Kate Hall (athlete)
{{short description|American track and field athlete}}
{{use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Kate Hall-Harnden
| image = Kate Hall at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Adidas Boost Boston Games (2019)
| birth_name = Kate Hall
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|01|12|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Casco, Maine, U.S.
| education = Lake Region High School (2015)
University of Georgia
| height = {{cvt|1.63|m|order=flip}}
| weight = {{cvt|55|kg|order=flip}}
| sport = Athletics
| collegeteam = Georgia Bulldogs
| club =
| coach = Petros Kyprianou 2017-2019 Chris Pribish 2019-present
| medaltemplates =
}}
Kate Hall-Harnden ({{nee}} Hall, born January 12, 1997) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the long jump and Sprint. Hall coached Track and Field at Saint Joseph's College of Maine between 2018 - 2022.[https://www.gomonks.com/sports/wtrack/archive Women's Track & Field Archive] Saint Joseph's Monks
Career
Hall is a Type 1 diabetic, having been diagnosed with the condition age 10.{{cite web |url=https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/now/olympic-hopeful-kate-hall-gets-personal-about-her-diabetes/97-566757430 |title=Olympic hopeful Kate Hall gets personal about her diabetes |publisher=WCSH |date=June 22, 2018 |access-date=July 10, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://usatodayhss.com/2015/diabetes-doesnt-slow-maine-track-star-kate-hall-from-becoming-record-setter-2 |title=Diabetes doesn't slow Maine track star Kate Hall from becoming record setter |publisher=USA Today Sports Weekly |date=April 29, 2015 |access-date=July 10, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://bangordailynews.com/2015/07/16/health/maine-star-athlete-tells-senate-committee-her-struggles-with-diabetes/ |title=Maine star athlete tells Senate committee her struggles with diabetes |publisher=Bangor Daily News |date=July 16, 2015 |access-date=July 10, 2018}}
Kate Hall erased the oldest girls' high school record in track and field{{Broken anchor|date=2025-01-03|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=List of United States high school national records in track and field#Girls outdoor field|reason= The anchor (Girls outdoor field) has been deleted.}} when the 2015 high school senior from Maine leaped 22 feet, 5 inches outdoors at New Balance Outdoor Nationals in June 2015. Hall's record-breaking long jump has surpassed the minimum standard for the 2016 Rio Olympics set by the international track federation (IAAF). It also made her the No. 6-ranked American female long jumper in 2015, No. 16 in the world in 2016 and No. 6-ranked American female long jumper - No. 18 in the world in 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/athletes-life/article/14091752/long-jumper-kate-hall-national-record-olympic-dream-diabetes-holding-back |title=Long Jumper Kate Hall Has A National Record And An Olympic Dream -- And Diabetes Isn't Holding Her Back |publisher=ESPN Inc. |date=November 9, 2015 |access-date=July 10, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/jumps/long-jump/outdoor/women/senior/2017?regionType=world&windReading=regular&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true |title=World performance SENIOR OUTDOOR 2017 LONG JUMP WOMEN |publisher=IAAF |date=December 31, 2017 |access-date=July 10, 2018}}
Hall competed in the final of the long jump where she qualified for the final at 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) jumped {{T&Fcalc|6.59}} and in the final placed 10th with a best of {{T&Fcalc|6.34}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials---Track---Field/Results.aspx |title=2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Results - Track & Field - 6/30/2016 to 7/10/2016 Eugene, Oregon |publisher=usatf.com |date=July 10, 2016 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a28450989/kate-hall-sprinter-type-1-diabetes/ |title=Can an Athlete With Type 1 Diabetes Make the Olympic Track Team? Kate Hall, a jumper and sprinter, wants to be the first American to do so. She'll get there her way. |date=July 25, 2019 |publisher=Runner's World |access-date=July 27, 2019}}
In January 2021, Hall-Harnden announced recovering from ACL injury.[https://www.instagram.com/p/CKmq03DhMf5/?igshid=j3aew3vqshjo Kate Hall-Harnden announcement][https://www.pressherald.com/2021/01/28/kate-hall-harndens-quest-for-2021-olympics-ends-with-injury/ Kate Hall-Harnden’s quest for 2021 Olympics ends with injury] pressherald.com
NCAA
Kate Hall placed 16th in Eugene, Oregon / University of Oregon at 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Long Jump with a jump of {{T&Fcalc|6.14}}.
Kate Hall won long jump in College Station, Texas / Texas A&M University at 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in Long Jump with a jump of {{T&Fcalc|6.73}} ahead of Georgia Lady Bulldogs teammates (triple jump champion) Keturah Orji and Tara Davis whom placed 2nd and 3rd respectively.{{cite web |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2018/03/11/kate-hall-of-casco-on-ncaa-indoor-meet-it-couldnt-have-been-better/ |title=Kate Hall of Casco on NCAA indoor meet: 'It couldn't have been better' |publisher=Portland Press Herald |date=March 11, 2018 |access-date=March 11, 2018}} Hall also placed 6th in the 60 meters (7.24 s) after running a lifetime best 7.17 seconds (p).
Kate Hall won long jump in Eugene, Oregon / University of Oregon at 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Long Jump with a jump of {{T&Fcalc|6.71}} ahead of Georgia Lady Bulldogs teammate and triple jump champion Keturah Orji.{{cite web |url=http://georgiadogs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=556 |title=University of Georgia 2018 profile for Kate Hall |publisher=Georgia Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs |date=January 20, 2018 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}
Hall, who broke the national girls high school record in the long jump less than a year ago, in her first event as a Cyclone at the Big 4 Duals on January 23, 2016, ran the second fastest 60-meter dash time in ISU history (7.40 seconds).{{cite web |url=http://www.iowastatedaily.com/sports/article_65171446-0645-11e6-bf53-17acc271bb16.html |title=Freshman long jumper Kate Hall to transfer from Iowa State |publisher=iowastatedaily.com |date=April 19, 2016 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.iowastatedaily.com/sports/article_f8f78e08-e885-11e5-bf96-d338e61b7c94.html |title=Two jumpers grab honors on first day of NCAA Indoors |publisher=iowastatedaily.com |date=March 12, 2016 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.iowastatedaily.com/sports/article_132c278a-dde5-11e5-9416-5bb129d04cfd.html |title=Christina Hillman wins Big 12 title in shot put |publisher=iowastatedaily.com |date=February 16, 2016 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/5585158/Iowa_State/Kate_Hall.html |title=TFRRS KATE HALL IOWA STATE Track and Field Results |publisher=TFRRS |date=July 10, 2016 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6121327/Georgia/Kate_Hall.html |title=TFRRS KATE HALL GEORGIA Track and Field Results |publisher=TFRRS |date=July 10, 2016 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}
Prep
Hall is a 2015 graduate of Lake Region High School in Naples, Maine.{{cite web |url=http://me.milesplit.com/athletes/2409779-kate-hall/articles |title=Lake Region High School (Maine) graduate Kate Hall articles |publisher=me.milesplit.com |date=January 20, 2018 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}
She had a high school personal best long jump of 22 feet 5 inches.{{cite web |url=http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Athlete.aspx?AID=2805376#/L0 |title=Lake Region High School (Maine) graduate Kate Hall results |publisher=athletic.net |date=June 24, 2015 |access-date=January 20, 2018}} Kate Hall's national record{{Broken anchor|date=2025-01-03|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=List of United States high school national records in track and field#Girls outdoor|reason= The anchor (Girls outdoor) has been deleted.}} leap of {{T&Fcalc|6.835}} in the girls long jump won her a title at the 2015 New Balance Nationals Outdoor on Sunday in Greensboro, North Carolina, and broke a 39-year-old national high school record. Hall placed third in 100 meters at the 2015 New Balance Nationals Outdoor.{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Deirdre |title=Kate Hall jumps into U.S. record book – twice |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2015/06/21/kate-hall-sets-national-long-jump-record/ |website=Press Herald |access-date=20 February 2018 |date=21 June 2015}}
Hall defended her New England Meet of Champions Long jump crown and set a Maine state record with a {{T&Fcalc|6.38}} at the 70th New England Interscholastic Outdoor Track and Field Championship in May 2015.
She was named Maine Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year by USA Today High School Sports in June 2015. The Gatorade State Girls Track & Field Athletes of the Year were selected based on athletic production and impact in the 2014–15 season.{{cite web |url=http://usatodayhss.com/2015/gatorade-maine-girls-track-field-aoy-kate-hall |title=Maine Girls Track & Field AOY: Kate Hall |publisher=USA Today High School |date=June 17, 2015 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}
The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, on June 19, 2014, announced selected her as its 2013–14 Gatorade Maine Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year. She is the first Gatorade Maine Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year to be chosen from Lake Region High School.{{cite web |url=http://me.milesplit.com/articles/130695-hall-named-gatorade-maine-girls-track-field-athlete-of-the-year |title=Lake Region High School Standout Named Gatorade Maine Track & Field Athlete of the Year |publisher=me.milesplit.com courtesy of USA Today High School |date=June 19, 2014 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}
Hall won 2015 Maine State Track and Field Championship Class B State titles in long jump (20' 4.75), 200 meters (24.82), 100 meters (11.69), and placed 4th in 4x100 meters relay with Danica Chadwick, Hannah Chadwick, Sarah Hancock, Kate Hall.
References
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External links
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- {{USATF}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120182214/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/573767 |title=Kate Hall all-athletics profile |date=mdy}}
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{{USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in women's long jump}}
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Category:American female long jumpers
Category:American female sprinters
Category:Track and field athletes from Maine
Category:Georgia Bulldogs women's track and field athletes
Category:People from Casco, Maine
Category:American track and field coaches
Category:People with type 1 diabetes
Category:USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners