2011-12 Track and Field
Kristen Hutchings
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Long Sprints
- Hometown:
- Wadsworth, Ohio
- High School:
- Medina Highland
KENT STATE HIGHLIGHTS
• Recorded a season-best 200-meter dash time of 26.30 forthe 2011 indoor season. Also posted a season-best 400-meter dashtime of 58.39 and was a member of the fastest 4x400-meter relayteams that timed a 3:48.74 and 3:49.37, respectively.
• Posted a season-best 200-meter dash time of 26.94 for the2010 indoor season. Also recorded a season-best 400-meter dash timeof 58.33.
• Posted a season-best 200-meter dash time of 26.29 for the2010 outdoor season. Also clocked a season-best 400-meter dash timeof 58.19.
Prior to Kent State
• Earned four letters under Paul Lushes at HighlandHigh School
• Set five school records while running for the Hornets
• Was a part of four relay teams that qualified for theOhio High School State Championships
• Helped Highland win a pair of district championships in2006 and 2009
• Was a Suburban League champion in the 400 meters and the4x400 meter relay team her senior year
• Recorded career bests of 25.9 in the 200, 56.8 in the 400and 2:16 in the 800 meter
• Was named All-Gazette all four years of high school
• Qualified for nationals with Speed for Sports
Personal
• Born Feb. 24, 1991
• Parents are Linda and Dan Hutchings
• Has a twin sister, Brooke, on the track team and ayounger brother, Michael
• Was a member of National Honors Society and StudentCouncil while in high school
• Graduated with honors from Highland
• Also volunteered at a nursing home
• Participated in gymnastics for nine years when she wasyounger
• Is majoring in nursing
