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  Samia Akbar
Year: Senior
Events: Distance
Hometown / High School: Herndon, Va. / Oakton

Cross Country | Indoor Track and Field | Outdoor Track and Field

American University’s most decorated female runner ever ... 2003 NCAA Outdoor Track All-American ... holds five indoor and three outdoor school records ... also ran on two indoor relays and two outdoor relays that set school marks ... holds three indoor school records and four outdoor school records … also on four school record-holding relay teams.

2002-03: All-American in the 10,000m (33:38.55) after finishing ninth at the NCAA Championships ... NCAA individual qualifier in cross country and outdoor track and field ... All-Patriot League First Team in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track ... 2002 Patriot League Cross Country Champion (21:53.72) ... Patriot League Cross Country Runner of the Year ... 2003 Patriot League Indoor Track Runner of the Meet ... Patriot League Champion in the indoor mile in school record time (4:55.59) ... ran on the league indoor champion 4x800m and DMR squads ... Patriot League Champion in the outdoor 5000m (17:02.36) ... three-time Patriot League Track Athlete of the Week ... won the Navy Invitational (18:10.08) and Maryland Invitational (17:37) in cross country ... finished fifth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (21:03.1) ... posted best finish ever for a Patriot League female at the NCAA Championships (20:55.5) ... set school record in the 3000m while winning the Maryland Invitational in 9:43.50 ... finished third at the George Mason Invitational to set the school record in the 1000m (2:53.35) ... won the 5000m at the Bison Outdoor Classic while setting a school record of 16:37.70 ... finished second at the Penn Relays in the Championship of America 10,000m in 34:17.48 to qualify for the NCAA Championships and set a new school record ... set a new school record with her eighth place finish in the 5000m at the NCAA East Regional (16:20.62) ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll in cross country.

2001-02: Patriot League Indoor and Outdoor Champion in the 5000-meters … earned All-League honors with her sixth-place finish at the Patriot League Cross Country Championships (23:02.50) … ran 21:25.07 to place 14th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Meet earning All-Region Honors … named ECAC Player of the Week Dec. 12 … second in the 1500-meters at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships (4:34.17) … provisionally qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 5000m at the Penn Relays where she ran 16:44.36 to finish eighth … earned All-East honors by finishing seventh in the 5000m at the ECAC Championships (16:43.38).

2000-01: Second in the 5000m at the CAA Championships (17:22.25) … finished eighth at the CAA Cross Country Championships (22:30.83) … won the 1000-meters at the Lehigh Triangular (3:13.4) … won the 3000-meters at the Terrapin Invitational in 10:18.19 … finished second in the 1500m at the Bucknell Income Tax Classic and the Maryland Invitational.

1999-00: Placed fifth in the 5000m at the CAA Championships (17:59.52) … crossed the line in 5:26.58 to finish second in the mile at the Rutgers Invitational … finished third in the 3000m at the Bucknell Invitational (10:53.15).

High School: Captain of the cross country team … two-time MVP for cross country and track … highest point scorer on the track team sophomore year.

Personal: Daughter of Linda and Harun Akbar … siblings are Nadia and Nailah … majoring in psychology.

Cross Country

2002

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
9/14/02 Navy Invitational 18:10.08 1 / 145
9/28/02 Paul Short Invitational (6000m) 21:04.91 3 / 221
10/19/02 Maryland Invitational 17:37 1 / 89
11/2/02 Patriot League Championships (6000m; at Army) 21:53.72 1 / 67
11/16/02 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (6000m; Davis, W. Va.) 21:03.1 5 / 148
11/25/02 NCAA Championships (6000m; Terre Haute, Ind.) 20:55.5 60 / 254

2001

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
9/8/01 Navy Invitational 19:10.36 2 / 73
9/22/01 Mount St. Mary's Invitational 18:46.40 9 / 151
10/13/01 Maryland Invitational 19:35.85 3 / 97
10/27/01 Patriot League Championships (6,000-meters; at Colgate) 23:02.50 6 / 73
11/10/01 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (6,000-meters; at Lehigh) 21:25.07 14 / 180

2000

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
9/9/00 Navy Invitational 21:58.00 15 / 63
9/23/00 Maryland Invitational 19:49.80 5 / 61
9/30/00 George Washington Invitational 19:00.12 14 / 97
10/14/00 George Mason Invitational 18:52.40 2 / 50
10/28/00 CAA Championships (6,000-meters; at ECU) 22:30.83 8 / 81

1999

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
9/11/99 Navy Invitational 20:06.1 10 / 48
9/25/99 Richmond Dual Meet 20:17 5 / 20
10/2/99 Dickinson Invitational 19:55.52 23 / 162
10/23/99 Gettysburg Invitational 19:17.72 10 / 235
10/30/99 CAA Championships (at UNCW) 18:51.70 18 / 79


Indoor Track and Field

1000 Meters | First All-Time

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
2/15/03 GMU Collegiate Invitational 2:53.35 3 / 18
2/17/01 Collegiate Invitational (at GMU) 3:07.62 6 / 15
1/20/01 Lehigh Triangular 3:13.4 1 / 6

1500 Meters | First All-Time

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
1/29/00 Adidas Washington-Baltimore 5:04.71 8 / 13

Mile Run | First All-Time

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
2/23/03 Patriot League Championships (at Colgate) 4:55.59 1 / 17
1/12/02 Father Diamond Invitational 4:59.37 5 / 27
12/8/01 Navy Lid Lifter 5:00.74 3 / 17
1/18/03 Lehigh Quad 5:01.19 1 / 13
2/19/00 Collegiate Invitational (at GMU) 5:19.54 8 / 16

3000 Meters | First All-Time

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
1/25/03 Maryland Invitational 9:43.50 1 / 12
1/22/00 Bucknell Invitational 10:53.13 3 / 18

5000 Meters | First All-Time

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
1/19/02 Lehigh Quad 17:20.14 1 / 2
2/17/02 Patriot League Championships (at Army) 17:20.80 1 / 19


Outdoor Track and Field

800 Meters | Third All-Time

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
3/16/02 49ers Classic (at Charlotte) 2:18.47 9 / 43
4/6/02 Maryland Invitational 2:20.11 1 / 36

1500 Meters | First All-Time

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
5/11/02 JMU Invitational 4:27.66 12 / 46
5/4/02 Patriot League Championships (at Lehigh) 4:34.17 2 / 21
3/15/02 49ers Classic (at Charlotte) 4:34.81 2 / 53
4/5/03 Maryland Invitational 4:39.98 3 / 30
3/31/01 Maryland Invitational 4:41.72 2 / 12

3000 Meters | Second All-Time

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
4/7/01 Terrapin Invitational 10:18.19 1 / 9

5000 Meters | First All-Time

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
5/30/03 NCAA East Regional 16:20.62 8 / 32
4/11/03 Bison Outdoor Classic 16:37.70 1 / 38
5/17/02 ECAC Championships (at Princeton) 16:43.38 7 / 21
4/25/02 Penn Relays 16:44.36 8 / 32
5/3/03 Patriot League Championships (at Bucknell) 17:02.36 1 / 26

10,000-Meters | First All-Time

Date Meet Time Place / Participants
6/12/03 NCAA Outdoor Championships (at Sacramento State) 33:38.55 9 / 27
4/24/03 Penn Relays 34:17.48 2 / 27

 

 


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