2017-18 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
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NIU School Records Owned:
Outdoor
400 Meters: 54.91
2015 MAC Indoor Champion: 4x400 Meter Relay
2015 MAC Outdoor Champion: 4x400 Meter Relay
2017-18: Indoor- Competed in the 600-meter race at the Blue & Gold Invitational (Dec. 1) to mark career best in 1:33.87. Outdoor- Ran career fastest 200- at the Huskie Classic (May 4) in 25.01 seconds…Competed in the 400-meter dash in six competitions…Saw fastest 400- of the season at the MAC Championships (Buffalo, May 12), crossing the finish line in 55.65.
2016-17: Indoor- Hutton competed in five meets for the Huskies. With a personal best at the GVSU Big Meet (2/10), she ran in the 200-meter run at a time of 25.24. Coming in 4th place at the Illini Classic (1/14), Hutton competed in the 400-meter run at a time of 58.20. Meet at the Illinois Dual (12/3), she ran a time of 1:38.21 coming in 3rd place. The Huskies 4x400-meter relay team that includes Hutton earned Second-Team All-MAC. Outdoor- Hutton participated in six meets for the Huskies outdoor season. In the 200-meter run, Hutton ran at a time of 25.24 in the 200-meter run at the Bobcat Invitational (4/1). She placed 3rd at the Kip Janvrin Open (4/28) in the 200-meter run at a time of 25.55. She competed in the 400-meter run and ran at a time of 56.69 at the MAC Championships (5/13).
2015-16: Indoor- Competed in six meets... Qualified for the MAC Championships (2/26) in the 400 meters... Recorded eight top-10 finishes throughout the indoor campaign, including fourth-place 400-meter runs at the Gene Edmonds Cup (1/9) and the Orange & Blue Open (2/20), where she also set a 200-meter dash PR to finish sixth.
2014-15: Indoor- Competed in four indoor meets for the Huskies...Won a gold medal at the MAC Championships (2/28) with the 4x400 meter relay team...Also ran in the 400 meters at the MAC meet, finishing 10th...Recorded top-10 finishes in the 400 at the Fred Wilt Invitational (2/14) and in the 600 at the Jack Johnson Classic (1/31) as well. Outdoor- Named 2015 First Team All-MAC...Raced in six meets during her first outdoor season...Won another gold medal at the MAC Championships (5/16) with the 4x4 squad and also competed with that relay unit at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (5/30), settting a school record in the 4x400 at 3:39.75...Placed fifth at the MAC meet in the 400-meter dash finals, scoring four points for the Huskies...Set the NIU school record in the 400 meters at the Huskie Open (5/9), winning the event in 54.91 seconds...Also won the 400 at the Lions Invitational (4/25), one of four individual outdoor top-10 finishes.
High School: Perennial track star at Grandview High School in Grandview, Mo. and previously at Bishop Miege High School in Roeland Park, Kan... Won high school state titles in her primary event - the 400m dash - in both Kansas and Missouri and set the school record for that event at both Grandview and Bishop Miege... Finished fifth in the 400m at the 2013 U.S. World Youth Trials, running a personal best 54.51 in the prelims, a time more than a second faster than the NIU school record... Took third at the 2013 Great Southwest Classic... Set the Kansas high school state record in the 400m as a freshman at Bishop Miege with a time of 55.34 and defended that title as a sophomore... Most recently, finished in the top 10 at the 2014 USATF Junior Nationals in Eugene, Ore.
Personal: Daughter of David and Patricia Hutton... Born on May 17, 1997... Undecalred major... Full name is Ashanti Careese Hutton... Has one brother, Dante, who currently runs track at Illinois State... Participated in Spanish club and Literature Design club as a page editor in high school... Enjoys writing... Admires Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Muhammad Ali and her brother Dante.
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