Kate Hall-Harnden ( Hall, born January 12, 1997) is an American

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athlete specializing in the

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and Sprint. Hall coached Track and Field at

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between 2018 - 2022.

Career

Hall is a Type 1 diabetic, having been diagnosed with the condition age 10. Kate Hall erased the oldest girls' high school record in track and field when the 2015 high school senior from Maine leaped 22 feet, 5 inches outdoors at

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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. 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 and in the final placed 10th with a best of . In January 2021, Hall-Harnden announced recovering from ACL injury.

NCAA

Kate Hall placed 16th in

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in Long Jump with a jump of . Kate Hall won long jump in

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in Long Jump with a jump of ahead of Georgia Lady Bulldogs teammates (triple jump champion) Keturah Orji and Tara Davis whom placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. 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

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in Long Jump with a jump of ahead of Georgia Lady Bulldogs teammate and triple jump champion Keturah Orji. 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).

Prep

Hall is a 2015 graduate of Lake Region High School in

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, Maine. She had a high school personal best long jump of 22 feet 5 inches. Kate Hall's national record leap of in the girls long jump won her a title at the 2015 New Balance Nationals Outdoor on Sunday in

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, 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. Hall defended her New England Meet of Champions Long jump crown and set a

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state record with a 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 ''

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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. 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. 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.

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