The 5-foot-6 senior swept all of her events—the 800-, 1600- and 3200-meter runs—at the Class 4A state meet this past season, leading the Chargers to the team title. Hastings clocked a personal-bet in the 800 at the state meet with her time of 2:14.64. Earlier in the season, she notched PRs of 4:56.62 in the 1600 and 10:29.20 in the 3200.
Hastings has maintained a weighted 4.54 GPA in the classroom. She will compete at Brown University this fall.
Hastings has volunteered locally as a director at Effects, a nonprofit that helps teach science education at underfunded elementary schools in Albuquerque. She has also donated her time as a peer math tutor and was a counselor at the Field Institute of Taos.
