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Hall, Dior
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Dior Hall
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Denver, Colo.
Bio
THIS YEAR: Redshirt senior All-American Dior Hall is in her final season of competing as a Trojan. She ranks third on USC's all-time 100m hurdles list and is the USC freshman record-holder in the event. She also ranks in USC's top 10 as a member of the 4x100m relay team and in the 60m hurdles.
2018: Hall ran a season-best 100m hurdles time of 12.83 (+1.7) to place second at the Pac-12 Championships. She then came out of the West Regional with the fourth-fastest qualifying time of 12.91(+2.6w) and placed 13th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 13.05 (+1.7). She ran the leadoff leg for USC's 4x100m relay at the West Regional which qualified second with a time of 43.58. She captured her first USC-UCLA Dual Meet 100m hurdles title with a time of 13.11 (-2.4). She set a PR of 23.66 in the 200m at the Power 5 Challenge. Indoors she set her 60m hurdles PR of 7.94 at the MLK Invitational, which ranks third on USC's all-time list. She won the MPSF title in the event with a time of 7.99. She placed 16th at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.27.
2017: Hall won the 100m HH with a time of 13.31 (+0.6) at the Trojan Invitational on March 18, her first race since July of 2015 at the Pan Am Juniors and first race since suffering a knee injury in December of 2015. She took second in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.03 (+1.1) at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet and set a then 200m PR of 23.76 (+1.7) in finishing third. She ran 13.09 (+0.5) in the 100m HH to finish third at the Pac-12 Championships. She advanced out of the West Preliminary Rounds in fourth with a time of 12.87 (+4.5w). She placed seventh in the 100m hurdles final with a season-best time of 12.82 (+1.6) at the NCAA Championships. She qualified in the 100m hurdles at the USA T&F Championships, but clipped a hurdle in the preliminary round. She also ran leadoff on USC's 4x100m relay, which placed second at the Pac-12 Championships with the eighth-fastest time in school history, but was DQ'd for a pass outside of the zone at the NCAA West Prelims.
2016: Hall tore her left ACL while training in Dec. 2015 and had surgery to repair her knee on Jan. 5, 2016. Redshirted the 2016 season as she rehabilitated.
2015: Hall placed third in the 100m HH with a time of 13.00 (+2.1w) in her first collegiate outdoor meet at the Florida Relays on April 3. She only finished lower than third in one completed race, placing sixth in the NCAA semifinals, but she made up for it by running a PR, USC freshman record and world junior record of 12.74 (+1.7) in the finals, placing third and earning All-America honors. Her time broke the previous world junior record of 12.84 set by Aliuska Sanchez of Cuba in 1987 and the U.S. junior record of 12.87 set by Kendell Williams in 2014. Hall's time is also third all-time by a Trojan, .01 second outside of second place (12.73) set by Nia Ali in 2011. She was also called into duty and ran the leadoff leg for the 4x100m relay in the NCAA finals which ran 43.27 to finish third and earn All-America honors, the fifth-fastest time ever by a USC quartet. Hall won the Pac-12 100m HH title with a time of 12.99 (-0.4)...she also won the 100m HH at the Jim Click Shootout (13.17) and the Mt. SAC Relays (12.89)...her time at Mt. SAC originally broke the school freshman record of 13.06 set by Lauren Blackburn in 2011. Hall won the USATF Junior title with a time of 13.20 (+2.6w) and then went on to win the 100m HH at the Pan Am Junior Championships with a time of 13.20 (-1.7). Hall also established a 200m PR of 23.79 at the Jim Click Shootout. She established the USC freshman indoor 60m HH mark with a time of 8.07 at the Don Kirby Elite Meet, won the MPSF title with a time of 8.11 and was eighth to earn indoor All-America honors with a time of 8.48 at the NCAA Indoor Championships after clipping the third hurdle.
HIGH SCHOOL: Hall graduated with the class of 2014 from the Denver School of Science and Technology at Stapleton while competing for George Washington High in Denver, Colo. Hall is a two-time winner of the Gatorade Colorado Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year award. Her mother Yolanda Johnson was the first to receive the National Gatorade Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year in 1986. In February 2013, Hall established the World Youth Best for the Indoor 60m hurdles. Hall is a three-time state champion in the 100m HH, and holds the national high school record. In 2014 at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Hall established the U.S. high school record with a time of 12.92 seconds, winning a silver medal. Both Hall and the winner Kendell Williams (then a freshman at Georgia) beat the previous IAAF World Youth record of 12.96. Hall's time broke the previous high school record of 12.95 which was set by Candy Young in 1979. Her time of 12.92 was .41 seconds faster than the second-fastest high school hurdler in the country, while only .27 seconds separated No. 2-10 on the high school list in 2014.
PERSONAL: Dior was born on January 2, 1996 to Christopher Hall and Yolanda Johnson in Denver, Colo... She has one brother, Kharon Hall...Her sports hero is her mom, whose impressive hurdling abilities inspire her...She is also a big fan of Spiderman...She is majoring in Human Biology with a minor in Marketing... In her spare time, she likes to sleep, eat, hang out with family, shop and play sports...Someday would like to travel to Paris and Greece.
CAREER BESTS: 100m HH - 12.74 100m - 11.69 200m - 23.66
2018: Hall ran a season-best 100m hurdles time of 12.83 (+1.7) to place second at the Pac-12 Championships. She then came out of the West Regional with the fourth-fastest qualifying time of 12.91(+2.6w) and placed 13th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 13.05 (+1.7). She ran the leadoff leg for USC's 4x100m relay at the West Regional which qualified second with a time of 43.58. She captured her first USC-UCLA Dual Meet 100m hurdles title with a time of 13.11 (-2.4). She set a PR of 23.66 in the 200m at the Power 5 Challenge. Indoors she set her 60m hurdles PR of 7.94 at the MLK Invitational, which ranks third on USC's all-time list. She won the MPSF title in the event with a time of 7.99. She placed 16th at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.27.
2017: Hall won the 100m HH with a time of 13.31 (+0.6) at the Trojan Invitational on March 18, her first race since July of 2015 at the Pan Am Juniors and first race since suffering a knee injury in December of 2015. She took second in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.03 (+1.1) at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet and set a then 200m PR of 23.76 (+1.7) in finishing third. She ran 13.09 (+0.5) in the 100m HH to finish third at the Pac-12 Championships. She advanced out of the West Preliminary Rounds in fourth with a time of 12.87 (+4.5w). She placed seventh in the 100m hurdles final with a season-best time of 12.82 (+1.6) at the NCAA Championships. She qualified in the 100m hurdles at the USA T&F Championships, but clipped a hurdle in the preliminary round. She also ran leadoff on USC's 4x100m relay, which placed second at the Pac-12 Championships with the eighth-fastest time in school history, but was DQ'd for a pass outside of the zone at the NCAA West Prelims.
2016: Hall tore her left ACL while training in Dec. 2015 and had surgery to repair her knee on Jan. 5, 2016. Redshirted the 2016 season as she rehabilitated.
2015: Hall placed third in the 100m HH with a time of 13.00 (+2.1w) in her first collegiate outdoor meet at the Florida Relays on April 3. She only finished lower than third in one completed race, placing sixth in the NCAA semifinals, but she made up for it by running a PR, USC freshman record and world junior record of 12.74 (+1.7) in the finals, placing third and earning All-America honors. Her time broke the previous world junior record of 12.84 set by Aliuska Sanchez of Cuba in 1987 and the U.S. junior record of 12.87 set by Kendell Williams in 2014. Hall's time is also third all-time by a Trojan, .01 second outside of second place (12.73) set by Nia Ali in 2011. She was also called into duty and ran the leadoff leg for the 4x100m relay in the NCAA finals which ran 43.27 to finish third and earn All-America honors, the fifth-fastest time ever by a USC quartet. Hall won the Pac-12 100m HH title with a time of 12.99 (-0.4)...she also won the 100m HH at the Jim Click Shootout (13.17) and the Mt. SAC Relays (12.89)...her time at Mt. SAC originally broke the school freshman record of 13.06 set by Lauren Blackburn in 2011. Hall won the USATF Junior title with a time of 13.20 (+2.6w) and then went on to win the 100m HH at the Pan Am Junior Championships with a time of 13.20 (-1.7). Hall also established a 200m PR of 23.79 at the Jim Click Shootout. She established the USC freshman indoor 60m HH mark with a time of 8.07 at the Don Kirby Elite Meet, won the MPSF title with a time of 8.11 and was eighth to earn indoor All-America honors with a time of 8.48 at the NCAA Indoor Championships after clipping the third hurdle.
HIGH SCHOOL: Hall graduated with the class of 2014 from the Denver School of Science and Technology at Stapleton while competing for George Washington High in Denver, Colo. Hall is a two-time winner of the Gatorade Colorado Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year award. Her mother Yolanda Johnson was the first to receive the National Gatorade Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year in 1986. In February 2013, Hall established the World Youth Best for the Indoor 60m hurdles. Hall is a three-time state champion in the 100m HH, and holds the national high school record. In 2014 at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Hall established the U.S. high school record with a time of 12.92 seconds, winning a silver medal. Both Hall and the winner Kendell Williams (then a freshman at Georgia) beat the previous IAAF World Youth record of 12.96. Hall's time broke the previous high school record of 12.95 which was set by Candy Young in 1979. Her time of 12.92 was .41 seconds faster than the second-fastest high school hurdler in the country, while only .27 seconds separated No. 2-10 on the high school list in 2014.
PERSONAL: Dior was born on January 2, 1996 to Christopher Hall and Yolanda Johnson in Denver, Colo... She has one brother, Kharon Hall...Her sports hero is her mom, whose impressive hurdling abilities inspire her...She is also a big fan of Spiderman...She is majoring in Human Biology with a minor in Marketing... In her spare time, she likes to sleep, eat, hang out with family, shop and play sports...Someday would like to travel to Paris and Greece.
CAREER BESTS: 100m HH - 12.74 100m - 11.69 200m - 23.66
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