Samantha Vanderbilt Sophomore Backstroke Nashville, Tenn. (Hendersonville) All-American All-SEC

UF All-Time Ranking: Ranks second as a member of the 200 MR team (1:39.37).

National/International Competition: Competed in the 2004 Grand Prix in Indianapolis, where she finished sixth in the 100 back … Took 19th at the U.S. Nationals in the 100 back in 2001 … Finished fourth at the American Short Course Championships in 2002 in the 100 back … Took eighth at the 2001 U.S. National Championships in the 400 MR … Competed at the Janet Evans International Grand Prix Invitational in 2004, where she garnered 17th place … Took 42nd at the U.S. Olympic trials in the 100 back.

At Florida:
2004-05: All-American in the 200 MR … All-SEC honoree in the 200 MR … Recorded 26 top-10 finishes … Swam one automatic NCAA time (200 MR at SEC Championships) and five provisional qualifying times … Led-off the sixth-place 200 MR team at the NCAA Championships, also competed in the 200 back in which she registered a top-30 finish … Swam the opening leg of the 200 MR team which took bronze at the SEC Championships … Also finished ninth in the 200 back, with a provisional time in the prelims (2:00.66) and a career-best and provisional clocking in the finals (1:59.14) … Recorded a provisional time and career-best (55.72) in a 12th-place effort in the finals of the 100 fly at the SEC Championships, and posted a career mark and provisional time (56.72) in the 100 fly in the prelims at the SEC Championships … Recorded a career-best in the 50 free (24.13) in the Last Chance Meet (2/20) … Swam the opening leg of the 200 MR team which took first place, and added another first-place finish in the 100 back against IRCC (2/5) … Led-off the champion 200 MR team, and finished third in the 200 back against Tennessee (1/29) … Posted a first-place finish after swimming the first leg of the 400 MR team against Virginia (1/28) … Swam on the first-place 200 MR team, also took third in the 200 back against Alabama (1/22) … Placed third in the 50 free and the 200 back against Miami (1/8) … Swam the leadoff leg of the first-place 400 MR team and the second-place 200 MR unit at the Miami Invitational (1/7), also notched a third-place effort in the 100 back … Won the 100 back, led-off the championship 200 MR team and swam second on the second-place 400 FR team at Georgia Tech (11/19-21) … Recorded a career-best in the 200 IM (2:10.47) against the Yellow Jackets (11/19-21) … Won the 100 back and swam the third leg of the third-place 400 MR team against Florida State (11/16) … Swam the opening leg of the second-place 400 MR team against South Carolina (11/12) … Led-off the fifth-place 200 MR team and posted a career-best (53.41) in the 100 free against Purdue (11/6) … Earned a fifth-place finish in the 200 free against Georgia (10/28) … Finished third in the 100 back and fourth in the 100 fly against Michigan (10/16) … Recorded runner-up finishes in the 100 and 200 back events against Florida Atlantic (10/8).

High School: Two-time Tennessee State Champion and record holder in the 100 back … In 2002, won the state meet 100 back in 55.96 and in 2001 set the state record with a title-claiming time of 55.95 … Hendersonville High record holder in the 50 free (24.49), 100 fly (56.09) and 100 back (54.97) … Member of the two-time Mid-State regional championship team … Member of the four-time top five public high school finishing team … MVP all four years … Received All-American honors in 2002, 2003 and 2004 … Recorded personal-best times in the 50 free (23.59), 100 free (52.10),100 back (54.97),200 back (2.00.79) and 100 fly (56.09).

Club: Member of the Nashville Aquatics Club … Broke a record set in 1978 by former Gator Tracy Caulkins in the 100 back with a time of 54.