Dior Hall

Dior Hall (born January 2, 1996) is an American hurdler who specializes in the 100 metre hurdles.

Dior Hall
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1996-01-02) January 2, 1996
Denver, Colorado
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)100 metre hurdles
College teamUniversity of Southern California
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m h: 13.18 (Albuquerque 2011) 100m h: 12.92 (Hayward Field, Eugene, OR 2014)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 DonetskMedley relay
Silver medal – second place2013 Donetsk100 m hurdles
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 Eugene100 m hurdles

A native of Denver, Colorado, as a high schooler, Hall attended Denver School of Science and Technology, but ran at George Washington High School because DSST does not field a track team.[1] She established an indoor 60 metre World Youth Best at the CSM Twilight Collegiate Open in Golden, Colorado.

Hall competed in the 100 metres hurdles at 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 at 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[3]

Hall is one of the American medal hopes for the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics. On 27 July, Hall earned the silver medal at the 2014 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

Hall became a freshman at the University of Southern California for the 2014–15 season. As the only freshman to make the finals at the NCAA Championships, she set a new World Junior Record of 12.74 (+1.7) while taking third place.[8] Later in the season she became the 2015 U.S. Junior Champion.[9]

References
  1. "George Washington's Dior Hall Prepares for Junior Olympics | 9news.com". Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
  2. "ESPN: Serving sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere. - ESPN".
  3. "World Youth Update: Sophomores Dior Hall, Mary Cain among top prospects for 2013 - ESPNHS Track & XC- ESPN". Espn.com. 17 March 2012.
  4. "United States matches its highest-ever medal total in IAAF World Junior Championships - oregonlive.com". 28 July 2014.
  5. "Report: women's 100m hurdles – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 | REPORT | World Athletics".
  6. "Imagn".
  7. "WATCH U.S. 1-2 in Women's 100H Finish w/ Meet Record by Williams & HS National Record by Hall".
  8. "Women 100 Meter Hurdles".
  9. "Women 100 Meter Hurdles JR".
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