Class: JR
Position: Distance
Height: 5-6
Previous School: Holy Trinity HS
Hometown: Bradford, Ontario
2007-08
XC: Participated in all six events with best showing a 15th-place finish at FrontRunner Invitational ... Best two-mile time was 12:45 at FrontRunner Invite ... Best 5K time was 19:58.98, a 35th-place showing at Sun Belt Championships.
Indoor: Placed 14th in 3000-meters in 11:23.40 at MT Christmas Invitational and 42nd in 11:45.09 at Kentucky Invitational and sixth in 11:l0.28 at Blue Raider Invitational ... Placed 15th in mile run in 5:40.52 at Middle Tennessee Classic and 19th in 5:37.57 at MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished 13th in 3000 in 10:56.56 and 15th in mile in 5:33.16 at Sun Belt Championships.
Outdoor: Finished eighth in 5000-meters (20:27.52) at Clemson Relays ... Placed 14th in 3000-meters in 10:53.57 at Tiger Track Classic ... Finished seventh in 1500-meters in 5:08.47 at Boston-Moon Classic and set personal-best in 5000 in 18:34.60 at Vanderbilt Invitational ... Placed seventh in 1500 in 5:00.21 at Coach O Invitational.
2006-07
XC: Posted time of 22:18.98 over 5K at Louisville Classic in only event of season.
Indoor: Participated in just three events after returning from injury ... Did not finish 3000-meters at MT Christmas Invitational and finished 10th in 11:41.50 at MT Valentine Invitational ... Placed 18th in 11:34.10 at Sun Belt Championships.
Outdoor: Placed 27th in personal-best 20:10.98 in 5000-meters at Alabama Relays ... Came in 34th in 1500-meters in 5:22.36 at Yellowjacket Invitational ... Posted another PR in 5000 in 19:43.29, finishing ninth at Tiger Track Classic ... Ran 2:46.87 in 800-meters at Vanderbilt Invitational.
2005-06
XC: Team's second-leading runner in all six races ... Placed 43rd in 16:01.13 on 4K course at Belmont Opener ... Came in 14th in 12:30 on two-mile course at UTC Opener ... Finished 19th in 18:54.30 at WKU Old Timers Classic and second in 19:31 at Arkansas State Invitational, both on 5K courses ... Placed 10th in 12:14 on two-mile course at UTC Invitational ... Finished 11th in 18:25.56 on 5K course at Sun Belt Championships ... Placed 59th in 22:45.43 on 6K course at NCAA South Regional.
Indoor: Won 3000-meters in 10:35.26 at MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished 23rd in 3000 in 10:49.73 and was member of sixth-place 4x800-meter relay at Kentucky Invitational before being injured in an automobile accident on January 17 and not returning for the rest of the indoor and outdoor seasons.
High School: Track, cross country, and tennis letterwinner at Holy Trinity HS ... Regional champion in 3000-meters ... Finished 40th out of 120 runners at 2004 Canadian National XC Championships and 15th at Ontario HS Championships ... Posted times of 10:35 in 3000-meters and 18:54 in 5000-meters for cross country ... Athletic Council Executive.
Personal: Kaitlyn Margaret Hammond ... Daughter of Dave and Karen Hammond ... Born November 15, 1987 ... Father participated in Toronto Marathon twice ... Majoring in English.
