The Citadel Athletics

HONORS AND AWARDS
Gold Stars (Fall 2019)
Dean's List (Spring 2018, Fall 2018)
Academic All-Southern Conference (Spring 2020)
Southern Conference Commissioner's Medal (2019-20)
3x Southern Conference Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20)

CAREER MARKS (TFRRS)

 

Pole Vault

3.33m (10' 11")

2019 SoCon Outdoor Championships (4/27-28/2019)

JUNIOR (2020)
INDOOR: Competed in pole vault in five indoor meets … Started the indoor season off with a leap of 3.05m (10’ 0”), finishing seventh at the VMI Team Challenge (1/25/20) … Posted a height of 2.85m (9’ 4.25”) at the Carolina Challenge (1/31-2/1/20) … Matched her season-best mark of 3.05m (10’ 0”) at the South Carolina Invitational (2/7-8/20) … Finished seventh with a mark of 3.02m (9’ 10.75”) at the JDL Team Challenge (2/13/20) … Ended her season with a mark of 2.92m (9’ 7”) at the USC Indoor Open (2/22/20).

SOPHOMORE (2019)
INDOOR: Competed in three indoor meets … Kicked off her 2019 season with a vault of 2.80m (9’ 2.25”) at the Gamecock Inaugural (Jan. 18-19) … Improved her height from the previous meet with a mark of 3.00m (9’ 10”) at the USC Open (Feb. 16) … Rounded out her indoor season with a vault of 3.25m (10’ 8”) to finish seventh at the 2019 Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 23-24).

OUTDOOR: Competed in four outdoor meets … At the Each Carolina University Bill Carson Invitational (April 5-6), started her outdoor campaign with a vault of 3.20m (10’ 6”), finishing eighth … Also raced in the 100-meter dash for the first time in her career, finishing in a time of 13.89 … Set a new personal record in pole vault at the Gamecock Invitational (April 13) with a height of 3.30m (10’ 10”), finishing 10^th … Finished third with a mark of 3.25m (10’ 8”) at the USC Open (April 20) … Wrapped up her sophomore season with a personal record of 3.33m (10’ 11”) and a sixth-place finish at the 2019 Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships (April 27-28).

FRESHMAN (2018)
INDOOR: Made her collegiate debut at the Wake Forest Invitational (Jan. 20-21) and started her career off with back-to-back vaults of 3.15m (10’ 4”), including at the VMI Team Challenge (Jan. 27) … Set a new personal record of 3.30m (10’ 10”), while finishing third at the JDL College Team Challenge (Feb. 8) … Posted a mark of 3.20m (10’ 6”) at the UCS Invitational (Feb. 16-17) … Concluded her indoor season with a sixth-place mark of 3.05m (10’ 0”) at the 2018 Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 24-25).

OUTDOOR: Competed in four meets during the outdoor season … Started things off with a mark of 3.20m (10’ 6”) and a ninth-place finish at the Terrier Relays (March 30-31) … Finished seventh with a vault of 3.00m (9’ 10”) at the Each Carolina University Bill Carson Invitational (April 6-7) … Wrapped up her freshman season by notching a fifth-place finish with a mark of 3.20m (10’ 6”) at the USC Open (April 21).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned eight first-place finishes in pole vault during her senior campaign in the pole vault … Posted a personal-best of 12’ in pole vault at the Randy Sturgeon meet … Recorded a personal-best in the long jump with a leap of 16-7 at the Clarke Massey Relays … Took first place in the long jump at the Sierra Valley Conference Championships with a leap of 16-0.5 … Also competed in the 4x100 and 4x100 relays.

PERSONAL: Full name is Samantha Rose Engel … Daughter of Don and Judie Engel … Major is intelligence and security studies.