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Greta Hammer

Runner
NEEDHAM HS
NEEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-0
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 18:13.91

Division 1A state meet

1st

MIAA Meet of Champions

2nd

NXN Northeast
“There’s no question in my mind that Greta Hammer was the most impressive athlete in the state this season. Speaking as a program that sees her multiple times throughout the season, she continually impressed me with her clear dominance on both fast, rolling courses as well as the toughest course in the state at Northfield Mountain. She was always a team player, who led a very strong Needham team to a Division 1A championship, and then chose to run with them at Nike Cross Regionals instead of going for individual glory at Foot Locker on our local Franklin Park course, where she would have been favored.”
Joanna Mantel
Head Coach - Newton North
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot junior won the Division 1A state meet this past season with a time of 18:13.91, breaking the tape more than 43 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Rockets to the team title. Hammer also won the MIAA Meet of Champions by nearly 14 seconds and paced all Massachusetts runners by taking 25th at the national NXN Final and finishing second at the NXN Northeast Regional, earning First Team All-Region honors in the process. She clocked a personal-best 17:31.97 in winning the Bay State Conference title in October.

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Academic Achievement

Hammer has maintained a 3.94 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall. 

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Exemplary Character

A team captain, Hammer has volunteered as a member of School The World, which involved a trip to Panama that included over 100 service hours. She has also served as a member of her school’s Environmental and German clubs.