2016 Women's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Samantha Dirks
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Northridge, CA
- High School:
- Granada Hills HS
Samantha Dirks TFRRS Page
2016 (GRADUATE)
OUTDOOR: Did not compete.
INDOOR: Placed fourth in the 400m at the MPSF Championship in a career best :54.04...finished eighth at the MPSF Championship in the 200m in a career best :24.07...named Academic All-MPSF.
2015 (R-SENIOR)
OUTDOOR: Helped CSUN win the Big West title in both the 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay...placed fifth in the 200m and third in the 400m at the Big West Championship...earned honorable mention All-American honors as part of the CSUN 4x100m relay which advanced to the NCAA National Championships after placing eighth during the NCAA West Regional...named Academic All-Conference.
INDOOR: Competed in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m relay at the MPSF Championship...helped 4x400m relay team post a fourth-place finish in 3:43.89...ran a season- best :24.71 in the 200m and a :54.73 in the 400m...also competed in the 60m, posting a season best time of 7.56 seconds at the Lobo Collegiate Invitational.
2014 (R-JUNIOR)
OUTDOOR: Qualified for her third NCAA Regional as a member of the 4x400m relay...team finished 19th in a time of 3:42.31...ran a a season best :54.99 in the 400m prelims of the Big West Championship to advance to the final where she finished sixth (:55.43)...finished 14th in the 200m prelims at the Big West's (:24.67)...ran the anchor leg of the Big West champion 4x400 relay that finished in 3:38.90...ran the second leg of the 4x4 that ran the eighth fastest time in CSUN history (3:38.33) at Stanford Invitational (Apr. 4-5)...matched her 200m best clocking a time of :24.35 at the Stanford meet.
INDOOR: Ran :7.52 in the 60m prelims at the MPSF Championshp to place 13th and just miss advancing to the event final...her time ranks fourth in school history...finished 22nd in the 200m MPSF prelims (:24.95) and 21st in the 400m MPSF prelims (:56.32) which were both season bests...named Academic All-MPSF.
2013 (R-SOPHOMORE)
OUTDOOR: Reached the NCAA West Preliminary Round for the second straight year as part of the Matadors' 4x400 relay pool...ran a season best time of :24.35 in the 200m prelims at the Big West Championship but did not qualify for the final by two spots...ran the anchor leg of the 4x400 relay that finished fifth at the Big West Championship in a time of 3:43.26...was on the anchor leg for the 4x400m relay that ran a season-best 3:41.72 at the Mt. SAC Relays (Apr. 20)...posted season best of :11.91 in the 100m at the Pasadena Games (Mar. 23) and :55.92 in the 400m at the Mt. SAC Relays.
INDOOR: Anchoring the CSUN 4x400 relay that placed seventh in a season best 3:45.18 at the MPSF Championships...finished 23rd in the 200m prelims at the MPSF's (:25.15)...named Academic All-MPSF.
2012 (R-FRESHMAN)
OUTDOOR: Reached the NCAA West Preliminary as part of the Matadors' 4x400m relay, running the anchor leg as the team finished 22nd in the preliminaries in a time of 3:42.53...ran a time of :12.31 in the 100m prelims and :25.00 in the 200m prelims of the Big West Championship but did not qualify for the finals...ran the anchor leg of the CSUN 4x100m relay that finished second in the conference in a season best :46.04...posted season bests of :12.16 in the 100 and :24.91 in the 200 at the Cal State LA Twilight Open (Apr. 19).
INDOOR: Did not compete.
2011 (REDSHIRT): Sat out the year as a redshirt at CSUN.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2011 graduate of Granada Hills High School...named Best Sprinter for the Highlanders track squad in 2011...was also a post player for the basketball team from 2008-10.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Anneand Bill Dirks...has two sisters, Alexis and Jessica...favorites include the Chicago Bulls, actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Kerry Washington, the TV show "Chopped", Indian food and the music of A Tribe Called Quest...says the best thing about being an athlete is "having discipline"...says she couldn't imagine going a week without "eating" and says the one possession she could not live without is "a pot to cook."
OUTDOOR BESTS
| 100m | :11.91 | Pasadena Games | 3/23/13 |
| 200m | :23.89 | Big West Championship | 5/16/15 |
| 400m | :53.19 | Big West Championship | 5/16/15 |
INDOOR BESTS
| 60m | :7.52 | MPSF Championship | 2/28/14 |
| 200m | :24.07 | MPSF Championship | 2/27/16 |
| 400m | :54.04 | MPSF Championship | 2/27/16 |
