Hannah Dickinson at DirectAthletics
2014-15: Was VMI's top cross country runner and one of two to run all seven events...set a new PR at the SoCon Championships, finishing 28th in 18:27, the 10th-fastest time in school history...she became the fourth-fastest runner in VMI history with that time, as three runners had combined the eight quicker times...also broke 19 minutes at the UNCG Spartan Invite, where she placed fourth...was 15th at the George Mason Invite...finished 151st with a 6K PR (22:59) at the regional meet...SoCon postgraduate scholarship recipient...finished 10th in the mile, 13th in the 3K and 16th in the 5K indoors...was sixth in the 5K with an on-track personal best of 18:07 at the YSU Invite...finished ninth in the 3K at ETSU...outdoors, ran a personal best 1,500-meters (4:42.54) at Charlotte...was 10th in the 1,500 and 11th in the 5K at the conference meet.
2013-14: Took part in all six cross country events...was no worse than VMI's #2 runner at any of them, and was the team's top finisher at the Blue Ridge Open, finishing 68th overall...was 36th at the Big South meet...recorded a 6K PR (23:07) in finishing 42nd at the Charlotte Invite...named to the Big South All-Academic Teams for cross country, indoor track and outdoor track...indoor season was highlighted by an eighth-place finish in the 3K at the conference meet, her first career scoring performance...also finished 18th in the 5K and ninth in the mile...set personal bests in both the mile and the 3K at that meet...finished second in the mile at the Liberty Quad and had a top-20 finish in the 3K at the Great Dane Classic...outdoors, was ninth in the 1,500 and 13th in the 5K at the conference meet...set a six-second 1,500 PR in the prelims at that meet...finished third in the 5K at the Liberty Collegiate Invite, setting a 17-second PR in the process.
2012-13: During track season, recorded personal bests in five different events, ranging from 800-meters up to 5K...earned her first collegiate win in any event at the Radford Invite, winning the 1,500 in a PR time of 4:51.34...14th in that event at the Big South outdoor meet...also finished 17th in the 800 there...ninth in the 5K at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational, PR'd at 19:17.22...closed out her year with an 800-meter PR at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier, 2:21.69...indoors, recorded personal bests in both the mile (5:22.62, 15th) and the 3K (10:42.03, 14th) at the Big South Indoor Championships...was VMI's #5-#6 runner during cross country season...posted a best 5K of 20:36 at the Big South Championships, where she placed 64th...competed in five of six XC events...held the rank of S-1 Staff Corporal in the Corps of Cadets.
2011-12: During track seasons, competed in events ranging from 400-meters to the 5K...posted VMI's fastest 1,000-meter time of the year, a 3:10.58 time at the Great Dane Classic during the indoor season...posted an 800-meter collegiate best at the Patriot Open (outdoor), 2:22.84...was 15th in the 800 at the Big South Outdoor meet...finished 19th in that event during the indoor meet...ran on VMI's fastest 4X4 teams (both indoor and outdoor), as well as the quickest Keydet DMR of the year...competed in every cross country event...finished seventh at the W&L Invite in her first collegiate 6K...was 12th at the Furman Invite...ran a seasonal best 19:24 at the Queens Invite, before finishing 42nd at the Big South Championships...academically, was named to the Phi Eta Sigma freshman honor society.
High School/Personal: All-District: 4x800(3X) 500(1X) 4x400(3X) 800m(2X)...All-Region: 800M (2X) 1000M 4x800(3X)...All-State Cross Country Team...Personal Bests: 5k XC: 18:58, 3200m: 11:27, 1600m: 5:14, 1000m: 3:04...800m: 2:18.
Personal Bests:
800m: 2:21.69
1,500m: 4:42.54
Mile: 5:08.34
3K: 10:18.86
5K: 18:07.09
5K XC: 18:27
6K XC: 22:59
