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2023 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Roster

Rachel Hutchinson

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  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Greensburg, Pa.
  • High School Hempfield

Biography

Career Highlights
• 11-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier
• One-Time USTFCCCA All-Region Honoree

Personal: Daughter of Tracy and Michael Hutchinson ... Majoring in Secondary Education. 

2023 (Outdoor): Competed at eight meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in both the hammer throw and discus … Placed sixth at the conference championships in the hammer throw following a season-best mark of 48.73 meters in addition to coming in 15th in the discus at 36.16 meters … Top discus mark of season was 37.90 meters at the Bison Classic (27th) … Opened season at the Dave Labor Invitational by placing second in the hammer throw with a top mark of 47.62 meters … Turned in a pair of top-10 finishes at the John Papa Invite, placing second in the hammer throw (46.80) and sixth in the discus (36.95) … Also placed second in the hammer throw (46.03) and sixth in the discus (37.18) at the Mountaineer Twilight Meet.

2023 (Indoor): Competed in the weight throw at seven meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships and just missed out on earning all-conference honors after finishing fourth with a mark of 15.61 meters … Top mark of the season was 15.69 meters that led to a third-place showing at the Mount Union Tune-Up … Also broke 15 meters in the weight throw at both the YSU Mid-Major Invite (15.34 / fourth) and the Jim Wuske Open (15.31 / second) ... A PSAC Scholar-Athlete. 

2022 (Outdoor): Competed at nine meets in the hammer and discus … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in both events, placing 14th in the discus at 37.60 meters and 17th in the hammer at 42.53 meters … Discus mark at PSAC Championships was a season-best … Produced season-high mark in the hammer of 44.73 meters at the Westminster Invitational as part of a fifth-place finish … Took second in the discus at the SRU Open at 35.08 meters … Registered top-10 finishes in both the discus (36.78 / eighth) and the hammer (41.89 / ninth) at the Red Flash Open ... PSAC Scholar Athlete. 
 
2022 (Indoor): Competed in the weight throw at six meets … Season-high mark of 13.78 meters came at the Edinboro Invite en route to a seventh-place finish … Also broke the 13.50-meter plateau at the YSU Icebreaker (13.69 meters / 19th place) and the Al Hall Freedom Games (13.51 meters / fifth).

2021 (Outdoor): Competed at eight meets in the hammer throw and discus … A USTFCCCA All-Region performer in the hammer throw … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the hammer throw and discus, placing fourth (48.35 meters) and ninth (37.71 meters), respectively … Top mark in the hammer throw came at the Bill Lennox, placing third at 49.05 meters while also finishing second in the discus at 36.47 meters … Produced a personal-best mark in the discus of 38.46 meters at the Penn State Behrend Invite in addition to finishing second in the hammer throw via a mark of 47.70 meters … Opened season by placing seventh in the hammer throw (42.76 meters) at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational … Finished second in the hammer throw the following week at the Dave Labor Invitational after a mark of 47.99 meters … Registered third of eight top-10 finish in the hammer throw at the IUP Invitational (44.87 meters) … Turned in a pair of top-three finishes at the SRU Invitational, coming in second in the hammer throw (46.99 meters) and third in the discus (36.56 meters) … In final preparation for PSAC Championships, placed fourth in the hammer throw (46.82 meters) and fifth in the discus (35.55 meters) at the Lock Haven Qualifier.

2019-20 (Indoor): Competed in six meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the weight throw, placing fourth with a season-best mark of 16.08 meters … Opened season with two top-20 showings at the YSU Icebreaker, placing 11th in the weight throw (13.67) and 16th in the shot put (10.77) … Took second place in the weight throw (15.31) and eighth in the shot put (10.87) at the Al Hall Freedom Games … Also earned a top-10 finish in the weight throw at the YSU Mid-Major Invite, finishing sixth at 14.84 meters) … Turned in a season-best shot put mark of 10.96 meters at the Doug Raymond National Qualifier ... PSAC Scholar Athlete. 

2019 (Outdoor): Competed in six meets … Set three new PR’s in the discus throw (35.85-meters), hammer throw (41.99-meters), and shot put (10.81-meters) … Had nine top-ten finishes (four of them being top-five) … Added four PSAC marks.

2019 (Indoor): Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the weight throw, placing 11th and hitting a career-high with a throw of 13.85 meters … Placed second in the weight throw at 13.75 meters and eighth in the shot put (10.62 meters) at the Edinboro Open … Hit a career-high in the shot put with a throw of 10.83 meters at the YSU Icebreaker.

High School: Lettered four years in both indoor and outdoor track and field at Hempfield Area High School ... Earned a WPIAL Championship win in 2016 ... Three year state championship qualifier. 

Historical Player Information

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