Samantha Bluske
QT: 2:29:07
Residence: Tuscaloosa, AL
Hometown: Chaseburg, WI
College: Iowa State University
Age on Race Day: 28
Qualifying Race: mainova Frankfurt Marathon 2019
Marathon Best: 2:29:07
Social Handles: Instagram - @_samantha.palmer Twitter - @_samanthapalmer
Favorite TV shows: New Girl and Friends
Of Note:
- Volunteer Track and Cross Country Coach at University of Alabama
- Competed in 2016 Trials
- Fourth at 2017 USATF Marathon Championships
- Grew up in a town of only 250 people in rural Wisconsin that still doesn't have cellphone reception
- First-generation college student, so competing in Division 1 was special -- as was the chance to go to college out of state and experience something new; few people leave her hometown
