Halle Hazzard

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Halle Hazzard
Personal information
Full nameHalle Michelle Hazzard
Nationality Grenadian
Born (1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 25)
Sport
CountryFlag of Grenada.svg  Grenada
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 100m, 200m
College team Virginia Cavaliers [1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m 11.29
200m 23.68
400m 56.75
55m (Indoor) 6.91
60m (Indoor) 7.24
200m (Indoor) 23.45
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada
CARIFTA Games(U20)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Willemstad 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Willemstad 100 m
OECS Track and Field Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 St.George's, Grenada 100m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 St.George's, Grenada 4x400m Relay
NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 San José 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 San José 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Queretaro, Mexico 100m

Halle Michelle Hazzard (born 4 February 1999) is a Grenadian sprinter and sister of Grenadian sprinter Payton Hazzard. She made her competitive debut for Grenada at the 2017 CARIFTA Games, where she earned a Silver medal and as well as a Bronze Medal in the 200m and 100m respectively. She then went to Grenada to compete in the 3rd OECS Track And Field Championships. [2] At this meet she was able to secure two Bronze medals. One in the Women 100 Meter Dash OECS with a time of 11.76 seconds and another as part of Grenada's 4 × 100 m relay team which included Chelsea Mitchell, Jonair Thomas and Amanda Crawford. On 14 February Halle broke the Grenadian 60m at the Tiger Paw Invite. She surpassed her UVA record-setting run of 7.31 from the week prior three times during the meet. She ran a time of 7.27 during the prelims before dropping the time in the semifinals with a 7.24 run. She closed the day with a time of 7.30 in the finals to finish fifth in the event. Her time ranks second in the ACC and 13th in the NCAA. Hazzard also captured a career-best time in the 200m dash. Her time of 23.79 ranks second in school history. [3] [4] She further lowered that time to 23.45 seconds in the prelims of the 2021 ACC Indoor Championships and moved to the #1 all time in the event for her school. [5] She was also named as a Qualifier for the 2021 Indoor Championships in the 60m [6]

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Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada
2017 Carifta Games (U20) Willemstad, Curacao 3rd100 m11.67 [7]
2nd200 m24.15 [7]
OECS Track and Field Championships Kirani James Athletic Stadium, Grenada 3rd100m11.76
3rd4 × 100 m Relay47.24
2019 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletic Queretaro, Mexico 3rd100 m11.20 W [8]
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 12th (sf)100 m11.70 [9]
17th (sf)200 m24.03 [10]
2021 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletic San José, Costa Rica 1st100 m11.42 [11]
2nd200 m24.07 [12]

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