Candace Hill
100m, 200m
Semi-Finals, 100m: Sunday, July 3, 4:02 p.m. PT
Final, 100m: Sunday, July 3, 5:44 p.m. PT
First Round, 200m: Friday, July 8, 3:30 p.m. PT
Semi-Finals, 200m: Saturday, July 9, 5:42 p.m. PT
Final, 200m: Sunday, July 10, 5:11 p.m. PT
The youngest professional track & field athlete in U.S. history ranks in the top 11 on the USATF entry lists in both the 100m and 200m. Her 10.98 100m, which broke the national high school record last year, ranks No. 8 on the descending order list, and her wind-legal personal best of 22.43 ranks No. 11. She also clocked a slightly wind-aided 22.38 this year, which ranks No. 7 amongst all-conditions marks in the nation. The seventeen-year-old Hill, who represents ASICS, became the second woman ever to sweep the IAAF World Youth Championships in the 100m and 200m last summer. Is she ready to move up to the big leagues? Track Town 16 will be her first major senior-level championship.
We spoke to Candace after she won the 100m at USATF Junior Nationals last weekend: