2026 Track & Field Roster Choose a Player: Balzer, Skyler Balzer, Zachary Barth, Brayson Brenne, Eilen Brown, Julia Burnett, Matthew Burns, Oliver Cino, Sophia Copelin, Jaxson de Palma Mendiguchia, Julia Echols, Angelo Gaffney, Travis Hamilton, Carissa Hancock, Abigail Harris, Christian Inzinger, Sonja Kamp, Brandon Kingsmith, Kaden LeBlanc, Sawyer Lewis, Roman Lind, Caleb Lind, Isaac Locke, David Martinez, Carolina McCarroll, Eimear Miller, Nathan Narciso, Alice Nold, Parker O'Mahony, Louise Perry, Anna Phillips, Jamie Pogue, Landon Potgieter, Nadia Rajlich, Hope Rebello, Michael Redpath, Olivia Rice, Brock Rosslee, JD Rush, Ayva Schmalz, Michael Schoeman, Wiepke Sheppard, Kaitlyn Simone, Caden Steines, Noelle Thornley, Ciara Trangmar, Jacob van Milligen, Bente Vanroose, Rhune Wallace, Bryndon Wenz, Lindsey Wilson, Ava Wraith, Trixie Go Profile Stats Profile Junior Class Naperville, Ill. Hometown 5'4 Height Neuqua Valley High School Carissa Hamilton Junior Class Naperville, Ill. Hometown Biography Summary Biography CAREER BESTS (RESULTS) CROSS COUNTRY INDOOR TRACK & FIELD OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD N/A Mile: 5:06.38 (2/3/24) 3,000m: 10:02.77 (2/9/24) 5,000m: 17:39.23 (2/25/24) 1,500m: 4:34.79 (3/30/24) 5,000m: 17:10.98 (4/12/24) 10,000m: 36:34.18 (5/10/24) 2024-25 SEASON Cross Country: Did not compete during the 2024 season. Indoor: Did not compete during the 2025 indoor season. Outdoor: Competed in five meets during the 2025 outdoor season. Placed third in the 1500m event at the EIU Big Blue Classic and at the Normal Invite, running a season-best 4:35.42 at the latter of the events. Ran a season-low 17:25.00 in the 5000m race at the Drake Relays. Finished 12th in the 5000m Final at the MVC Championships. 2023-24 SEASON Cross Country: Did not compete in the 2023 season. Indoor: Competed in four meets in the indoor season. In the GVSU Big Meet, she finished in 3rd place in the 3000m race with a time of 4:34.79 and 4th in the mile at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational. Placed 11th in the 5000m Final at the MVC Championship. Outdoor: Ran in six outdoor meets. Recorded a second-place finish in the 2024 Bryan Clay Invitational and fourth in the 1500m at the first meet of the season: the Redbird Challenge. Ran the second leg of the 4x1600m Relay that ran the fifth-fastest time in program history at the Drake Relays. Finished in the top 11 in both MVC Championship appearances, placing 11th in the 5000m Final and 10th in the 10000m Final. HIGH SCHOOL Member of the Cross Country and Track and Field Team at Neuqua Valley High School. Earned All-Conference honors from 2020-23 and All-State honors in 2022 and 2023 in 1600m and 3200m. Holds the school records in the indoor and outdoor 3200m. Won Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year in 2023. Also played school and club volleyball her first two years at Neuqua Valley. PERSONAL The daughter of Shawn and Rebecca Hamilton, born on July 2, 2005 in Naperville, Illinois. Her father, Shawn, was a Bradley graduate. Has three siblings: Aaron (18), Justin (16) and Elise (10). Cousin, Corinna Peña, ran at Butler University from 2018-2022. Majoring in Statistics.