2015 Track:
Indoor: Finished seventh in the mile with a career-best time of 4:59.01 at the Samford University Invitational … Logged a PR in the 3,000 meters (10:15.89) at the Doc Hale VT Invite. Outdoor: Took seventh at the GT Invite in the 1,500 meters with a PR time of 4:32.19 …Ran her best 800m (2:14.41) at the same meet.
2014 Cross Country:
Recorded a career-best 5K time of 18:19 at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational … Placed 19th out of 161 runners at the Upstate Invitational with a time of 18:33 … Finished fifth for Georgia Tech at the ACC Championships with a 6K time of 21:51 … Competed in the NCAA South Regional 6K, crossing the line in 21:47.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Ran a leg of the DMR that won the event at the Orange and Purple Classic in 12:33.15. Outdoor: Did not compete.
2013 Cross Country:
Finished second for Georgia Tech, and ninth overall, at the Furman Classic with a career-best 6K time of 21:33 … Had a season best 5K time of 19:06 at the Louisville Classic … Also competed in the NCAA South Regional, crossing the finish line in 22:11.
2013 Track:
Indoor: Set three season bests … Ran her fastest 1,000 meter time (2:57.75) at the Meyo Invite … Set a PR in the 3,00 meters with a time of 10:16.38 at the ACC Indoor Championships … Helped the DMR to an eighth place finish (11:58.61) at the ACC Indoor Championships … Ran a personal-best 5:05.51 mile at the Rod McCravy Invite. Outdoor: Part of the 4×800-meter relay team that took first (9:20.13) at the Georgia Relays … Logged a PR 2:14.67 in the 800 meters at the ACC Outdoor Championships … Took fourth in the 1,500 meters with a season-best time of 4:35.66 at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
2012 Cross Country:
Ran a career-best 5K time of 18:30 at the Louisville CC Classic … Also ran a personal-best 6K time of 21:57 at the NCAA South Regional.
2012 Track:
Indoor: Finished the mile in a personal-best 5:15.29 at the Rod McCravy Invite … Completed the 800 meters in a collegiate-best time of 2:20.39 at the Vulcan Invite. Outdoor: Placed sixth in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:50.96 at the Georgia Intercollegiate Invite … Topped that performance with at time of 4:47.23 in the same event at the Tiger Track classic … Had a season-best time of 4:41.18 in the 1,500 meters at the Georgia Tech Invite.
2011 Cross Country:
Ran a season-best 5K time of 19:13.68 at the Crimson Classic to place 66th out of 203 runners … Crossed the line at the ACC Championship 6K with a season-best time of 22:51.20 and the second-best time for Tech … Logged the third-best time for Georgia Tech at the NCAA South Regionals (23:06.80).
High school:
A three-year letterwinner for Coach Peter Raak at Geneva H.S … A four-year letterwinner on the cross country team earning the honor of team captain … Cross country team won the state championship in 2007 and 2008 … All-state in track & field for the 4×800-meter relay … Honor Roll and a member of National Honor Society, National Spanish Honors Society and National Technical Honors Society.
Personal:
Full name is Rachel Anne Hammond … Born on Dec. 17, 1992 in Augusta, Ga. … Parents are Jeff and Kathy Hammond … Brother is Benjamin … Hobbies include soccer, reading, music, swimming and sleeping … Majoring in industrial engineering.
