2026 Women's Track & Field Roster

Samantha Bartz

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Corona, Calif.
  • Highschool Santiago HS

Biography

2025 (Junior)
• Earned All-Big West honors as a member of the 4x100 relay that took second at the conference meet
• Helped the quartet to a season-best 44.87, which ranked second in program history
• Big West finalist in the 100m (6th)
• Ran personal-bests of 11.66 in the 100m and 24.03 in the 200m at the Big West Championships
• Both times ranked fourth among UCI’s all-time leaders
• Earned Big West Spring All-Academic honors
• Made the Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll

2024 (Sophomore)
• Big West qualifier in the 100m and 200m
• Clocked a 100m season-best 11.78 to finish ninth at the conference championships
• Added a season-best 25.05 in the 200m at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Member of the 4x100 relay that finished fourth at the Big West meet and that ran a season-best 45.73 at the Vince O’Boyle Classic
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2023 (Freshman)
• Competed in the 100m, 200m and 4x100 relay at the Big West Championships
• Helped the 4x100 to a season-best 46.47 (7th) at the conference meet
• Ran a wind-aided season-best 12.00 in the 100m at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
• Had a fifth-place showing at the Vince O’Boyle Classic and Challenge Cup
• Clocked a 200m best of 25.09 at the Battle in the OC

High School
• Four-year letterwinner at Santiago High School
• Two-time CIF-Southern Section Division I finalist in the 100m with a high finish of fifth as a junior
• Also advanced to the 2022 CIF-SS Finals in the 4x400 relay
• Placed among the top-three in both the 100m and 200m at the Big VIII League Championships in each of her last two seasons

Personal
• Majoring in psychology

TOP MARKS AT UCI
100m = 11.66 (2025 Big West Championships)
200m = 24.03 (2025 Big West Championships)
4x100 Relay = 44.87 (2025 Big West Championships)

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2024Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2025Junior

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Sprints
    5'5"