Dior Hall
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 2, 1996 Denver, Colorado | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 100 metre hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personalbest(s) | 100m h:13.18 (Albuquerque2011) 100m h:12.92 (Hayward Field,Eugene, OR2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dior Hall(born January 2, 1996) is an Americanhurdlerwho specializes in the100 metre hurdles.
A native ofDenver, Colorado,as a high schooler, Hall attendedDenver School of Science and Technology,but ran atGeorge Washington High Schoolbecause DSST does not field a track team.[1]She established an indoor 60 metreWorld Youth Bestat the CSM Twilight Collegiate Open inGolden, Colorado.
Hall competed in the100 metres hurdlesat the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. In the final, she was reportedly leading when she hit a hurdle and fell over the final hurdle, suffering a disqualification.[2]
Hall was the silver medalist at2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[3]
Hall is one of the American medal hopes for the2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics.On 27 July, Hall earned the silver medal at the2014 IAAF World Junior Championships.[4][5][6]Hall's time of 12.92 seconds in the 100 meters hurdles broke the 35-year-old US High School record of 12.95 held by Candy Young of Pennsylvania. Hall's finish behind University of Georgia freshmen, Kendell Williams, completed a one-two sweep of the medals for the US.[7]
University of Southern California
[edit]Hall became a freshman at theUniversity of Southern Californiafor the 2014–15 season. As the only freshman to make the finals at theNCAA Championships,she set a newWorld Junior Recordof 12.74 (+1.7) while taking third place.[8]Later in the season she became the 2015 U.S. Junior Champion.[9]
References
[edit]- ^"George Washington's Dior Hall Prepares for Junior Olympics | 9news.com".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-04-10.Retrieved2013-04-02.
- ^"ESPN: Serving sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere. - ESPN".Archived fromthe originalon July 10, 2012.
- ^"World Youth Update: Sophomores Dior Hall, Mary Cain among top prospects for 2013 - ESPNHS Track & XC- ESPN".Espn.com.17 March 2012.
- ^"United States matches its highest-ever medal total in IAAF World Junior Championships - oregonlive.com".28 July 2014.
- ^"Report: women's 100m hurdles – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 | REPORT | World Athletics".
- ^"Imagn".
- ^"WATCH U.S. 1-2 in Women's 100H Finish w/ Meet Record by Williams & HS National Record by Hall".
- ^"Women 100 Meter Hurdles".
- ^"Women 100 Meter Hurdles JR".
