Savannah Carnahan's Personal Bests
Honors & Awards
2020 Southern Conference Champion Indoor Track (5,000m)
2020 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (Mile, 3,000m)
2019 NCAA All-American Cross Country (13th)
2019 All-Southeast Region Cross CountryÂ
2019 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
2019 NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier (5,000m, 10,000m)
2019 Southern Conference Champion Indoor Track (3,000m, 5,000m)
2018 NCAA All-American Cross Country (20th)
2018 All-Southeast Region Cross Country
2018 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
2018 NCAA All-American Outdoor Track (5,000m, Second Team)
2018 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (1500m, 5,000m)
2018 Southern Conference Champion Indoor Track (5,000m)
2017 All-Southeast Region Cross Country
2017 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
2017 NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier (5,000m)
2017 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (1500m)
2017 Southern Conference Champion (5,000m)
2016 All-Southeast Region Cross Country
2016 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
School Record Holder (10,000m)
Senior Year (2019-2020):Â Earned her second-consecutive cross country All-American citation after finishing 13th with a time of 20:25.1 to lead the Paladins to a ninth place team finish at the 2019 NCAA Championships...placed third with a time of 20:02.5 at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships, recording her fourth career All-Southeast Region performance...paced the Paladins to their seventh-consecutive Southern Conference Championship with a third place individual finish, earning a spot on the All-SoCon first team for the fourth-consecutive season...recorded top 20 finishes at the Nuttycombe Invitational (19th) and Bill Dellinger Invitational (fifth)...capped off her indoor career by being named the Most Outstanding Track Athlete at the 2020 Southern Conference Indoor Track Championships...won the SoCon 5,000m indoor title for the fourth-consecutive year, posting a time of 16:38.38...also finished as runner-up in the mile and 3,000m at the indoor meet...earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country accolades...named Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week on two occasions (November 27 & March 4).Â
Junior Year (2018-19): Became just the second cross country All-American in the history of the Paladin women’s program…finished 20th with a time of 20:19.2 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships…competed at the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminaries in both the 5,000m and the 10,000m…made her third-straight East Prelims appearance in the 5,000m…also qualified for the prelims in the 1,500m…finished 25th (35:04.56) in the 10,000m and 40th (17:17.12) in the 5,000m at the NCAA prelims…established a program record of 33:35.11 in the 10,000m at the Raleigh Relays to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminaries…named to the NCAA All-Southeast Region team after placing third with a personal-best 6K time of 19:54.5 at the region cross country championships…was the recipient of the SoCon Pinnacle Award, which is given annually to the athlete with the highest GPA on each championship team…chosen the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week an unprecedented five times during the year…voted the SoCon Runner of the Week for Oct. 17 and Feb. 13…was the runner-up at the SoCon Cross Country Championships with a time of 17:21.9, earning a spot on the All-SoCon first team…also earned All-SoCon citations for the 3,000m and 5,000m indoors and the 1,500m during the outdoor season…finished among the top seven at each cross country meet prior the NCAA Championships…recorded a personal-best time of 4:47.16 in the mile at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational, where she finished as runner-up…won gold in both the 3,000m (9:11.04, a personal best) and the 5,000m (16:22.61) at the SoCon Indoor Championships…placed second with a personal-best time of 15:45.10 in the 5,000m at the Cardinal Outdoor Classic…posted the top qualifying time in the 1,500m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships and went on to place second in the finals with a personal-best time of 4:18.67…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team…a member of the USTFCCA All-Academic Team for cross country and track and field.
Sophomore Year (2017-18): Honored as a second-team All-American in the 5,000m after placing 15th with a time of 15:57.42 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships…posted the ninth-best time in the 5,000m semifinals at 16:17.59 at the NCAA East Preliminaries to advance through to the finals…recorded a time of 15:59.89 in the event at the Raleigh Relays to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminaries…named to the All-Southeast Region team for cross country after placing 11th with a time of 20:37.1…competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, where she finished 46th with a time of 20:19.36…earned All-SoCon first team honors after placing third with a time of 16:46.7 at the league cross country championships…won the 5,000m title with a time of 16:24.84 at the SoCon Indoor Championships…finished second in the 1,500m (4:23.66) and the 5,000m (17:29.60) at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and to the USTFCCA All-Academic Team for cross country and track and field.
Freshman Year (2016-17):  Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the 5,000m, where she finished 20th with a time of 16:46.68…chosen the SoCon Freshman of the Year for cross country and indoor track…named to the SoCon All-Freshman team for cross country, indoor track (3,000m and 5,000m), and outdoor track (1,500m and 5,000m)…placed second with a time of 16:24.7 at the SoCon Cross Country Championships…earned a spot on the All-Southeast Region team after finishing 15th with at time of 20:53.4 at the regional cross country meet…won the Eye Opener Cross Country Invitational with a time of 17:26.0 and the Furman Cross Country Invitational with a time of 20:37.8…took the 5,000m title with a time of 16:41.82 at the SoCon Indoor Championships…placed fifth with a time of 9:43.72 in the 3,000m at the league indoor meet…finished second with a time of 16:49.35 in the 5,000m at the Iowa State Indoor Classic…placed third in the 1,500m (4:34.62) and fourth in the 5,000m (17:10.90) at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…posted the fastest qualifying time (4:35.60) in the 1,500m at the meet…placed third with a time of 4:26.97 in the 1,500m at the Tiger Outdoor Track Classic…qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries with a time of 16:21.17 in the 5,000m at the Virginia Outdoor Challenge…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and to the USTFCCA All-Academic Team for cross country and track and field.
High School:
1600 meters – 4:50.95
3,200 meters– 10:27.35
5,000 meters (XC) – 17:08.72
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Footlocker National QualifierÂ
Five-time GHSA Georgia State runner-up finisherÂ
Place eighth at the Footlocker South Region in 2015 to qualify for the Footlocker National Championships in San Diego...a five-time runner-up finisher at the GHSA cross country and track championships...was the state cross country runner up as a senior...placed fourth as a junior and seventh as a sophomore at the state cross country meet....won the individual region cross country championship as a sophomore and placed second her junior and senior years...named to the All-Metro Team and Team Georgia as a sophomore and junior...finished second in the state in the 3,200m and third in the 1,600m her junior season...holds county records in the 3,200m, cross country 5K, 4x800m, 4x1600m, and 2,000m steeplechase...set the school record of 4:50.95 in the 1,600m...honored as the Forsyth County Runner of the year in 2013,2014, and 2015.
