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2014 Women's Track & Field Roster

Samantha Esperanza

Samantha Esperanza

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Elk Grove, Calif.
  • Prev School:
    Sacramento City College

Summary

Biography

2014 (Senior): Competed in the Big West Conference Championship in the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles events…set a seasonal-best 100-meter hurdles time of 14.35 seconds at the conference meet…posted a season-best 1:03.76 in the 400-hurdles at the SFSU Distance Carnival…member of the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay teams…placed 15th in the 60-meter hurdles (8.85s) and 18th in the triple jump (35-8/10.87m) at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championship…academic all-Big West and academic all-MPSF.
 
2013 (Junior): Placed seventh in the 100-meter hurdles at the Big West Conference Championships with a personal best time of 14.18 seconds…also ran a PR of 1:03.88 in the 400-meter hurdles and placed 12th at the conference meet…during the indoor season, set PRs in the 200-meter hurdles (26.86), 400-meter hurdles (1:01.08) and 60-meter hurdles (8.93)…placed 13th in the MPSF Championships in the 60-meter hurdles (8.94) and was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed 14th with a time of 3:54.36...named to the Big West Academic all-conference team.
 
2012 (Sophomore): Finished fifth in 100-meter hurdles at the WAC Outdoor Championship with a personal best mark of 14.51, which ranks fifth all-time in school outdoor history...placed eighth at WAC Indoor scoring a new personal best result 9.03 in the 60-meter hurdles, which ranks third in indoor school history…set a new personal best mark in the 400-meter hurdles with a result of 1:04.64 at Oxy Invitational, which ranks fifth all-time…named academic all-WAC.
 
Prior to UH: Attended Sacramento City College for one year…lettered one year in track and field…finished seventh in the 100m hurdles at the state championship…also a member of the 4x400m relay team that finished eighth at the state championship…personal-best in the 100m hurdles is 14.93 seconds…personal best in the 400m hurdles is 1:06.91.

Prep: A 2010 graduate of Elk Grove High School in California…lettered four years in track and field…also lettered three years in basketball…two-time conference champion in the 100m hurdles…conference champion in the 300m hurdles in 2010…three-time all-conference in track and field …established the school’s third best time in the 100m hurdles with 15.20 seconds…also has the second best time in the 300m hurdles and 400m hurdles…all-conference honors in basketball in 2010…received the Dale Lackey Scholar Athlete Award in 2010…14-time recipient of the Elk Grove High School Scholar Athlete Award…graduated top five in her graduating class with a 4.48 GPA.

Personal: Born in Sacramento, Calif…intends to major in kinesiology…has one sister…parents are Douglas and Gina Esperanza of Elk Grove, Calif.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2012Sophomore

    Sprints, Hurdles
    5'6"
  • 2013Junior

    Sprints, Hurdles
    5'6"
  • 2014Senior

    Sprints, Hurdles
    5'6"