2019-20 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Samiyah Samuels
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Cy Springs HS
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
2020 American Athletic Conference ITF Silver Medalist - Long Jump
2020 All-American Athletic Conference (Long Jump)
2019 NCAA West Region Qualifer - 4x100-meter relay, Long Jump
2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier - LJ, 4x100-meter relay
2019 American Indoor Champion - Long Jump
2019 American Athletic Conference Indoor - Long Jump
2019 NCAA Indoor Championships Qualifer - Long Jump
2019 NCAA All-American - Long Jump
2019 Second Team All-American - Long Jump, 4x100-meter relay
2018 NCAA All-American Honorable Mention – Long Jump
2018 NCAA West Regional Qualifier – Long Jump
2018 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Champion – Long Jump, 4x100-meter Relay
2018 First Team All-American Athletic Conference – Outdoor Long Jump, 4x100-meter Relay
2018 American Athletic Conference Indoor Champion – Long Jump
2018 First Team All-American Athletic Conference – Indoor Long Jump
2017 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Champion - Long Jump
2017 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Silver Medalist - 4x100-meter Relay
2017 American Athletic Conference Indoor Silver Medalist - Long Jump
2017 First Team All-American Athletic Conference - Long Jump (Outdoor)
2017 Second Team All-American Athletic Conference - 4x100-meter Relay (Outdoor)
2017 Second team All-American Athletic Conference - Long Jump (Indoor)
American Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week - April 4, 2017
SENIOR (2019-20)
INDOOR
Opened the season with back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the Long Jump at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational and the Red Raider Invitational... closed out the season with a second-place finish in the Long Jump at The American Championships.
JUNIOR (2018-19)
INDOOR
Finished fourth in the 60-meter dash at the Reveille Invitational with a time of 7.66 ... Took 10th in the 60-meter dash at the Red Raider Invitational with a time of 7.52 ... Finished fourth in long jump at the Red Raider Invitational with a distance of 20-2.25 (6.15m) ... Took silver in long jump at the Leonard Hilton Memorial with a distance of 20-7 (6.27m) ... Finished 15th in the 60-meter dash at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with a time of 7.61 ... Finished fourth in the 60-meter dash at the Houston Invitational with a time of 7.58 ... Took silver in long jump at the Houston Invitational with a distance of 19-11.75 (6.09m) ... Won gold in long jump at The American Indoor Championship with a mark of 20-3.5 (6.18m) ... won the long jump at The American Championships with a leap of 20-3.5 (6.18m)... finished eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a mark of 20-6.5 (6.26m)
INDOOR
Opened the season by running a collegiate best 11.58 in the 100-meter dash, helping Houston take second in the 4x100-meter relay and taking second-place in the long jump at the Houston Alumni Invitational... finished second in the long jump at the Texas A&M Invitational... finished fourth in the long jump at The American Championships... advanced to the NCAA Championships in the long jump after finishing fourth at the NCAA West Region Prelims, also as a member of the 4x100-meter relay... finished 11th in the long jump at the NCAA Championships and also ran in the 4x100-meter relay.
SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
INDOOR
Won gold in the long jump at the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championships with a personal-best leap of 20-3.0 (6.17m) while also earning First Team All-American Athletic Conference honors in the event…Won the long jump at the Mark Colligan Memorial with a leap of 19-7.5 (5.98m)…Finished the indoor season with two wins in the long jump and six top-5 finishes.
OUTDOOR
Earned NCAA All-American Honorable Mention honors after finishing 18th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a mark of 19-11.75 (6.09m) in the long jump in Eugene, Ore…Qualified 12th overall for the Championships, when she jumped 19-8.0 (5.99m) at the NCAA West Regional…Picked up a pair of gold medals at The American Outdoor Championships, winning the long jump in at 20-9.25 (6.33m) while also running on the 4x100-meter relay squad that won gold in 44.46…Earned First Team All-American Athletic Conference honors in each of the long jump and the 4x1, while setting personal-bests in the long jump and 100-meter dash (11.72)…Won the long jump at the Houston Alumni Invitational with a top mark of 19-8.25 (6.00m)…Picked up a win in the long jump at the Victor Lopez Classic after leaping 20-7.75 (6.29m).
FRESHMAN (2016-17)
INDOOR
Took silver in the long jump at The American Athletic Conference Championships and tied her personal-best mark of 6.08m (19-11.5) while earning Second Team All-American Athletic Conference Honors...Won the long jump at the Houston Invitational with a personal-best 6.08m on Jan. 27...Began her sprinting career in the 60-meter dash at the Leonard Hilton Invitational by running 7.54.
OUTDOOR
Won the American Outdoor Championship in the long jump by jumping a wind-aided 6.58m (21-7.25)...Earned First Team All-American Athletic Conference honors for her long jump competition at the championships...Was a member of the 4x100-meter relay squad that claimed silver at The American Championships and earned Second Team All-American Athletic Conference laurels...Set her top career time in the 200-meter dash at the Tom Tellez Invitational after clocking a 25.12...Ran a personal-best 12.17 in the 100-meter dash at the Victor Lopez Classic.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four year letterwinner for Coach Rudayya Gibson at Cypress Springs High School…Qualified for the United States Olympic Trials as a senior in High School…Owns the New Balance Long Jump Record…Member of Team USA competing in the IAAF U20 World Junior Championships…No.3 all-time in the indoor long jump for high school girls in the United States...2015 IAAF Pan American Junior Gold Medalist at the games in Edmonton...District, Regional and State Champion in the long jump.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Debbie and Isaac Samuels…Has one brother, Isaac…Earned Honor Roll recognition in High School…Was a member of PALs, Orchestra and National Honor Society at Cypress Springs…Volutneers at the Houston Marathon, Star of Hope and Ronald McDonald House…Enjoys doing makeup and hair, fashion, music and food in her free time…Majoring in Human & Health Professions…Aspires to be a physical therapist.
