Birdie Hutton Season 2016-17

Distance

Class Fifth Year
Event Distance
Hometown Aspen, Colo.
High School Shining Mtn. Waldorf High
Bio

2016-17 Season
After competing for Princeton University’s cross country and track & field teams for several seasons, Hutton will use her final season of eligibility at Vanderbilt. Hutton is taking classes as a graduate student at Vanderbilt and joins her younger sister Ginger on the Commodores track and field roster.

Prior to Vanderbilt

At Princeton

2016 Outdoor Season

  • Set a new PR in the 800m with a time of 2:19.80 in the Lions Invitational, good for ninth overall out of 77 runners.
  • Had two top-10 finishes in the 1500m run at the Lions Invitational (fourth place; 4:44.07) and the Princeton Outdoor Invite (ninth place; 4:43.42)

2016 Indoor Season

  • Finished second in the mile run at the Princeton Invitational with a time of 5:03.27
  • Set a PR in the mile run with a time of 4:58.18, placing sixth at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup

2015 Outdoor Season

  • Ran a season-best time of 4:41.78 in the 1500m at the Lions Invitational and finished eighth place
  • Finished eighth overall with a time of 4:48.81 in the 1500m at the Princeton Quad Meet

2015 Indoor Season

  • Posted a season-best time of 5:03.47 at the Princeton Women’s Quad Meet, which placed her sixth overall

2014 Indoor Season

  • Earned a new PR and placed second in the 1000m run with a time of 2:59.29 at the Princeton Women’s Triangular
  • Ran a season-best 5:11.36 in the mile run at the Columbia Invitational

2013 Outdoor Season

  • Recorded a PR and finished second in the 1500m at the Lions Invitational with a time of 4:36.63
  • In her first collegiate track meet, finished sixth overall and recorded a PR at the Sam Howell Invitational in the 3000m run with a time of 10:08.83
Personal Bests    
Event Mark Meet
800 2:19.80 Lions Invitational (2016)
1000 2:59.29 Tri Meet (2013-14)
1500 4:36.63 Lions Invitational (2013)
Mile 4:58.18 Sykes & Sabock (2015-16)
3000 10:08.83 Sam Howell (2013)

High School (Shining Mountain Waldorf)

  • Class 1A Champion in the 1600m and 3200m runs and set Colorado State Championship Meet records in both events