The state’s returning Gatorade Runner of the Year and a two-time Gatorade Tennessee Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year, the 5-foot-3 junior set a national record at the RunningLane National Championships this past season. Hutchins became the first high school girl to break 16:00 in the 5K as her winning time of 15:58.42 knocked more than 8 seconds off the old mark. She also won the Division 1 Large School State Meet this past season with a time of 16:30.84, breaking the tape more than 90 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Hilltoppers to a 12th-place finish as a team. She opened the season with a junior class national record run of 9:49.83 in the 3,200-meter event at the Music City Distance Carnival and she set course records in all eight of her races in 2020.
Hutchins has maintained a weighted 4.29 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.
An accomplished violinist, Hutchins has volunteered locally at the Johnson City Public Library and as a youth running coach.
