Track and Field Athlete Candace Hill
CANDACE HILL is an 18-year-old track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is the fastest teenager in the world. She became the world's first high school woman to break the 11-second barrier (10.98 to be exact) in the 100 meters sprint at the 2015 Brooks PR Invitational on June 21, 2015 in Shoreline, Washington, United States. At the tender age of sixteen, she became the youngest track athlete in the United States to turn professional. Four days later, on June 25, 2015, 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. She was also Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year" in 2015. On July 1, 2015, she won the Youth qualifying championship in Lisle, Illinois by a quarter of a second, 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). 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. And she did all this while maintaining a GPA of 4.69. She is ranked in the top ten percentile in the county and received the Superintendent’s Academic Award in honor of the top ten academic scholars. Candace has been accepted into The National Society of High School Scholars. OUTSTANDING!
In 2016, Candace missed four 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. 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 4x100 meters on a team who won gold in 43.69.
During Candace’s high school career, before turning pro, she only lost one race. She has won over 96 consecutive races through 2015. She is a three time National Athlete of the Year, holds 2 Youth World Records, 4 GHSA State Champions, and a 2x IAAF World Youth Champion.
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