2020-21 Track & Field/Cross Country Roster
Roster
McMillon, Savannah

Savannah McMillon
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Jasper, Ala.
- High School:
- Walker HS
Bio
Personal Bests:
Cross Country | 5K: 17:52.3 | 6K: 21:49.3
Indoor | 800: 2:12.82 | 1000m: 3:01.46 | Mile: 5:06.08
Outdoor | 800: 2:15.02 | 1500: 4:31.38 | 5000m: 17:52.46
C-USA Academic Honor Roll – 2019-20, 2020-21
2021 Outdoor (Redshirt Senior):Â Took the 800m crown at the Southern Miss Invite ... Improved upon her PR in the 1500m at the Crimson Tide Invite with a time of 4:31.38 ... Earned points in the 1500m at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships ... Finished her career ranked No. 10 in program history in the 1500m.Â
2021 Indoor (Redshirt Senior):Â Took home the event title in the mile at the first indoor meet of the season ... Followed that performance with a new PR to finish second in the mile at the Samford Invite ... Earned points for the Golden Eagles in both the 800m and as a leg of the DMR at the Conference USA Indoor Championships.Â
2020 Cross Country (Redshirt Senior):Â Competed in two of the three meets for the Golden Eagles in her senior season ... Finished in the top 30 at the Conference USA Championships with a time of 22:48.6.Â
2020 Indoor (Redshirt Junior): Competed in four meets before the C-USA Championships, running in the 1000m, mile, 800m, and DMR ... Competed in the 1000m for the first time at the UAB Blazer Invite ... Came in eighth at the C-USA Championships in the 800m ... Was a part of the DMR squad to finish in first at the Championships, the first in school history, at 11:54.42 along with Taylor Harris, Sarah McMillon, and Sandra Szpott.
2019 Cross Country (Redshirt Junior): Competed in three meets before competing in the C-USA Championships ... Finished top-35 at the City Auto Memphis Twilight Classic 5k (10/31) ... Had a top-75 race at the Blazer Classic 6k race (10/18) ... Finished top-40 at the Conference USA Championships where the team finished in second place overall (11/2).
2019 Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in four regular-season meets ... Finished first place in the 5000m in 18:54.24 at the Southern Miss Invite (3/30) ... Had a personal-best 5000m at the Crimson Tide Invitational at Alabama, finishing in 10th in 17:52.46 ... Competed in the 1500m at both the LSU Alumni Gold and the Southern Miss Open, finishing in a season-best 4:36.52 on her home turf at the Southern Miss Open (4/27) ... Competed in the 5000m and the 1500m at the Conference USA Championships, finishing 23rd in the 5000m at 18:21.02 and sixth in the 1500m finals in 4:37.63.
2019 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in one regular-season meet at the Music City Challenge (2/8-9), running in the mile ... Finished in 5:06.38, a then-personal best ... Competed in the mile at the Conference Championships, scoring as she finished in 12th place in 5:06.08, a new personal-best.
2018 Cross Country (Redshirt Sophomore): Did not compete during the season.Â
2018 Outdoor (Sophomore): Competed in four meets ... Qualified for her second-straight 1500m C-USA Outdoor Championship final, where she finished twelfth overall.
2018 Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in one Indoor meet.
2017 Cross Country (Sophomore): Returned to the season as one of the most improved Golden Eagles that fall, finishing as one of the top-5 scorers in all six meets ... Ran a career-best at the Rebel Invitational at 17:52, over a minute improvement from her freshman campaign, finishing thirteenth overall ... Also posted a top-50 finish at the Crimson Classic, running to a new career best in the 6000m at 21:49, over a minute improvement from the previous year ... Would earn her first All-Conference honor finishing nineteenth and claiming Third-Team All-C-USA.Â
2017 Outdoor (Freshman): Competed primarily in the 1500m Outdoors and continued to have a break-out freshman track season ... Posted three top-5 finishes ... Ran the No. 9 time in school history in the 1500m at 4:32.87 ... Finished 8th overall in the 1500m at the C-USA Outdoor Championships.
2017 Indoor (Freshman): Had two new career-best finishes and a top-10 finish in school history ... Finished sixth in her first indoor collegiate mile running a 5:07, a five-second improvement on her previous best ... At the Samford Friday Indoor Invitational she ran the No. 4 time in school history with a 2:12.82 and the best time as a freshman in school history for indoors ... Competed at the C-USA Indoor Championships in the 800m and placed eleventh overall.
2016 Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in four meets as a freshman ... Finished in the top-50 at the C-USA Cross Country Championships with a forty-seventh place finish.Â
High School:Â Attended Walker High School... was a 2 year letterwinner ...Also played basketball in high school and was a 4 year letterwinner ... Recorded a personal best of 2:14 in the 800 meters, 5:12 in the 1600 meters, and 19:10 in the 5k... was State Champion in the 800 and 1600 meters... Personal: Daughter of Danna and Paul McMillon ... A sports coaching major.
Cross Country | 5K: 17:52.3 | 6K: 21:49.3
Indoor | 800: 2:12.82 | 1000m: 3:01.46 | Mile: 5:06.08
Outdoor | 800: 2:15.02 | 1500: 4:31.38 | 5000m: 17:52.46
C-USA Academic Honor Roll – 2019-20, 2020-21
2021 Outdoor (Redshirt Senior):Â Took the 800m crown at the Southern Miss Invite ... Improved upon her PR in the 1500m at the Crimson Tide Invite with a time of 4:31.38 ... Earned points in the 1500m at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships ... Finished her career ranked No. 10 in program history in the 1500m.Â
2021 Indoor (Redshirt Senior):Â Took home the event title in the mile at the first indoor meet of the season ... Followed that performance with a new PR to finish second in the mile at the Samford Invite ... Earned points for the Golden Eagles in both the 800m and as a leg of the DMR at the Conference USA Indoor Championships.Â
2020 Cross Country (Redshirt Senior):Â Competed in two of the three meets for the Golden Eagles in her senior season ... Finished in the top 30 at the Conference USA Championships with a time of 22:48.6.Â
2020 Indoor (Redshirt Junior): Competed in four meets before the C-USA Championships, running in the 1000m, mile, 800m, and DMR ... Competed in the 1000m for the first time at the UAB Blazer Invite ... Came in eighth at the C-USA Championships in the 800m ... Was a part of the DMR squad to finish in first at the Championships, the first in school history, at 11:54.42 along with Taylor Harris, Sarah McMillon, and Sandra Szpott.
2019 Cross Country (Redshirt Junior): Competed in three meets before competing in the C-USA Championships ... Finished top-35 at the City Auto Memphis Twilight Classic 5k (10/31) ... Had a top-75 race at the Blazer Classic 6k race (10/18) ... Finished top-40 at the Conference USA Championships where the team finished in second place overall (11/2).
2019 Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in four regular-season meets ... Finished first place in the 5000m in 18:54.24 at the Southern Miss Invite (3/30) ... Had a personal-best 5000m at the Crimson Tide Invitational at Alabama, finishing in 10th in 17:52.46 ... Competed in the 1500m at both the LSU Alumni Gold and the Southern Miss Open, finishing in a season-best 4:36.52 on her home turf at the Southern Miss Open (4/27) ... Competed in the 5000m and the 1500m at the Conference USA Championships, finishing 23rd in the 5000m at 18:21.02 and sixth in the 1500m finals in 4:37.63.
2019 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in one regular-season meet at the Music City Challenge (2/8-9), running in the mile ... Finished in 5:06.38, a then-personal best ... Competed in the mile at the Conference Championships, scoring as she finished in 12th place in 5:06.08, a new personal-best.
2018 Cross Country (Redshirt Sophomore): Did not compete during the season.Â
2018 Outdoor (Sophomore): Competed in four meets ... Qualified for her second-straight 1500m C-USA Outdoor Championship final, where she finished twelfth overall.
2018 Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in one Indoor meet.
2017 Cross Country (Sophomore): Returned to the season as one of the most improved Golden Eagles that fall, finishing as one of the top-5 scorers in all six meets ... Ran a career-best at the Rebel Invitational at 17:52, over a minute improvement from her freshman campaign, finishing thirteenth overall ... Also posted a top-50 finish at the Crimson Classic, running to a new career best in the 6000m at 21:49, over a minute improvement from the previous year ... Would earn her first All-Conference honor finishing nineteenth and claiming Third-Team All-C-USA.Â
2017 Outdoor (Freshman): Competed primarily in the 1500m Outdoors and continued to have a break-out freshman track season ... Posted three top-5 finishes ... Ran the No. 9 time in school history in the 1500m at 4:32.87 ... Finished 8th overall in the 1500m at the C-USA Outdoor Championships.
2017 Indoor (Freshman): Had two new career-best finishes and a top-10 finish in school history ... Finished sixth in her first indoor collegiate mile running a 5:07, a five-second improvement on her previous best ... At the Samford Friday Indoor Invitational she ran the No. 4 time in school history with a 2:12.82 and the best time as a freshman in school history for indoors ... Competed at the C-USA Indoor Championships in the 800m and placed eleventh overall.
2016 Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in four meets as a freshman ... Finished in the top-50 at the C-USA Cross Country Championships with a forty-seventh place finish.Â
High School:Â Attended Walker High School... was a 2 year letterwinner ...Also played basketball in high school and was a 4 year letterwinner ... Recorded a personal best of 2:14 in the 800 meters, 5:12 in the 1600 meters, and 19:10 in the 5k... was State Champion in the 800 and 1600 meters... Personal: Daughter of Danna and Paul McMillon ... A sports coaching major.
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