2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished 19th in the 800m at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 2:13.40 … Along with Haley Anderson, Shannon Innis and Charlotte Stephens, finished second in the DMR at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a time of 12:01.40 … Also competed in the 4×400 and 4×800 relays. Outdoor: Finished 19th in the 800m at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 2:11.50 … Finished ninth in the 800m at the Tiger Track Classic with a personal-best time of 2:09.47 … Along with Haley Anderson, Amy Ruiz and Caroline Kissel, finished ninth in the 4×800 relay at the Penn Relays with a time of 9:02.21 … Finished fifth in the 800m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 2:09.97.
2015 Cross Country:
Competed in one event during the 2015 season … Achieved a career-best time of 15:32.0 in the 4k at the JSU/Struts Invitational.
2015 Track:
Indoor: Started off the season strong with a sixth-place finish in the 800 meters with a time of 2:20.62 … Ran legs of both the 4×400-meter relay and the 4×800-meter relay which led the team to fifth-place (3:58:67) and second-place (8:59.82) finishes, respectively, at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet … Posted a season-best time of 2:11.68 in the 800 meters at the ACC Championships. Outdoor: Ran a leg of the 4×800-meter relay that broke the school record at the Florida Relays and again at the Penn Relays … Logged a PR in the 800 meters (2:09.98) at the ACC Championships.
2014 Cross Country:
Did not compete.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Placed ninth in the 800 meters at the Orange and Purple Classic with a time of 2:25.76. Outdoor: Helped the 4×800-meter relay team to a sixth-place finish with a time of 9:07.72 at the Florida Relays … Took third in the 800 meters with a time of 2:14.50 at the Georgia Invite … Improved that time to a personal-best 2:13.92 at the Georgia Tech Invite.
2013 Cross Country:
Ran in the UGA Invitational, completing the 5K in 21:02.
2013 Track:
Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Part of the 4×400-meter relay team that placed eighth (4:08.34) at the Georgia Relays … Ran a season-best 800 meter time of 2:18.88 at the ACC Championships … Set a PR at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a 1,500-meter time of 4:41.34.
High School:
A four-year letterwinner in cross country and track and field at Wheeler High School where she captained both teams for two years … Placed first in the 800 meters at the 5A Boys & Girls Championships and at the Hornets 8 Way Invitational … Holds the 4×400-meter relay school record at Wheeler High School … Became the 800 meter finalist at the AAU Junior Olympic Games.
Personal:
Full name is Samantha Elise Kiblinger … Born on March 20, 1995 in Marietta, Ga. … Parents are Mike and Lisa Kiblinger … Sister to Robert … Joined the cross country and track and field team in her freshman year of high school … Majoring in biomedical engineering.