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2024-25 Track & Field

Hailey Smith

  • Position Distance
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Lancaster
  • Hometown Lively, Va.

Biography

2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-South Region: 800m
2023 VaSID Outdoor Women’s Track Rookie of the Year
2023 VaSID Outdoor First-Team All-State: Mid-DIstance
2023 ODAC Outdoor Women’s Rookie of the Year
2023 ODAC Outdoor Champion: 800m, 1,500m
2023 USTFCCCA Indoor All-South Region: DMR, 4x400m Relay, 800m
2023 VaSID Indoor Women’s Track Rookie of the Year
2023 VaSID Indoor First-Team All-State: Middle Distance, 4x400m Relay, DMR
2023 ODAC Indoor Women’s Rookie of the Year
2023 ODAC Indoor Champion: 800m, 4x400m Relay

Freshman Year: Raced six meets in her historic freshman indoor season, cementing her spot as one of the best 800 runners in the nation … Set a PR in the season-opening 3,000 at the Brant Tolsma Invitational (10:43.51) … Earned six top-10 finishes over the course of the season, highlighted by first-place results in the 800 and 4x400 relay at the ODAC Indoor Championships … Finished 2nd in the 800 at the Tufts National Qualifying Meet, setting the stage for advancing to nationals … Placed 14th at the NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships, setting a personal best with a 2:13.07 finish … Competed in six outdoor meets, earning seven top-10 finishes … Set personal bests in the 1,500 (4:46.28), 400 (1:00.88), and mile (5:08.03) … Finished 1st in the 800 with 2:17.55 and 1,500 with 4:46.86 at the ODAC Outdoor Championships to claim two individual titles.

Before Lynchburg: Won the 2021 VHSL Class 1A state cross country championship.


Personal

Parents: Margaret and Troy

Siblings: Devin

Career Aspirations: Physical therapist

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Distance