Global InformationCandace Hill information
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| Born | February 11, 1999 Conyers, Georgia, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | ASICS[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2015[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dennis Shaver[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Candace Kathryn Hill (born February 11, 1999) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She graduated from Rockdale County High School. She became the world's first high school woman to break the 11-second barrier clocking 10.98 in the 100 meters sprint at the 2015 Brooks PR Invitational on 21 June 2015 in Shoreline, Washington, United States.[2][3] Her mark, quickly ratified, is the world youth best, the terminology for world record among athletes before the year of their 18th birthday. Since the mark was set outside of the sanctioned NFHS season, the mark is not eligible for the NFHS High School Record. Out of season marks like this are recognized by Track and Field News which has not yet published it as the National High School Record. Candace Hill is the first US high school female to run under 11.10 for 100 meters.[4]
Four days later she was named the Gatorade National Girls' Track and Field Athlete of the Year. She is only the second sophomore to receive the award, after Marion Jones.[5] She was also Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year" in 2015.[6] On 1 July 2015, she won the Youth qualifying championship in Lisle, Illinois by a quarter of a second,[7] which entitled her to run at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Cali, Colombia, where she took the world title at 100 meters and set the championship meet record at 11.08 (+0.0 m/s).[8] A couple of days later, she completed the sprint double by also winning the 200 meters with a personal best time of 22.43 (-0.7 m/s).
On December 17, 2015, Candace Hill turned professional with ASICS ten-year contract, skipping college athletics.[9][10]
In 2016, Candace missed 4 months of training and won 2016 USA Junior Championships prelim in 200 meters in 22.76, won prelim and finals in 100 meters in 11.24.[11][12] A week later, Candace Hill placed 14th in 23.05 in 200 meters at 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) (22.93 in prelim). US sprint sensation Candace Hill's championship record of 11.07 (0.9 m/s) to take the women's 100m IAAF World U20 Championships title at 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships and ran anchor leg of 4×100 meters on a team who won gold in 43.69.[13][14][15]
- ^ a b c Chavez, Christopher (17 December 2015). "Fastest U.S. high school sprinter Candace Hill turns professional". si.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Jon Mulkeen (20 June 2015). "Hill breaks world youth 100m best and American junior record with 10.98". IAAF. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ JOHN WALTERS' Newsweek article on Candace Hill's 2015 season Newsweek. June 25, 2016.
- ^ "IAAF Inside Athletics - Season 4 - Episode 09 - Candace Hill". IAAF Ato Boldon interview before 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships. August 30, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ http://usatodayhss.com/2015/candace-hill-wins-gatorade-national-girls-track-and-field-athlete-of-the-year USA Today. December 2015.
- ^ 2015 High School athlete of the year Archived 2015-11-26 at the Wayback Machine Track and Field News. December 2015.
- ^ "AdkinsTrak".
- ^ "100 Metres Result - 9th IAAF World Youth Championships 2015 | iaaf.org". Archived from the original on 2015-07-19.
- ^ "16-Year-Old Sprints Right Into Professional Track". The New York Times. December 17, 2015.
- ^ "Fastest U.S. high school sprinter Candace Hill turns professional". Sports Illustrated. December 17, 2015.
- ^ Larry Eder interviews Candace Hill RunBlogRun. December 19, 2016.
- ^ 2016 USA Junior Championships Results - 6/24/2016 to 6/26/2016 Veteran's Memorial Stadium - Clovis, California USATF. June 26, 2016.
- ^ HILL A CHAMPION ONCE AGAIN AS US DOMINATE DAY THREE IN BYDGOSZCZ IAAF July 21, 2016.
- ^ IAAF World U20 Championships Women's 4 x 100 meters Results IAAF. July 23, 2016.
- ^ Recap of IAAF World U20 Championships Women's 4 x 100 meters IAAF. July 23, 2016.