Gallaudet Track & Field 2024 headshot Hannah Wetzel. The athlete is wearing a white jersey with the word GALLAUDET on it. The athlete is photographed with a gray background in the back.

Hannah Wetzel

  • Award
    Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/26/2024
  • Sport
    Women's Outdoor Track and Field
  • School
    Gallaudet University
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Fremont, Calif.
  • High School
    California School for the Deaf-Fremont
Field Athlete of the Week
Hannah Wetzel / Sr / Gallaudet University / Fremont, Ca. / California School for the Deaf - Fremont

Gallaudet senior Hannah Wetzel made her outdoor season debut this past weekend at the Doc Jopson Invitational hosted by Bridgewater (Va.) College and fared well. She won the high jump as she cleared 1.64 meters (5 feet, 4.50 inches). Wetzel finished ninth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.57 seconds. She also joined three other Bison on the 4x100 meter relay team to post a time of 51.50 seconds and finish sixth. On the first day, Wetzel placed third overall in the triple jump with a top leap of 11.14 meters (36 feet, 6.50 inches) at Bridgewater Stadium.

This is the eighth Athlete of the Week honor for Wetzel, who previously won for the weeks of February 20, 2024, February 13, 2024, February 6, 2024, December 12, 2023, May 2, 2023, April 25, 2022, and March 28, 2022, on top of the CSAC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year award in 2023 and United East Indoor Field Athlete of the Year award for 2024.