Dior Hall


Dior Hall is an American hurdler who specializes in the 100 metre hurdles.
A native of Denver, Colorado, as a high schooler, Hall attended Denver [School of Science and Technology], but ran at George [Washington High School (Denver, Colorado)|George Washington High School] because DSST does not field a track team. She established an indoor 60 metre World Youth Best at the CSM Twilight Collegiate Open in Golden, Colorado.
Hall competed in the 2012 [World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles|100 metres hurdles] at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. In the final, she was reportedly leading when she hit a hurdle and fell over the final hurdle, suffering a disqualification.
Hall was the silver medalist at 2013 [World Youth Championships in Athletics].
Hall is one of the American medal hopes for the 2014 [World Junior Championships in Athletics]. On 27 July, Hall earned the silver medal at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships. Hall's time of 12.92 seconds in the 100 meters hurdles broke the 35-year-old US High School record of 12.95 held by Candy Young of Pennsylvania. Hall's finish behind University of Georgia freshmen, Kendell Williams, completed a one-two sweep of the medals for the US.

University of Southern California

Hall became a freshman at the University of Southern California for the 2014–15 season. As the only freshman to make the finals at the NCAA Women's [Outdoor Track and Field Championship|NCAA Championships], she set a new World Junior Record of 12.74 while taking third place. Later in the season she became the 2015 U.S. Junior Champion.