COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 800 – 2:09.46, 1000m – 2:47.46, 1500m – 4:23.17, Mile – 4:42.28, 3K – 9:24.69, 4K (XC) –14:10.8, 6K (XC) – 21:34.6
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
AWARDS:
1x Big Ten Bronze Medalist (’24 indoor DMR)
2x Academic All-Big Ten (F ’23, Sp. ‘24)
2024 Outdoor
Season: Competed twice during the 2024 outdoor season.
Virginia Challenge (4/19-20): Clocked a 4:24.57 in the 1500m to finish sixth overall. Jim Thorpe Invitational (5/3): Won the 800m with a 2:09.50.
2024 Indoor
Season: Big Ten bronze medalist…Set benchmarks in four events during her first indoor campaign.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Clocked a 2:47.46 in the 1K in her first collegiate indoor meet. Penn State National Open (1/26-27): Set a PR with a 9:24.69 in the 3K, finishing seventh…Placed 13th in the mile with a 4:42.69. David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/9-10): Lowered her mile PR with a 4:42.28. Penn State Tune-Up (2/16): Finished fifth in the 800m with a 2:09.46 PR. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24): Earned bronze in the DMR (11:15.02)…Placed 13th in the 3K with a 9:28.20…Helped the women’s team to a second-place finish in the conference.
2023 Cross Country
Season: Competed in six meets for the Nittany Lions in her first cross country season, including the Big Ten and NCAA Championships.
Dolan Duals (9/1): Clocked a 14:10.8 setting her personal best for the 4K…Placed sixth. Lehigh Paul Short Invitational (9/30): Set personal best of 21:34.6 in the 6K. Big Ten Championships (10/27): Clocked a 22:45.1 in the 6K, placing sixth on the team. NCAA Championships (11/18): Posted a 22:03.9 in the 6K race, her first trip to the national meet.
2023 Outdoor
Season: In her first collegiate outdoor season, finished 16th in the Big Ten conference in the 1500.
Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (3/25): Clocked a 4:29.39 in the 1500 in her first collegiate race. Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16): Posted a 2:11.27 in the 800, finishing eighth…Improved her time in the 1500, going 4:27.15 for 13th place. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/12-14): Ran a 4:23.17 personal-best mark in the 1500, finishing 16th in the conference to close out her true freshman season.
2023 Indoor
Season: Did not compete.
2023 Cross Country
Season: Did not compete.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Ran cross country and track and field at Morgantown High School...Named 2019 Gatorade West Virginia Girls Runner of the Year after winning AAA individual and team state championship title in cross country...Won two additional cross country team state championships for three total in high school career...Won state track and field team championship in 2022.
PERSONAL
Parents are Judy and Dean Hatcher...Has siblings, Samantha and Ben...Sister Samantha competed in cross country/track & field at West Virginia from 2018-22...Enrolled in Division of Undergraduate Studies.