AWARDS:
2025 NCAA DIII USTFCCCA All-Region Cross Country Athlete

2025 (Junior): Ran in six meets for the Jumbos...Opened the season with an eighth place finish and a time of 20:31.3 in the George Suitor Invitational 5k...Placed 18th in the Purple Valley XC Classic with a time of 23:13.3...Posted a personal best time of 22:33.9 and finished 24th in the KSC Invitational 3.73M race...Finished with a time of 22:50.2 in the NESCAC Championship for a 50th place finish...Set a personal best time of 22:24.0 in the NCAA Division III East Region Cross Country Championships 6k and finished 24th...Tufts finished the season as NCAA East Regional Champions and fourth in the NESCAC Championships

2024 (Sophomore): Began cross country career with an 18:16.9 for 22nd place in the 4.5k at the Bowdoin CBBT Opener...Set a personal best time in the 5k race at the NEICAAA Cross Country Championships, a 20:17.2 for 119th...Set a personal best time in the 6k at the Connecticut College Invitational, finishing in 56th with a 24:02.5

CAREER RESULTS-- TFRRS | Samara McVey -- Cross Country/Track and Field Results & Statistics

PRIOR TO TUFTS: Letterwinner in cross country, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and soccer for the Minutemen of Lexington High School...Outdoor track and field Most Improved as a junior...Cross country, Most Outstanding Performer as a senior...Cross Country, senior, League All Star...4x800 school recorder holder- 9:23...Placed 17th at NBNO in 4x800...Placed in top 25 at Cross Country States...800- 2:21...1 mile- 5:29...5k- 19:04...League champions Indoor and Outdoor track

PERSONAL: Daughter of Jessica Brett and Mitch McVey...Has one sibling Brendan...Undecided major...Chose Tufts because "Tufts has the perfect combination of great academics and great athletics and a very welcoming community where I could see myself succeeding in."