Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Millie (Kipp) Hample already has made a name for herself with the Rutgers-Camden cross country and track programs. Now, after a year away from cross country due to injuries and a rugged academic schedule, she will try her hand with the women’s tennis program this fall, where she will join forces with her younger sister, Annalise.
 
Injuries kept Millie from performing to her high standards during the 2015 cross country season, limiting the all-conference performer to only three meets before she was sidelined for the fall semester. A three-sport letterwinner in her first year at Rutgers-Camden, Hample earned cross country MVP honors during both her freshman and sophomore seasons. An All-New Jersey Athletic Conference performer both as an athlete and a student, she also owns one letter apiece with the Scarlet Raptors’ indoor and outdoor track programs.
 
Cross Country 2015: Limited to three meets in an injury-plagued fall season, finishing as the Raptors’ top runner at the Bill Fritz/Charlie Way Invitational (Sept. 19) and serving as the lone female runner for Rutgers-Camden at both the Philadelphia Metropolitan College Cross Country Invitational (Sept. 12) and the NJAIAW Championships (Sept. 26)…At the 5K Philadelphia Metropolitan meet, posted a 25:04.0 clocking to finish 66th of 115…At the 6K Bill Fritz/Charlie Way meet, placed 41st of 99 (26:38.03)…Finished 39th of 133 at the NJAIAW meet, notching a 6K time of 25:37.18.
 
Cross Country 2014: Team MVP for the second straight season after leading the Scarlet Raptors in all eight races…Captured New Jersey Athletic Conference Second Team honors, becoming the first all-conference runner for the women’s program since Robin England was named to the NJAC First Team in 2010…Also earned NJAC Academic First Team honors for the 2014-15 scholastic year…Finished 14th out of 87 runners at the NJAC Championship (Nov. 1), setting her personal best 6K time of 23:52.39 despite muddy, wet course conditions…That time is the 12th-best 6K clocking in program history…Captured NJAC Women’s Runner of the Week recognition on Oct. 14 after finishing 10th of 141 runners at the Jack St. Clair Memorial Cross Country Championship (Oct. 11), posting a time of 24:57…Named ECAC Division III Metro Women’s Runner of the Week the following day…Named Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on Oct. 6 after winning the Belmont Classic in a field of 29 runners Oct. 4, posting her personal best 5K time of 21:22.47…Opened season placing 17th of 64 at the 5K Bryn Mawr Invite (Aug. 29) in a time of 21:38.39…Finished 21st of 163 at the Highlander Invitational (Sept. 6) in a 26:08.87 clocking over the 6K course…Posted a 24:38.52 time in the 6K NJAIAW Championships (Sept. 20) to place 15th of 80 runners…Finished 95th out of 302 runners at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 18), clocking a time of 25:01…Closed season at the NCAA Atlantic Regionals (Nov. 15), where she ran the 6K course in 24:23.1 to finish 129th of 272.
 
Outdoor Track 2014: Competed in seven meets, running everywhere from 800 to 5,000 meters and also serving as the second leg on the 4x400 relay team and the anchor of the record-setting 4x800 team…Opened the spring season finishing eighth of 25 athletes at 800 meters (2:35.72) and third of 19 at 1,500 meters (5:16.04) at the Stockton Invitational (March 22), setting her collegiate personal bests at both distances…Tied her 800-meter PB with another 2:35.72 clocking at the WCU Open (April 25), finishing 10th of 20…Finished 10th of 47 with a personal best 19:05.90 at 5,000 meters at the Danny Curran Invitational (March 28)…Clocked her top 3,000-meter time (11:18.76) to finish 18th of 32 at the New Jersey Invitational (April 12)…Also anchored the 4x800 team to a program-record 10:22.96 clocking at the New Jersey Invitational…Ran both the 5,000 meters (19:55.28) and the 4x400 (4:36.95) at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (May 4).
 
Indoor Track 2013-14: Competed in four indoor meets, running four events, including the second leg of the 4x400 relay team, which set a program record of 4:25.62 at the NJAC Championships (March 1)…Also finished ninth of 16 at 5,000 meters (19:10.14) at the conference championships…Ran 3,000 meters in back-to-back meets at the Blue-White Invitational (Jan. 11, 11:12.10) and the LVC Invitational (Jan. 25, 11:08.57), finishing third of five and third of 28 runners, respectively…Placed 11th of 21 in the mile (5:25.87) at the Princeton Invitational (Feb. 23).
 
Cross Country 2013: Finished as the Scarlet Raptors’ leading runner in all six of her invitationals…Named team MVP…Made collegiate debut at the 5K Bryn Mawr Invite on Sept. 7, finishing seventh of 43 runners overall in a time of 21:57…In her first of five 6K races, posted a 26:27.1 clocking and finished 45th of 194 at the Roadrunner Invitational (Sept. 14)…Placed 14th of 81 at the NJAIAW Championships (Sept. 21) in a time of 25:45.61 and finished 24th of 92 at the CTC Championships (Oct. 19) with a clocking of 24:35…Notched a time of 26:48.9 to finish 38th of 79 runners at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (Nov. 2)…Posted her old career-best 6K time (24:09.8) at the NCAA Atlantic Regionals (Nov. 16) to place 137th of 269 runners…That time was the 20th-best 6K time in program history.
 

High School: A multi-talented student-athlete, she earned 15 varsity letters at West Deptford High School, capturing four apiece in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and earning three as a member of the marching band…Her high school coach was Mark Drummond, who also has coached at Rutgers-Camden…Captured numerous honors, including First Team All-Conference three years, team MVP twice and Most Promising athlete during her freshman season…First Team All-County twice (Gloucester County Times in 2011 and South Jersey Times in 2012)…First Team All-South Jersey in Group 2 as a junior and senior…Second Team All-South Jersey during her junior year…Member of the National Honor Society…World Language Honor Society…Top 10 in class.
 
Personal: Millicent “Millie” (Kipp) Hample…Born October 26, 1994…Pure Mathematics major with a minor in Computer Science at Rutgers-Camden…Is considering a teaching position or graduate school…Honors College and Dean’s List student…Has served as a member of the Rutgers-Camden Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)…Was Rutgers-Camden’s female representative on the NJAC Academic First Team for the 2014-15 scholastic year…Has earned a spot on the ballots for both the Capital One Academic All-District 2 team and the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Women’s Cross Country Team… Millie is the daughter of James and Robyn Kipp of West Deptford.