Trey Hardee

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Trey Hardee

| image = Trey Hardee, 2012 Olympic Decathlon Silver Medalist.jpg

| caption = Trey Hardee at DTW 8/12/12

| nationality = American

| sport = Track and Field

| event = Decathlon, Heptathlon

| collegeteam = Mississippi State, University of Texas

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|02|07}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama

| residence = Austin, Texas

| height = {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m|2|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|210|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

| country = {{flagicon|USA}} United States

| pb =

Decathlon: 8790, (Berlin, Germany 2009)
Indoor Heptathlon: 6184, (Doha, Qatar 2010)

2006 NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year

2005 NCAA Outdoor champion - Decathlon

2009 Jim Thorpe All-Around Award

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry |the {{USA}} }}

}}

James Edward "Trey" Hardee III (born February 7, 1984, in Birmingham, Alabama) is a retired American track and field athlete who specialized in the combined events. He is a former NCAA Champion, a two-time World Outdoor Champion, a member of the United States 2008 Olympic team, and the silver medalist in the decathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. He was Inducted into the Texas Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2018.

High school and college career

Hardee did not start out as a decathlete. He preferred basketball, and only joined the track and field team as a junior after failing to make the basketball varsity squad at Vestavia Hills High School. He was recruited to Mississippi State University as a pole vaulter. Hardee started college at Mississippi State in 2002. It was at the university that coaches, noting his combination of size and speed, pushed him toward the decathlon and the indoor heptathlon. He finished second in the decathlon at the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Mississippi State dropped its indoor track and field program after the 2004 season, so Hardee transferred to the University of Texas. In his first season at Texas, he was third in the heptathlon at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships and won the decathlon at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In 2006, he set the NCAA decathlon record with a then personal best 8,465 points and was named the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year.

Professional career

File:20090819 WK2009 Trey Hardee.jpg

Hardee was the runner-up in the decathlon at the 2008 US Olympic Trials and made his first Olympic team. At the Olympics, he was in 4th place through seven events when his no-height score in the pole vault cost him a chance to medal. His performances during the 2008 outdoor season garnered interest from the New York Jets of the National Football League, who offered him a tryout. However, he expressed no interest in pursuing the opportunity.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Athlete-Bios/Trey-Hardee.aspx |title=USA Track & Field - Trey Hardee |publisher=Legacy.usatf.org |date= |accessdate=2022-09-07}}

At the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Hardee won gold in the decathlon with a points total of 8790, which is his personal record.{{cite news |title=Softee wins decathlon gold medal at worlds |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gPJ9iLYgIY4nY4tqtXmL3WlSoBnQD9A6S8VO4 |agency=Associated Press |author=Nesha Starcevic |date=August 21, 2009 |access-date=2009-08-21}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news |title=American Softee wins world decathlon title |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jzCvmWTb_XG3v4bxvN5uyalwa5PQ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124172531/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jzCvmWTb_XG3v4bxvN5uyalwa5PQ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2013 |publisher=American Free Press |date=August 20, 2009 |access-date=2009-08-31}} He was awarded the Jim Thorpe All-Around Award by the United States Sports Academy for his achievements that year.[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=54924.html Hardee receives Thorpe Award from US Sports Academy]. IAAF (2009-11-18). Retrieved on 2009-11-19. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122185357/http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=54924.html |date=November 22, 2009 }} In the same year, he won the USA Outdoor championship with a score of 8,261. At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he won a silver medal in the heptathlon by finishing behind Bryan Clay. Hardee finished with a points total of 6184, which was 20 points behind Clay.[http://www.universalsports.com/blogs/blog=alanabrahamsonsblog/postid=458854.html Clay, Softee lay framework for London sweep] . Universal Sports (2010-03-13). Retrieved on 2010-03-13. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519074914/http://www.universalsports.com/blogs/blog=alanabrahamsonsblog/postid=458854.html |date=May 19, 2010 }} At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, Hardee defeated his compatriot Ashton Eaton and retained the world decathlon title with a final points tally of 8607.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/8728864/World-Athletics-Championships-2011-American-Trey-Hardee-retains-decathlon-title-as-Ashton-Eaton-fades.html |title=World Athletics Championships 2011: American Trey Softee retains decathlon title as Ashton Eaton fades |date=August 28, 2011 |last=Hart |first=Simon |access-date=August 29, 2011 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}

In 2012, Hardee again finished second in the Olympic Trials and made a second Olympic Team. On August 9, 2012, he won the silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics behind Eaton. Hardee attempted to make a third Olympic team in 2016, but was unsuccessful due to injury. He did attend the Olympics as a television analyst for NBC Sports.

Personal bests (outdoor)

Event ! Performance ! Location ! Date
class="wikitable" \|]
100 metres	align=right \| 10.39s	align=right \| Götzis	May 29, 2010
200 metres	align=right \| 21.09s	align=right \| Waco	May 13, 2006
400 metres	align=right \| 47.51s	align=right \| Sacramento	June 7, 2006
1500 metres	align=right \| 4:40.94	align=right \| London	August 9, 2012
110 metres hurdles	align=right \| 13.54s	align=right \| London	August 9, 2012
High jump	align=right \| 2.05m	align=right \| Beijing	August 21, 2008
Pole vault	align=right \| 5.35m	align=right \| Eugene	June 26, 2015
Long jump	align=right \| 7.88m	align=right \| Götzis	May 28, 2011
Shot put	align=right \| 15.72m	align=right \| Eugene	June 22, 2012
Discus throw	align=right \| 52.68m	align=right \| Austin	April 3, 2008
Javelin throw	align=right \| 68.99m	align=right \| Daegu	August 28, 2011

Last updated April 6, 2016.

= PB Decathlon and potential PB =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
	style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\| PB	rowspan = 13 \|	style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\| Potential PB
align = left \| Event	Performance	Points	PB	Points
align = left \|100 m \|10.45 \|987 \|10.28 \|1028
align = left \|Long Jump \|7.83 \|1017 \|7.88 \|1030
align = left \|Shot Put \|15.33 \|810 \|15.96 \|849
align = left \|High Jump \|1.99 \|794 \|2.06 \|859
align = left \|400 m \|48.13 \|903 \|47.51 \|933
align = left \|110m Hurdles \|13.54 \|1035 \|13.54 \|1035
align = left \|Discus Throw \|48.08 \|830 \|52.71 \|927
align = left \|Pole Vault \|5.20 \|972 \|5.35 \|1020
align = left \|Javelin Throw \|68.00 \|859 \|68.99 \|874
align = left \|1500 m \|4:48.91 \|625 \|4:40.25 \|679
align = left \|Points total ! !8832 ! !9234

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| PB

rowspan = 13 |

style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Potential PB

align = left | Event

Performance

Points

align = left |100 m

|10.45

|987

|10.28

|1028