2019-20 Track and Field Roster
Hutcherson, Ashton
Ashton Hutcherson
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lewisville Marcus
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
Bio
Season and Career Results
TAMU All-Time Top-12 Performer List
#2 Outdoor 3000m Steeplechase - 10:29.91 (2019)
NCAA Cross Country South Central Regionals
2019 - 22:15.1 (36th)
2017 - 21:18.9 (45th)
NCAA Outdoor West Regionals
2019 3000m Steeplechase - 10:58.03 (47th)
2019-20: Cross Country - Competed in four races...Opened the season placing fourth at the Texas A&M Invitational 5k with a personal best time of 18:31.9...Ran 21:57.5 to finish 74th on the 6k course at the SEC Championships and 22:15.1 on the 6k course to finish 36th at the NCAA South Central Regionals. Indoor - Entered five meets...Ran a season-best mile timed at 5:02.79 in the season-opening meet, Texas A&M Reveille Invitational placing second. Outdoor - season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19: Cross Country - Did not compete. Indoor - Opened season with a mile at Reveille Invitational, placing sixth in 5:11.34 … Finished third in 3,000m at Ted Nelson Invitational, clocking 9:59.51 … Improved mile time to 4:59.52 to win Texas A&M Triangular … Placed fourth in 3,000m (10:18.17) at Texas Tech Classic … Set career best of 4:56.32 in mile for third place in Charlie Thomas Invitational … Ran 9:58.98 in placing 12th at 3,000m in Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational. Outdoor - Placed 11th at SEC Championships in 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 10:50.95 and also raced at 5,000m in placing 27th in 17:32.32 … Competed in NCAA West Preliminary rounds, finishing 47th in steeplechase (10:58.03) … Won steeplechase at Baldy Castillo Invitational with a time of 10:41.57 … Placed seventh in steeple at Texas Relays (10:46.31) … Runner-up in steeple with a time of 10:41.72 at Reveille Meet … Posted a time of 4:48.31 for 1,500m, placing eighth at Texas A&M Invitational … Threatened Aggie school record in steeple with a 10:29.91 to place 16th at Bryan Clay Invitational, missing the record by less than half a second … Her career best time ranks as the No. 2 performer and performance on the Aggie all-time list … Finished fifth in 1,500m (4:40.83) at A&M Alumni Muster.
2017-18: Cross Country - Placed 52nd in SEC Championships, running a time of 21:59.4 and was fourth among Aggie squad … Finished 45th in NCAA South Central region, clocking 21:18.9 on Texas A&M’s Watts course … Opened season placing third in Aggie Opener (14:39.1, 4k) and finished 19th at Georgia’s Bulldog SEC Preview, posting a 6k time of 22:46.9 … Finished 52nd in Alabama’s Crimson Classic (21:53.7). Indoor - Competed in seven meets...Opened the season placing third in the mile (5:06.34) at the Reveille Invitational...Clocked a personal best 3000m (9:54.86) at the Texas A&M Quadrangular...Placed second in the mile (4;58.53) at the Texas A&M Aggie Twilight...Competed in the 3000m at the SEC Championships finishing 16th at 9:59.01. Outdoor - Opened the season at the Baldy Castillo Invitational finishing second in the 2000m steeplechase at 7:00.08...Ran a personal best 1500m time of 4:36.46 finishing 10th at the Roadrunner Invitational...Won the Rafer Johnson & Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:46.94...Scored one point for the Aggies at the SEC Outdoor Championships finishing eighth in the 3000m steeplechase at 10:40.82, also ran in the 5000m clocking 17:25.55
2016-17: Cross Country - Recorded two top-20 finishes in the four races entered...Opened the season finishing 18th at the Aggie Opener 4.1k with a time of 15:33.1...Placed 13th at the Aggieland Open 5k with a time of 19:04.1...Competed in the SEC Championships 6k finishing 110th at 23:14.8. Indoor - Set indoor personal best of 10:03.22 in the 3,000 at the Charlie Thomas Invitational… Best 5,000 of 17:31.28 at SEC Championships. Outdoor - Eighth in the 3,000 steeplechase at the SEC Championships in 10:31.78. making her No. 2 on the all-time A&M list… Recorded three of the top-10 times in A&M history in the steeplechase… Seventh at the USATF Junior Championships… Won the 2,000 steeple in 7:02.14 at the UTSA Roadrunner Invitational. ??
Prep: Helped her team to a Texas Relays 4x800 title in 9:11.17 in 2017… Set 800 PR of 2:17.29 to place third at district meet… 5:09.64 1,600 PR came at Texas Relays… Ran 3,200 best of 11:03.70 in placing sixth at 2015 district meet.
High School: Graduated from Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas, in 2016… Competed in 800, 1,600 and 3,200, and cross country… Member of 2015 State 6A champion cross country team ... In 2014, she was part of cross country team that placed second in State 6A meet and helped her team qualify for Nike Cross Nationals ... Attended Liberty Christian School as a freshman and sophomore, placing fourth in the 1,600 and 3,200… Member of National Honor Society, and volunteered at Flower Mound Senior Center… Ran summer track for LutzRunning.
Personal: Ashton Brooke Hutcherson was born in Carrollton, Texas, on January 16, 1998… Hometown is Highland Village, Texas… Daughter of Bradley & Karla Hutcherson… Sibling is Conner, also an A&M student… Grandfather and aunt graduated from A&M… Started competing in track and field at age 13… Community service and extracurricular activities include FCA, American Medical Student Association, BUILD, Aggieland Humane Society, art and piano… Majoring in Biomedical Sciences.
Career goal: Doctor who studies and treats human diseases
I chose Track & Field over other sports because: I’m naturally talented at running and nothing else athletic!!!
Something most people don't know about me: I cannot physically throw up (weird, right?)
Top three things on my bucket list: Be an All-American in D1 Track, Coachella, get into med school of my dreams
Hobbies or activities: Art, piano, ukulele, reading
Favorite quote from a coach: “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
Favorite Pro Track & Field Athlete: Emma Coburn
Favorite Pro Sports Team: Dallas Mavericks
Favorite Non-T&F Pro Athlete: Dirk Nowitzki
Favorite city I have visited: Los Angeles
Cities I most want to visit: New York City, San Francisco, Nashville, Venice, London, and Amsterdam
Favorite Track & Field venue: UCLA
Track & Field venue I want to visit: Eugene, Oregon
My spirit animal is: Squirrel
Most-used app on my phone: Twitter
Favorite social media app: Twitter
Favorite meal or restaurant: Probably Canes or any breakfast restaurant
Reality show I could be on: Cupcake Wars
Favorite TV Show: LOST or How I Met Your Mother
Favorite Actor/Actress: not a big TV/movie person
Favorite Pre-Meet Warm-Up Song/Artist: “Danger Zone” – Kenny Loggins
Favorite Song: Good Riddance by Green Day, Fluorescent Adolescent – Arctic Monkeys, Free - ZBB
Favorite Musical Artist of All-Time: Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters, Lumineers, Grouplove, Zac Brown Band
Favorite Book: The Shack or Jurassic Park
#2 Outdoor 3000m Steeplechase - 10:29.91 (2019)
NCAA Cross Country South Central Regionals
2019 - 22:15.1 (36th)
2017 - 21:18.9 (45th)
NCAA Outdoor West Regionals
2019 3000m Steeplechase - 10:58.03 (47th)
2019-20: Cross Country - Competed in four races...Opened the season placing fourth at the Texas A&M Invitational 5k with a personal best time of 18:31.9...Ran 21:57.5 to finish 74th on the 6k course at the SEC Championships and 22:15.1 on the 6k course to finish 36th at the NCAA South Central Regionals. Indoor - Entered five meets...Ran a season-best mile timed at 5:02.79 in the season-opening meet, Texas A&M Reveille Invitational placing second. Outdoor - season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19: Cross Country - Did not compete. Indoor - Opened season with a mile at Reveille Invitational, placing sixth in 5:11.34 … Finished third in 3,000m at Ted Nelson Invitational, clocking 9:59.51 … Improved mile time to 4:59.52 to win Texas A&M Triangular … Placed fourth in 3,000m (10:18.17) at Texas Tech Classic … Set career best of 4:56.32 in mile for third place in Charlie Thomas Invitational … Ran 9:58.98 in placing 12th at 3,000m in Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational. Outdoor - Placed 11th at SEC Championships in 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 10:50.95 and also raced at 5,000m in placing 27th in 17:32.32 … Competed in NCAA West Preliminary rounds, finishing 47th in steeplechase (10:58.03) … Won steeplechase at Baldy Castillo Invitational with a time of 10:41.57 … Placed seventh in steeple at Texas Relays (10:46.31) … Runner-up in steeple with a time of 10:41.72 at Reveille Meet … Posted a time of 4:48.31 for 1,500m, placing eighth at Texas A&M Invitational … Threatened Aggie school record in steeple with a 10:29.91 to place 16th at Bryan Clay Invitational, missing the record by less than half a second … Her career best time ranks as the No. 2 performer and performance on the Aggie all-time list … Finished fifth in 1,500m (4:40.83) at A&M Alumni Muster.
2017-18: Cross Country - Placed 52nd in SEC Championships, running a time of 21:59.4 and was fourth among Aggie squad … Finished 45th in NCAA South Central region, clocking 21:18.9 on Texas A&M’s Watts course … Opened season placing third in Aggie Opener (14:39.1, 4k) and finished 19th at Georgia’s Bulldog SEC Preview, posting a 6k time of 22:46.9 … Finished 52nd in Alabama’s Crimson Classic (21:53.7). Indoor - Competed in seven meets...Opened the season placing third in the mile (5:06.34) at the Reveille Invitational...Clocked a personal best 3000m (9:54.86) at the Texas A&M Quadrangular...Placed second in the mile (4;58.53) at the Texas A&M Aggie Twilight...Competed in the 3000m at the SEC Championships finishing 16th at 9:59.01. Outdoor - Opened the season at the Baldy Castillo Invitational finishing second in the 2000m steeplechase at 7:00.08...Ran a personal best 1500m time of 4:36.46 finishing 10th at the Roadrunner Invitational...Won the Rafer Johnson & Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:46.94...Scored one point for the Aggies at the SEC Outdoor Championships finishing eighth in the 3000m steeplechase at 10:40.82, also ran in the 5000m clocking 17:25.55
2016-17: Cross Country - Recorded two top-20 finishes in the four races entered...Opened the season finishing 18th at the Aggie Opener 4.1k with a time of 15:33.1...Placed 13th at the Aggieland Open 5k with a time of 19:04.1...Competed in the SEC Championships 6k finishing 110th at 23:14.8. Indoor - Set indoor personal best of 10:03.22 in the 3,000 at the Charlie Thomas Invitational… Best 5,000 of 17:31.28 at SEC Championships. Outdoor - Eighth in the 3,000 steeplechase at the SEC Championships in 10:31.78. making her No. 2 on the all-time A&M list… Recorded three of the top-10 times in A&M history in the steeplechase… Seventh at the USATF Junior Championships… Won the 2,000 steeple in 7:02.14 at the UTSA Roadrunner Invitational. ??
Prep: Helped her team to a Texas Relays 4x800 title in 9:11.17 in 2017… Set 800 PR of 2:17.29 to place third at district meet… 5:09.64 1,600 PR came at Texas Relays… Ran 3,200 best of 11:03.70 in placing sixth at 2015 district meet.
High School: Graduated from Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas, in 2016… Competed in 800, 1,600 and 3,200, and cross country… Member of 2015 State 6A champion cross country team ... In 2014, she was part of cross country team that placed second in State 6A meet and helped her team qualify for Nike Cross Nationals ... Attended Liberty Christian School as a freshman and sophomore, placing fourth in the 1,600 and 3,200… Member of National Honor Society, and volunteered at Flower Mound Senior Center… Ran summer track for LutzRunning.
Personal: Ashton Brooke Hutcherson was born in Carrollton, Texas, on January 16, 1998… Hometown is Highland Village, Texas… Daughter of Bradley & Karla Hutcherson… Sibling is Conner, also an A&M student… Grandfather and aunt graduated from A&M… Started competing in track and field at age 13… Community service and extracurricular activities include FCA, American Medical Student Association, BUILD, Aggieland Humane Society, art and piano… Majoring in Biomedical Sciences.
Career goal: Doctor who studies and treats human diseases
I chose Track & Field over other sports because: I’m naturally talented at running and nothing else athletic!!!
Something most people don't know about me: I cannot physically throw up (weird, right?)
Top three things on my bucket list: Be an All-American in D1 Track, Coachella, get into med school of my dreams
Hobbies or activities: Art, piano, ukulele, reading
Favorite quote from a coach: “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
Favorite Pro Track & Field Athlete: Emma Coburn
Favorite Pro Sports Team: Dallas Mavericks
Favorite Non-T&F Pro Athlete: Dirk Nowitzki
Favorite city I have visited: Los Angeles
Cities I most want to visit: New York City, San Francisco, Nashville, Venice, London, and Amsterdam
Favorite Track & Field venue: UCLA
Track & Field venue I want to visit: Eugene, Oregon
My spirit animal is: Squirrel
Most-used app on my phone: Twitter
Favorite social media app: Twitter
Favorite meal or restaurant: Probably Canes or any breakfast restaurant
Reality show I could be on: Cupcake Wars
Favorite TV Show: LOST or How I Met Your Mother
Favorite Actor/Actress: not a big TV/movie person
Favorite Pre-Meet Warm-Up Song/Artist: “Danger Zone” – Kenny Loggins
Favorite Song: Good Riddance by Green Day, Fluorescent Adolescent – Arctic Monkeys, Free - ZBB
Favorite Musical Artist of All-Time: Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters, Lumineers, Grouplove, Zac Brown Band
Favorite Book: The Shack or Jurassic Park
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