2017-18 Track & Field Roster
Kate Hall
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Lake Region
- Hometown:
- Casco, Maine
2018, 2017 NCAA First Team Indoor All-American (Long Jump)
2018 NCAA Indoor Champion (Long Jump)
2018 NCAA First Team Indoor All-American (60 Meters)
2018 NCAA Second Team Outdoor All-American (Long Jump)
2018 SEC Indoor Champion (Long Jump)
2017 NCAA Outdoor Champion (Long Jump)
2017 NCAA First Team Outdoor All-American (Long Jump)
2016 NCAA Second Team Indoor All-American (Long Jump)
2018: Outdoor - Reached nationals in the long jump for the fourth-straight season by way of a fourth-place finish at the NCAA East Prelims (20’6.25”)...Earned second-team All-American honors with a jump of 20 feet, 1 ¾ inches at the NCAA Outdoor Championships...Claimed a third-place finish at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial with a season-best jump of 21 feet, 9 inches towards the No. 5 NCAA East Region qualifying mark...Ran a leg on the Georgia 4x100 meter relay team that improved to No. 2 in program history (43.90) with a fifth-place finish at the Mt. SAC Relays...Opened the season at the Spec Towns Invitational by helping the 4x100 meter relay team to a first-place finish, while placing fifth in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 5 ½ inches...Selected for three events at the SEC Outdoor Championships, including a sixth-place finish in the long jump (21’2”) as well as an 11th-place finish in the 100 meters (11.30); was set to run the 4x100 as well (DQ)...Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2018...Also earned SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - Became just the second NCAA indoor long jump titleist in Georgia history, leaping to a school indoor record of 22 feet, 1 inch to lead the Bulldogs’ historic 1-2-3 sweep of the event and earn First Team All-American honors...With the title, she earned her sixth straight event win in the long jump dating back to last year’s NCAA Outdoor Championships...Also dashed to a new school record in the 60 meters, clocking 7.17 for third in the prelims, later finished sixth in the finals to become the program’s second-ever All-American in the event...One of two women in program history to reach the finals of a track event and a field event at NCAA Indoors...Earned the No. 1 NCAA qualifying mark in the long jump (21-9.50) and the No. 7 qualifying mark in the 60m (7.22)...Matched her previous season-best mark of 21-9.50 in the long jump to claim her first SEC title and earn All-SEC First Team honors...Also fired off a previous school record in the 60m (7.22) in the prelims at SEC Indoors...Dominated the regular season, accruing event wins in all five competitions she competed in (three long jump, two 60m)...Honored alongside Lynna Irby and Keturah Orji as one of 10 members for the pre-NCAAs watch list for the 2018 Bowerman Award, her first appearance on the watch list...Exploded in her opener at the Orange & Purple Invite, soaring to a previous personal best (21-9.50) that proved to be the best qualifying mark nationally; also won the 60m (7.32)...Matched her previous personal record in the 60m with a winning time of 7.28 at the Clemson Invite...Took home wins in the long jump at the Tiger Paw Invite and Razorback Invite as well.
2017: Outdoor – Won the Virginia Challenge after recording a time of 11.36 in the 100-meter dash…Opened her competition in the long jump and finished second at the Spec Towns Invite with a mark of 21 feet, 6 inches…Was fourth at the SEC Championships with a long jump mark of 21-10.75…Shot to No. 4 on the school’s all-time top-10 list in the 100m after running an 11.30 to take ninth in the prelims at the SEC meet…Took ninth in the SEC final with an 11.34…Set a school record at the NCAA East Prelims to win the long jump at 21-11…Soared a school record distance of 22-1 at the NCAA Championships to capture the long jump title.
Indoor – Started her UGA indoor career by taking second in the long jump with a mark of 21 feet, 3 ¼ inches…Won the Music City Challenge thanks to a mark of 21-2.75…Finished fourth at the SEC Championships after her top mark in the long jump measured 21 feet…Opened the SEC meet with a 60-meter dash prelims time of 7.28, which ranks second in school history, and then scored with an eighth-place finish (7.35)…Earned First Team All-America honors in the long jump with a fourth-place finish (21-3.25) at the NCAA Championships.
2016: Outdoor - Finished eighth in the qualifying round of the long jump at the U.S. Olympic Trials after her third try measured 21 feet, 7 ½ inches, then was 10th in the finals with a mark of 20-9.75 to end her redshirt season.
Iowa State (2016 indoor): Finished 12th in the long jump for Second Team All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a mark of 20 feet, 1 inch...Was second at the Big 12 Championships thanks to an effort of 21-1.50...Shot to No. 2 on the Cyclones’ all-time top-10 list with a 7.30 in the 60-meter dash at the Big 4 Duals and was fourth at the conference meet in the event... Personal-best marks of 6.94 (55m), 7.30 (60m), 11.37 (100m), 23.69 (200m) and 22-5 (long jump)...Advanced to the finals of the 2016 Olympic Trials and finished 10th with a mark of 20-9.75 after reaching 21-7.50 in the qualifying round.
High School: Earned eight All-America certificates...Finished first twice on the national level in the long jump...Set the national high school and American Junior long jump records...Captured 26 state championships in a variety of events...Won six New England individual titles...Named Maine Gatorade Player of the Year three times...Speaker at the U.S. Senate special committee in Washington, D.C., on “Type 1 Diabetes Research, Improving Lives on the Path to a Cure.”
Personal: Born January 12, 1997...Daughter of Eric and Jennifer Hall...Majoring in Exercise and Sport Science.
