2022 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Roster
Roster
Leal, Samantha

Samantha Leal
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Lincoln, R.I.
- Previous Team:
- Lincoln
- Height:
- 4-11
- Weight:
- null
Bio
PERSONAL BESTS | ||
Event | Time | Date |
1500m | 5:14.15 | Wolfie Invitational (4/21/18) |
5000m | 19:57.29 | Monmouth Season Opener (3/29/19) |
10000m | 39:23.11 | MAAC Championships (5/8/21) |
- Opened the season with a 10th place finish in the 5000m (19:26.73) at UConn
- Placed seventh in the 1500m (5:15.43) at the James Barber Invitational
- Recorded a career-best in the 10,000m (39:23.11) at the MAAC Championships
- Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Recorded an 11th place finish in the 5000m (19:57.29) at the Monmouth Season Opener
- Recorded seventh place finish in the 5000m (20:05.00) at the Stony Brooke Invitational
- Competed in the 10,000 at the MAAC and New England Championships
- Ran a personal-best 40:20.32 in the 10,000 at the New Englands to finish 27th (5/11)
- Was 13th at the MAAC Championships with a 41:04.19 (5/5)
- Ran a 5:14.15 in the 1500 at the Stony Brook Wolfie Invitational (4/21) to finish 28th.
- Was ninth at the Silfen Invitational (4/14) with a 41:02.22 in the 10000.
- Graduated from Lincoln High School with varsity letters in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
- Ran in middle to long distance events in track and field (800m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m)
- Personal bests in high school: 800m: 2:37, 1500m: 5:15, 3000m: 11:25, 5000m: 20:08
- Helped set school record in 4x800m relay in indoor (10:39) and outdoor (10:24) track
- First Team All-Division and First Team All-Class as a senior in cross country
- Became first senior at Lincoln High School to make New England Cross Country Championships in 11 years
- Second Team All-Division and Second Team All-Class as a junior in cross country
- Third Team All-Division and Second Team All-Class as a sophomore in cross country
- First Team All-Division in the 3000m as a junior in track
- All-Division First Team in the 4x800m relay
- Participated in both varsity soccer and cross country during her senior season in the fall of 2016
- Played premiere club soccer for Lusitana F.C. for five seasons (2013-17)
- First Honors all throughout high school
- National Honor Society Vice President
- Rhode Island Honor Society Inductee
- Two-time National Quill and Scroll Award Recipient
- Daughter of Ricardo and Laura Leal
- Has one older brother Matthew and a twin sister Allison
- Brother Matthew Leal participates in club crew at the University of Rhode Island and won a national championship in a four-man boat in 2016-17
- Twin sister Allison plays collegiate soccer at UMass Dartmouth
- Distinguished volunteer with 132 hours of community service compiled with cross country and track and field programs at Lincoln High School
- Assist with road races across Rhode Island
- Volunteered hours with service as a presider for the children’s liturgy at St. Jude’s Church in Lincoln, Rhode Island
- Also participated in a food bank at St. Jean’s Church in Pawtucket
- Majoring in the physician assistant program
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