SAMANTHA is in her second season with the Lady Jaspers...

2001-02 INDOOR: Ran 12:26 in 3000m at the Princeton Invitational (12/7/01)...Placed second (25:53.33) as a member of the 4x1 Mile Relay and finished sixth (3:40.81) in the 1000m at the Manhattan College Invitational (1/11/01).

2001 CROSS COUNTRY: Placed 14th (10:22.21) in her first collegiate meet at the Manhattan College Invitational (10/18/01)...Ran a personal best (21:52.46) and finished 67th in the 5000m at the MAAC Cross Country Championships. (10/26/01)...Placed 118th (22:04.80) at the ECAC Championships (11/17/01).

HIGH SCHOOL: Ran under coach Mary Banks...Team won the Parochial A State Championships in 1998 and 2000...Named to the Second Team All-Monmouth...Named to the First Team All-Monmouth...Named to First Team Division B by Ashbury Park Press.

PERSONAL: Major is psychology...Born 8/29/83...Parents are Andrew and Patricia Sabatos...Three siblings, Becky, Sarah and Amanda.