Abigail Samuelson

2008: Placed second in the junior section of the Bates vs. Colby Class Wave Relay Carnival (14:17)….  At the Wesleyan Invitational on Sept. 27, led four Bobcats in the top 10 over the rainy, muddy 5-kilometer course with a time of 20:09, good for fourth place overall out of 96 competitors…. Led the Bates College women’s cross country team to 26th place out of 45 teams from all NCAA divisions Saturday at the Open New England Championships at Franklin Park; Samuelson covered the 5-kilometer course in 19:23 to place 93rd out of 301 runners overall…. Finished in 10th place at the State of Maine Championships (19:26.73)…. Ran 23:57 on the 6-kilometer course at NESCAC Championships…. Placed 74th out of 330 at the New England Division III Qualifier on Nov. 15 (24:55).

2007: Finished 15th in 20:02.10 at State of Maine Championships….. Led Bates at NESCAC Championship, finishing 43rd…. Finished 58th at New England Division III Championship…. Named co-captain for fall 2008.

2006: Placed 17th at the Bates Invitational…. Finished 51st at the NESCAC Championship.

Bates Academic Honors/Extracurriculars: Mentor Program….SAAC….Junior Advisor Program

High School: Varsity cross-country, nordic skiing, track, and lacrosse athlete…All-Conference athlete for cross-country and nordic skiing…All-State Honorable Mention for nordic skiing…National Honor Society member…Student council /