2008: Ran in one competition, finishing 51st overall at the Commodore Classic with a 5K effort of 20:58.60.
2007: Top three team performer at Louisville Invitational and Southeastern Classic meets… Top competitive 5K cross country race (20:15.81) came at Southeastern Classic… Posted 68th overall result at Commodore Classic and ran 17:34 for 4K distance at Belmont/Vanderbilt Opener… Ran to a seventh place finish with a 18:45 5K in Race for a Cure competition.
2006: Best overall finish came at the Commodore Classic where she took 23rd place in a time of 20:48 … Finished 67th overall at Belmont Invite in 16:30.
2005: Competed in Belmont Invitational, Commodore Classic and Rhodes Invitational … Best result came at Rhodes meet, finishing 55th overall and fourth on team, running 5K in 20:23 … Finished 55th overall at Belmont, and 25th overall at Commodore Classic.
High School/Prep:
Captain of cross country and track teams … three-time Academic All-State … All-Conference … PRs include 5:16 (1600m) … Army scholar athlete … Vice-president of Student Council … Class valedictorian.
Personal:
Sarah Elizabeth Scott … Nickname is ‘SS’ … Born on July 23, 1986 … Parents are John and Linda … Majoring in neuroscience … Spends summers doing research and working as a camp counselor … Enjoys roadtripping, dance party study breaks, applying to medical school, all things alternative spring break and climbing trees.
Off the Course with Sarah:
Favorite Athlete: Any underdog… and Carmen Mims.
Sporting Event I[apos]d Most Like to Attend: NCAA Cross Country National Championship with Vanderbilt on the starting line
Most inspirational person in my life: My closest friends and teammates
First job I had: Guest relations at Target
Dream job: International physician in Latin America
Item I brought to VU to remind me of home: An obscene amount of pictures
Dream vacation: Backpacking through South America
Favorite restaurant: Calypso
Favorite class this semester: Neurobiology of behavior
Best concert I[apos]ve ever attended: Coldplay, in Nashville
Favorite ‘non-school’ related reading material: ‘Mountains beyond Mountains,’ ‘Velvet Elvis,’ ‘3 Cups of Tea’ and ‘Blue Like Jazz’
My day can[apos]t start until I: am late for class.
Not many people know that I: traveled to Europe last summer to learn Spanish and work in a hospital, and I[apos]m hoping to attend medical school next fall.