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2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

Caroline Sherman/Cornell Athletics
Courtesy of Susan Hammond

Damian Hackett

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Washington, D.C.
  • Highschool St. Albans School

Biography

PERFORMANCE REFERENCE



2023-24 I JUNIOR SEASON
Set personal-best 3k at the Boston University Season Opener... Placed first in 800m and DMR at Wesley A.Brown Invitational... earned his personal-best Mile (3:59.45) at the Boston University Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White... placed first in Mile and DMR at Indoor Heps... set personal-best 800m at Larry Ellis Invitational, placing fifth with a time of 1:49.32... placed first in 1500m at Outdoor Heps... set personal-best 1500m (3:39.26) at NCAA East First Round, placing ninth... competed 1500m at NCAA Outdoor Championship. 

2022-23 I SOPHOMORE SEASON  
Finished first in the 4x800 and 1500m at outdoor Heps... came in second in the 4x800 and 1k at indoor Heps... Set-best in the 1k at the Southern Tier Invite... earned a PR in the mile at the Boston Valentine Invite... also performed a career-best 1500m at the Stanford Invite... saw action in the NCAA East Prelim Round. 

2021-22 I FRESHMAN SEASON 
Earned first-place in the DMR at the Rutgers Open... captured silver in the 4x800 relay at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships... set a personal-best time in the 800-meter run at the Larry Ellis Invitational... competed in the 1500m at the NCAA East Prelim Round. 

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Earned the Gatorade District of Columbia Boys Cross Country Player of the Year in 2020-21… named to the Washington Post All-Met First Team in 2019 (Cross-Country)… paced his way to the 2021 DCSAA Track & Field State Championship gold finish in the 1600m… finished 12th at the 2019 Foot Locker Northeast Regional… set the school record in the 3200m (8:59.96), 1600m (4:06.67), and 5k XC (15:21)… won the 2018 Interstate Athletic Conference Cross-Country Championship… secured the 2019 Interstate Athletic Conference Track & Field Title in the 1600m.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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