Hammond grew up in northern California but is currently on the inferior side of the country to attend medical school at Harvard. She has a track and field mid distance background, running at Swarthmore college and garnering All America honors in the 1500m. She continued to run post collegiately for the Norwegian track club IK Tjalve before starting med school and petering the heck out of repetitive cross training and running workouts. She discovered her unusual baseline grip and upper body strength when she started climbing in 2017. After a brief crossfit stint, she tried out OCR in 2018 and never looked back. OCR, to her, is all about variety and growth. Her breakout 2nd place finish at the 2018 Spartan North American Championships in WV was the longest she had ever run in her life, but she enjoys new experiences and, apparently, isn't *so* bad at the longer distances. She continued her success with a 2nd at 2018 Spartan World Championships in Tahoe and then 2nd at the 2018 OCR World Championships 3k in London. Her loud entry into the world of OCR caught the attention of the casting crew of an obstacle racing reality TV show. She was cast as a Defender on CBS and executive producer LeBron James' show "Million Dollar Mile". Running as "The Harvard Hammer", she was the only undefeated Defender on the show.
At the same time, she began to question which specialty she wanted to pursue in medical school; this, together with her success in OCR and beyond, led her to decide to postpone residency and dedicate more time to both OCR and life searching. Stay tuned.