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