2024 Track & Field Roster
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Friborg, Samantha
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Samantha Friborg
- Position:
- Mid-Distances
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Acton, Mass.
- High School:
- Acton-Boxborough
- Prev School:
- Yale
Bio
Standout 800-meter runner from Yale joined the Huskies as a grad transfer in 2023-24 ... graduated from Yale with distinction, majoring in Environmental Studies ... pursuing Masters at Washington in the School of Marine Environmental Affairs.
2023-24 (Track): Big contribution in her one outdoor season as a Husky, setting PRs in the 800m and 1500m, entering the UW top-10 records, and taking part in an NCAA Record β¦ had the fastest split on UWβs NCAA Record 4x800-meter relay to win the first Penn Relays title in program history, splitting 2:02.12 as the squad ran 8:17.28 β¦ made the Pac-12 final at 800-meters, placing sixth in 2:05.83 at altitude β¦ advanced to the quarterfinals of NCAA West Prelims, winning her first round heat in 2:04.09 β¦ set new 800m PR of 2:03.23 at the Bryan Clay Invite, winning her heat, and going to No. 5 in school history β¦ one day after 800m PR, another win and another PR in the 1,500m at Bryan Clay, running 4:15.75 β¦ won her outdoor opener at the Stanford Invite, taking her 1,500m heat in 4:19.43 β¦ indoors, competed unattached, setting PRs in the 800m and mile β¦ ran indoor 800m PR of 2:04.44 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance β¦ mile PR of 4:40.78 at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener on Dec. 2, 2023 β¦ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honorsΒ ...Β (Cross Country): Raced twice during the fall season including at the Pac-12 Championships β¦ at the Pac-12 meet, was the No. 8 Husky finisher in 42nd-place in a time of 20:37 as the Huskies won their first Pac-12 team title since 2009 β¦ ran at the season-opening Virginia Invitational, placing 163rd overall β¦ work in the classroom earned a spot on the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 (Track At Yale): Picked up an 800-meters PR of 2:03.83 at the Music City Track Carnival in Nashville on June 3 β¦ advanced to NCAA East Prelims for the third time at 800-meters, running 2:07.62 to finish 32nd overall β¦ ran 2:04.80 to win the Yale Last Chance Meet β¦ won the West Point Twilight 800m in 2:05.66 β¦ third at Ivy League Outdoors in the 800-meters in 2:06.23 and fourth on the 4x800m relay β¦ indoors, was second at Ivy League Heps in 2:06.98 and fifth on the 4x800m β¦ ran a mile PR of 4:44.97 at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener β¦ (Cross Country At Yale): Ran at Northeast Regionals, placing 78th overall in 22:01 for 6k β¦ was 45th at Ivy League Heps β¦ 22nd at the season-opening H-Y-P race.
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2021-22 (Track At Yale): Placed 19th in the quarterfinal round of NCAA East Prelims to cap her season, going 2:05.10 β¦ set a season-best time of 2:04.64 at the Princeton Elite Invitational, taking second β¦ third in the 800m at Ivy League Outdoors, and was fourth on the 4x800m relay β¦ indoors, ran a season-best 800m time of 2:05.79 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite β¦ was third in the Ivy League Indoors 800-meters in 2:08.71 β¦ did not compete during cross country.
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2020-21 (Season canceled due to Covid-19)
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2019-20 (Track At Yale): Competed indoors before remainder of season was canceled due to pandemic β¦ was sixth in the Ivy League Indoors 800m final, and 2nd on the DMR β¦ season-best 800m of 2:09.69 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite β¦ (Cross Country At Yale): Ran at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, finishing 66th overall β¦ was 41st at the 2019 NEICAAA Championships β¦ 15th at the season-opening Harvard vs Yale race.
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2018-19 (Track At Yale): Made it to NCAA East Prelims in the 800-meters as a freshman, advancing to the quarterfinal round β¦ went 2:05.92 in the East Prelims first round to advance, then finished 18th in the quarterfinals β¦ third in the IC4A/ECAC Championships, going 2:07.23 in the 800m β¦ was the Ivy League 800m Outdoor runner-up at 800-meters in 2:08.33 and also second on the 4x800m relay β¦ indoors, was fifth at Ivy League Indoors in the 800m and fifth on the DMR β¦ (Cross Country At Yale): Raced three times in her first fall.
High School and Personal: Born in Newton, Massachusetts β¦ the Massachusetts Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year 2017-18...Massachusetts indoor state champion in the 1000-meter run in 2018 β¦ Massachusetts outdoor state champion in the 800-meter run in 2018 ... Massachusetts State Track Coaches Athlete of the Year 2017-18 ... Massachusetts Milesplit Female Athlete of the Year 2017-18 ... awarded Frank Mooney Massachusetts Female Indoor Athlete of the Year for 2018 season β¦ set Massachusetts Division I 600-meter record and 800-meter record β¦ earned All-American status in the 800-meter run at 2018 New Balance Indoor Nationals and New Balance Outdoor Nationals β¦ three-time Massachusetts Division I 600m champion ... ranked fourth nationally in the 600-meter, fifth in the 800-meter, and fifth in the 1000-meter for 2018 indoor season ... ranked fifth nationally in the 800-meter for 2018 outdoor season.Β
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Major Meets
2019 Ivy League Indoors β 5th, 800m | 5th, DMR
2019 Ivy League Outdoors β 2nd, 800m | 2nd, 4x800m
2019 NCAA East Prelims TF β 18th, 800m
2019 Ivy League XC β 66th
2020 Ivy League Indoors β 6th, 800m | 2nd, DMR
2022 Ivy League Indoors β 3rd, 800m
2022 Ivy League Outdoors β 3rd, 800m | 4th, 4x800m
2022 NCAA East Prelims TF β 19th, 800m
2022 Ivy League XC β 45th
2022 Northeast Regionals XC β 78th
2023 Ivy League Indoors β 2nd, 800m | 5th, 4x800m
2023 Ivy League Outdoors β 3rd, 800m | 4th, 4x800m
2023 NCAA East Prelims TF β 32nd, 800m
2023 Pac-12 XC - 42nd (8th UW)
2024 Pac-12 TF - 6th, 800m
2024 NCAA West Prelims TF - 21st, 800m
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Outdoor Bests
800mβ¦β¦.2:03.23
1500m.......4:15.75
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Indoor Bests
800mβ¦β¦.2:04.44
Mileβ¦β¦.4:40.78
Academic Honors at UW
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 (Track): Big contribution in her one outdoor season as a Husky, setting PRs in the 800m and 1500m, entering the UW top-10 records, and taking part in an NCAA Record β¦ had the fastest split on UWβs NCAA Record 4x800-meter relay to win the first Penn Relays title in program history, splitting 2:02.12 as the squad ran 8:17.28 β¦ made the Pac-12 final at 800-meters, placing sixth in 2:05.83 at altitude β¦ advanced to the quarterfinals of NCAA West Prelims, winning her first round heat in 2:04.09 β¦ set new 800m PR of 2:03.23 at the Bryan Clay Invite, winning her heat, and going to No. 5 in school history β¦ one day after 800m PR, another win and another PR in the 1,500m at Bryan Clay, running 4:15.75 β¦ won her outdoor opener at the Stanford Invite, taking her 1,500m heat in 4:19.43 β¦ indoors, competed unattached, setting PRs in the 800m and mile β¦ ran indoor 800m PR of 2:04.44 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance β¦ mile PR of 4:40.78 at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener on Dec. 2, 2023 β¦ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honorsΒ ...Β (Cross Country): Raced twice during the fall season including at the Pac-12 Championships β¦ at the Pac-12 meet, was the No. 8 Husky finisher in 42nd-place in a time of 20:37 as the Huskies won their first Pac-12 team title since 2009 β¦ ran at the season-opening Virginia Invitational, placing 163rd overall β¦ work in the classroom earned a spot on the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 (Track At Yale): Picked up an 800-meters PR of 2:03.83 at the Music City Track Carnival in Nashville on June 3 β¦ advanced to NCAA East Prelims for the third time at 800-meters, running 2:07.62 to finish 32nd overall β¦ ran 2:04.80 to win the Yale Last Chance Meet β¦ won the West Point Twilight 800m in 2:05.66 β¦ third at Ivy League Outdoors in the 800-meters in 2:06.23 and fourth on the 4x800m relay β¦ indoors, was second at Ivy League Heps in 2:06.98 and fifth on the 4x800m β¦ ran a mile PR of 4:44.97 at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener β¦ (Cross Country At Yale): Ran at Northeast Regionals, placing 78th overall in 22:01 for 6k β¦ was 45th at Ivy League Heps β¦ 22nd at the season-opening H-Y-P race.
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2021-22 (Track At Yale): Placed 19th in the quarterfinal round of NCAA East Prelims to cap her season, going 2:05.10 β¦ set a season-best time of 2:04.64 at the Princeton Elite Invitational, taking second β¦ third in the 800m at Ivy League Outdoors, and was fourth on the 4x800m relay β¦ indoors, ran a season-best 800m time of 2:05.79 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite β¦ was third in the Ivy League Indoors 800-meters in 2:08.71 β¦ did not compete during cross country.
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2020-21 (Season canceled due to Covid-19)
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2019-20 (Track At Yale): Competed indoors before remainder of season was canceled due to pandemic β¦ was sixth in the Ivy League Indoors 800m final, and 2nd on the DMR β¦ season-best 800m of 2:09.69 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite β¦ (Cross Country At Yale): Ran at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, finishing 66th overall β¦ was 41st at the 2019 NEICAAA Championships β¦ 15th at the season-opening Harvard vs Yale race.
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2018-19 (Track At Yale): Made it to NCAA East Prelims in the 800-meters as a freshman, advancing to the quarterfinal round β¦ went 2:05.92 in the East Prelims first round to advance, then finished 18th in the quarterfinals β¦ third in the IC4A/ECAC Championships, going 2:07.23 in the 800m β¦ was the Ivy League 800m Outdoor runner-up at 800-meters in 2:08.33 and also second on the 4x800m relay β¦ indoors, was fifth at Ivy League Indoors in the 800m and fifth on the DMR β¦ (Cross Country At Yale): Raced three times in her first fall.
High School and Personal: Born in Newton, Massachusetts β¦ the Massachusetts Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year 2017-18...Massachusetts indoor state champion in the 1000-meter run in 2018 β¦ Massachusetts outdoor state champion in the 800-meter run in 2018 ... Massachusetts State Track Coaches Athlete of the Year 2017-18 ... Massachusetts Milesplit Female Athlete of the Year 2017-18 ... awarded Frank Mooney Massachusetts Female Indoor Athlete of the Year for 2018 season β¦ set Massachusetts Division I 600-meter record and 800-meter record β¦ earned All-American status in the 800-meter run at 2018 New Balance Indoor Nationals and New Balance Outdoor Nationals β¦ three-time Massachusetts Division I 600m champion ... ranked fourth nationally in the 600-meter, fifth in the 800-meter, and fifth in the 1000-meter for 2018 indoor season ... ranked fifth nationally in the 800-meter for 2018 outdoor season.Β
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Major Meets
2019 Ivy League Indoors β 5th, 800m | 5th, DMR
2019 Ivy League Outdoors β 2nd, 800m | 2nd, 4x800m
2019 NCAA East Prelims TF β 18th, 800m
2019 Ivy League XC β 66th
2020 Ivy League Indoors β 6th, 800m | 2nd, DMR
2022 Ivy League Indoors β 3rd, 800m
2022 Ivy League Outdoors β 3rd, 800m | 4th, 4x800m
2022 NCAA East Prelims TF β 19th, 800m
2022 Ivy League XC β 45th
2022 Northeast Regionals XC β 78th
2023 Ivy League Indoors β 2nd, 800m | 5th, 4x800m
2023 Ivy League Outdoors β 3rd, 800m | 4th, 4x800m
2023 NCAA East Prelims TF β 32nd, 800m
2023 Pac-12 XC - 42nd (8th UW)
2024 Pac-12 TF - 6th, 800m
2024 NCAA West Prelims TF - 21st, 800m
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Outdoor Bests
800mβ¦β¦.2:03.23
1500m.......4:15.75
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Indoor Bests
800mβ¦β¦.2:04.44
Mileβ¦β¦.4:40.78
Academic Honors at UW
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
Raising the Bar | Hana & Amanda Moll
Monday, August 04
Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
Saturday, June 14
Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
Friday, June 13
