS

2019 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg - 2:12.67)
2019 INDOOR
BIG EAST Champion 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg)
BIG EAST Champion Distance Medley Relay (400 Meters)
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg)
All-BIG EAST Distance Medley Relay (400 Meters)
2018 OUTDOOR
BIG EAST Champion 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg)
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg)
2017 INDOOR
All-American (Second Team) Distance Medley Relay (1600 - 4:41.02)
BIG EAST Champion  4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg)
All-BIG EAST Mile
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg)
2016 CROSS COUNTRY
All-BIG EAST (Second Team)
2016 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (2nd Leg)
Penn Relays 4x1500 Meter Relay (3rd Leg - 4:22.7)
2016 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST 1000 Meters
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (2nd Leg)
All-BIG EAST Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters)
 

ACADEMIC AWARDS

USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Track & Field) 2015-16, 2016-17
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19
Athletic Director's Honor Roll 2016-17: Fall, Spring; 2017-18: Fall, Spring; 2018-19: Fall, Spring
 

NCAA RESULTS

2017 INDOOR (COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS | GILLIAM INDOOR TRACK STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
March 10 Distance Medley Relay (1600 - 4:41.02) 11:13.59 12th
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (TERRE HAUTE, IND. | LAVERN GIBSON CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
November 19 6000 Meters 21:18.1 182nd
 

BIG EAST RESULTS

2019 OUTDOOR (NEW YORK, N.Y. | ICAHN STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 10 1500 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 4:35.90 5th
May 11 1500 Meters (Final) 4:36.94 5th
May 11 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg - 2:12.67) 8:53.67 2nd
2019 INDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Distance Time Place
February 22 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:12.90 5th
February 22 Distance Medley Relay (400) 11:37.53 1st
February 23 800 Meters (Final) 2:14.41 7th
February 23 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg) 8:52.97 1st
2018 CROSS COUNTRY (CARMEL, IND. | NORTHVIEW CHURCH)
Date Distance Time Place
October 27 6000 Meters 22:50.6 38th
2018 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
May 11 1500 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 4:33.94 11th
May 12 1500 Meters (Final) 4:46.31 12th
May 12 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg) 8:50.10 1st
2017 INDOOR (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. | OCEAN BREEZE TRACK & FIELD ATHLETIC COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
February 24 Mile (Preliminary Heats) 5:02.05 4th
February 25 Mile (Final) 4:40.41 2nd
February 25 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg) 8:42.67 1st
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (BRONX, N.Y. | VAN CORTLANDT PARK)
Date Distance Time Place
October 28 6000 Meters 21:59.7 19th
2016 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
May 13 1500 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 4:34.72 8th
May 14 1500 Meters (Final) 4:45.30 12th
May 14 4x800 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 8:56.05 3rd
2016 INDOOR (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. | OCEAN BREEZE TRACK & FIELD ATHLETIC COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
February 26 Distance Medley Relay (1600) 11:26.12 2nd
February 27 1000 Meters 2:50.55 3rd
February 27 4x800 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 9:03.36 3rd
2015 CROSS COUNTRY (MASON, OHIO | GOLF CENTER AT KINGS ISLAND)
Date Distance Time Place
October 31 6000 Meters 21:41.1 46th
 

USATF COMPETITION

USATF Junior Championships: Reached the final of the 1500 meters at the USATF Junior Championships in Clovis, Calif. in June 2016 ... Placed second in her preliminary heat with a time of 4:30.18 and automatically moved on to the final ... Finished fourth in the final with a time of 4:27.01. 
 

CROSS COUNTRY

2018: Competed in three races during the season and was part of the team's BIG EAST title; Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (9/28): Competed in the "B" race in her first meet of the season and recorded a time of 22:55.1 over 6000 meters; Princeton Invitational (10/12): Posted a time of 22:42.3 over 6000 meters on the course at West Windsor Fields ... Recorded a 50th place finish in a field of more than 220 runners; BIG EAST Championships (10/27): Registered a time of 22:50.6 at the conference meet and tallied a 38th place finish ... Was part of a dominant Villanova performance and the program's record 16th team title at the BIG EAST meet.

2016: Second team All-BIG EAST performer … Competed in six meets during the season … Came in fourth in the Villanova lineup at the NCAA Championships and fifth at the BIG EAST Championships … Was a scoring runner for the Wildcats in four of her six starts; Main Line Invitational (9/16): Came in 10th with a time of 17:30.6 over three miles in the first meet of the season; Paul Short Run (10/1): Registered a time of 21:51 over 6000 meters and came in 172nd in the gold race; Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (10/14): Finished 131st with a time of 21:46.3; BIG EAST Championships (10/28): Earned second team All-BIG EAST honors with a 19th place individual finish at the conference meet … Was the fifth Villanova runner across the finish line with a time of 21:59.7; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/11): Placed 44th overall with a time of 21:49.5; NCAA Championships (11/19): Recorded a personal best time of 21:18.1 for a 6000 meter course … Crossed the finish line fourth in the Wildcats lineup and 182nd overall.

2015: Main Line Invitational (9/18): Made her collegiate debut at the first meet of the season and posted a time of 17:55 to place 27th on the three-mile Haverford course; Princeton Interregional Meet (10/3): Recorded a time of 22:49.2 over 6000 meters in the first of her two races at Princeton during the season; Princeton Invitational (10/17): Lowered her time on the Princeton course to 22:37.9; BIG EAST Championships (10/31): Finished 46th at the conference meet with a season-best time of 21:41.1.

INDOOR

2019: BIG EAST champion in both the distance medley relay and the 4x800 meter relay ... Also scored at the conference championships in the 800 meters ... Competed at four meets overall, and was also a pacer for the Wildcats in other races during the season; Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Came in 10th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:22.12 in the first meet of the indoor season; Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/26): Recorded a time of 2:15.95 in the 800 meters and tallied a 20th place finish; Villanova Invitational (2/2): Anchored the 4x400 meter relay squad to a runner-up finish with a time of 3:52.78; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-2/23): Scored individually in the 800 meters with a seventh place finish and was also a part of BIG EAST titles in the distance medley relay and the 4x800 meter relay ... Helped the Wildcats win its record 16th indoor BIG EAST team title ... On the first night of the meet came in fifth in the preliminary heats of the 800 meters with a season-best time of 2:12.90, and also ran the 400 meter leg of the DMR which Villanova won with a time of 11:37.53 ... Placed seventh in the final of the 800 meters in 2:14.41 the next day and led off the 4x800 relay which won the conference crown with a winning time of 8:52.97.

2018: Competed in four meets during the season and raced at distances ranging from 1000 meters up to 3000 meters; Jack Pyrah Invitational (12/2): Ran the 3000 meters for the first time in a collegiate race and came in ninth with a time of 10:06.00 in the first meet of the indoor season … The meet was her first competition in just over eight months due to an injury sustained during the 2017 outdoor campaign; Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Placed 12th in the 1000 meters with a time of 2:56.61 … Part of a fourth place finish for the Wildcats in the 4x800 meter relay … Ran the second leg of the race and Villanova posted a time of 9:14.44; Columbia Challenge (1/26): Raced in the college section of the Mile and crossed the finish line in 4:59.25; FastTrack National Invite (2/9): Tallied a time of 5:04.59 in the Mile and came in 25th in the invitational section of the event.

2017: Earned her first career All-America honor as part of the Wildcats lineup in the distance medley relay … Also was part of a BIG EAST title in the 4x800 meter relay and was the conference runner-up in the Mile … Competed in five meets during the indoor campaign; Gotham Cup (1/20): Began the indoor season by setting a personal best with a time of 2:48.06 in the 1000 meters … Notched a third place finish in the race; Columbia East-West Challenge (1/27-28): Led off the distance medley relay on the first night of the meet … Produced a split of 3:27.31 over 1200 meters and Villanova went on to finish second in the race with a time of 11:07.90 … Came in 11th in the Mile the next day with a time of 4:48.13; FastTrack National Invitational (2/10): Set a personal best in the Mile with a time of 4:38.27 and came in third in the race; BIG EAST Championships (2/24-25): Runner-up in the Mile and part of the team’s conference champion 4x800 meter relay … Crossed the finish line in 4:40.41 in the final of the Mile after placing fourth in the preliminary heats with a time of 5:02.05 … Ran the third leg of the 4x800 relay, in which Villanova produced a winning time of 8:42.67; NCAA Championships (3/10): Anchored the distance medley relay with a split of 4:41.02 over 1600 meters in her debut at the indoor national meet … Villanova finished 12th in the relay with a time of 11:13.59 to earn second team All-America recognition.

2016: Garnered three All-BIG EAST honors in her indoor debut at the conference championships, which included competing in the 1000 meters and on two relays … Ran in a total of five meets during the season; Jack Pyrah Invitational (12/5): Competed unattached and won the 1000 meters with a time of 2:55.88; Villanova Open (1/8): Earned a first place finish in the 800 meters with a time of 2:14.41 and also ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay in a lineup that placed sixth in 4:00.33; Great Dane Classic (1/16): Led off the 4x400 meter relay on a team that recorded a time of 4:01.06; Penn State National (1/30): Had her first big performance of the indoor season, finishing third in the invitational section of the 1000 meters with a time of 2:51.52; FastTrack National Invitational (2/12): Recorded a time of 4:58.20 and finished 21st in the invitational section of the Mile; BIG EAST Championships (2/26-27): Came in third in the 1000 meters with a time of 2:50.55 in the final-only race … Anchored the distance medley relay to a runner-up finish with a time of 11:26.12 and also ran the second leg of the 4x800 meter relay which placed third in 9:03.36.

OUTDOOR

2019: Competed at four meets during the season and earned All-BIG EAST honors as part of the Wildcats lineup in the 4x800 meter relay at the BIG EAST Championships; Penn Challenge (3/23): Runner-up in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:32.52 at the first outdoor meet of the year; Sam Howell Invitational (4/6): Came in eighth in the seeded section of the 1500 meters with a season-best time of 4:27.99; Cardinal Classic (4/20): Posted a time of 4:29.02 and finished eighth in her section at Stanford; BIG EAST Championships (5/10-5/11): Ran the leadoff leg of the 4x800 meter relay in 2:12.67 and was part of a Villanova lineup that finished second in the relay with a time of 8:53.67 ... Also advanced to the final of the 1500 meters and tallied a fifth place finish to score additional team points towards the Wildcats conference title ... Finished fifth overall in both the preliminary heats (4:35.90) and the final (4:36.94) of the 1500 meters.

2018: BIG EAST Championships (5/11-12): The conference meet was her only competition of the outdoor season … Helped the Wildcats win a BIG EAST title in the 4x800 meter relay … Led off the relay as part of a Villanova lineup which produced a winning time of 8:50.10 … Also ran individually in the 1500 meters and advanced to the final … Placed 12th in the final with a time of 4:46.31 after ranking 11th in the preliminary heats a day earlier with a time of 4:33.94.

2017: Florida Relays (3/31): Opened the outdoor season by placing 15th in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:27.93 … Did not compete again during the outdoor season due to injury.

2016: Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary in the 1500 meters … Helped the Wildcats win a Championship of America title in the 4x1500 meter relay at the Penn Relays … Set personal bests in the 800 meters and the 1500 meters during the season … Part of an All-BIG EAST performance in the 4x800 meter relay … Competed at a total of seven meets; Penn Challenge (3/26): Won the 800 meters in 2:12.80 and took fifth in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:29.73 in the first meet of the outdoor season; Colonial Relays (4/1): Ran in the seeded section of both the 800 meters and the 1500 meters … Came in fifth in the 800 meters (2:10.92) and was 11th in the 1500 meters (4:29.48); Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/9): Established a personal best in the 800 meters and finished third in the race with a time of 2:09.93; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/22): Came in fourth in the elite section of the 1500 meters with a personal best time of 4:23.05; Penn Relays (4/28-29): Ran the third leg of the 4x1500 meter relay with a split of 4:22.7 to help Villanova win a Championship of America title in the race … One day earlier had anchored the distance medley relay to a third place finish … Had a split of 4:44.97 over 1600 meters and the Wildcats tallied a time of 11:21.77; BIG EAST Championships (5/13-14): Part of a third place finish in the 4x800 meter relay and came in 12th individually in the final of the 1500 meters … Ran the second leg of the 4x800 relay which posted a time of 8:56.05 and earned All-BIG EAST honors … Ranked eighth overall in the preliminary heats of the 1500 meters with a time of 4:34.72 before finishing 12th in the final in 4:45.30; NCAA East Preliminary (5/26): Registered a time of 4:28.31 in the national first round of the 1500 meters to finish 33rd overall.
 

BEFORE VILLANOVA

Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy: Earned four varsity letters in cross country and outdoor track & field ... Also competed for the indoor track & field team, which was a club sport at her school ... Set a state record with a time of 4:49 in the 1600 meters as a junior ... Named the Summit County Runner of the Year during her scholastic career ... Qualified for the state championships in both cross country and outdoor track & field all four years ... Was a 13-time qualifier overall for the state championships in track & field ... Earned All-Ohio honors nine times in track & field and twice in cross country ... Six-time conference MVP and was also her team's MVP all four years in both cross country and track & field ... Recipient of the Royal Servant Award as a senior and was an award winner for the Touchdown club ... Presented with her conference's Scholar-Athlete Award as a senior ... Named to the All-Ohio Academic teams in both cross country and track & field ... Earned her school's Royal Scholar Award for maintaining a grade-point average above a 4.0 all four years ... Member of the National Honor Society as a junior and a senior ... Member of SOMP (School of Medical Professions).

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

  • 2016Sophomore

  • 2017Junior

  • 2018Senior