Sam Shields

Class:
Senior
High School:
Warwick HS
Hometown:
Lititz, PA

Career Results

2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 Indoor: Competed in six meets during her senior indoor season for the Panthers... Capped her season with a 28th place finish in the 3000m run at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 27) as she posted a time of 10:01.10... Helped the Pitt DMR team take home 11th place at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 27) with a season-best time of 11:44.91... Notched a second place finish in the 3000m run in 10:04.99 at the Doug Raymond National (Feb. 14)... Had a season-best time of 9:59.76 in the 3000m run at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 7) as she took a15th place finish... Ran a season-best time of 17:28.33 in the 5000m at the Boston University Opener (Dec. 7).

2019 Outdoor: Ran a career-best 34:58.58 to place 12th in the 10,000m and placed 31st in the 5000m with a time of 17:26.51 at the ACC Championships (May 11) … Ran on the 4x400m relay team that finished 15th at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (March 16) with a time of 4:19.28.

2018-19 Indoor: Finished 20th in the 5000m with a time of 17:18.40 and 28th in the 3000m with a time of 9:59.03 at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 23) … Placed eighth in the 3000m with a time of 10:07.05 at the Hokie Invitational (Jan. 19).

2017: Helped the Panthers post their team best finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (Nov. 10) taking 5th … Placed 37th in the Mid-Atlantic Regional 6K with a time of 21:00.4 … Kicked off the season finishing 43rd at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational at Penn State University (Sept. 8) with a time of 23:04 … Finished 129th at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (Sept. 29) with a time of 18:28.5 … Competed in the ACC Cross Country Championships (Oct. 27), finishing 47th with a time of 21:30.3.

2016: Placed seventh at the CMU Invitational (Oct. 8) with a time of 19:33.7 in the 5K … Took 19th at the Duquesne Duals (Sept. 3) with a time of 19:34.9.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year member of the varsity cross country team at Warwick High School in Lititz, Pa. … Four-year team representative at the district three meet … Two-year team representative at the Pennsylvania State Championships … Two-year captain of the cross country team … 2015-2016 first team all-league out of the Lancaster Lebanon League … Second team all-state in 2015-2016 … Graduated in top 10 percent of class … Awarded the United States Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award and the A. Landis Blackball Academic/Athletic Award … Dr. Joseph Grosh Scholarship winner… December Student of the Month Lititz Rotary Club … Also competed in swimming, diving and track.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 16, 1997 ... Daughter of Tom and Melonni Shields… Tom played college baseball at fellow ACC school Notre Dame and in the MLB for the Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles after being drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates; currently works as a field coordinator for the MLB’s Washington Nationals … Has three siblings Kelsey, Derrick, and Connor … Majoring in nursing.