2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Elijah Hall
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 6-null
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt
- Hometown:
- Katy, Texas
- High School:
- Morton Ranch HS
• NCAA Record Holder – 4x100-meter Relay (38.17)
• School Record Holder - Indoor 200m
• School Record Holder - Indoor 4x400m-Relay
• School Record Holder – 4x100-meter Relay (38.17)
• No. 2 In Houston History - Indoor 60m
• 2018 NCAA Champion – 4x100-meter Relay
• 2018 NCAA Silver Medalist – 200-meter Dash
• 2018 NCAA First Team All-American – 100m, 4x100m Relay
• 2017 USATF Bronze Medalist - 200m
• 2017 IAAF World Championship Qualifier - 200m
• 2017 NCAA West Regional Qualifier - 100m, 200m
• 2017 American Athletic Conference Most Outstanding Track Athlete
• 2017 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Champion - 100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay
• 2017 First Team All-American Athletic Conference - 100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay
• 2017 Penn Relay Champion - 100m, 4x200m Relay
• American Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week - Feb 13, 2018
• American Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week - Feb. 6, 2018
• American Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week - Jan. 23, 2018
• American Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week - Jan. 16, 2018
• American Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week - May 2, 2017
• American Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week - Jan. 24, 2017
| Personal Bests | ||||
| Indoor | Date | |||
| 60m | 6.52 | 3.10.18 | ||
| 200m | 20.02* | 3.10.18 | ||
| Outdoor | Date | |||
| 100m | 10.10 | 6.8.18 | ||
| 200m | 20.11 | 3.31.18 | ||
2017-18 (Senior)
Indoor: Turned in one of the most successful indoor seasons in program history during his senior indoor slate...Broke his own school record in the 200-meter dash when he ran 20.51 to win the Charlie Thomas Invitational...Was Tyson Invitational champion in the 60- and 200-meter dashes as well as the 4x400-meter relay, where he ran the 60 in the second fastest time in school history at 6.58, while the 4x4 squad broke the school record...Won five individual titles in the regular season.
Outdoor: Ran the second leg of Houston’s 4x100-meter relay team that claimed its second-consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championship and set a NCAA, championship meet and school record in 38.17…Claimed an NCAA Silver Medal in the 100-meter dash, where he ran a personal-best 10.10 in the prelims before returning to run 10.17 in the final…Alongside teammate Cameron Burrell, became just the second duo from the same team in NCAA history to finish 1-and-2 in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA Championships…Finished seventh in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA Outdoor Championships…Turned in an incredible weekend at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, running an outdoor personal best of 20.11 to win the 200-meter dash, before helping the Cougars claim the 4x100- and 4x200-meter relay titles in 38.92 and 1:21.20, respectively…Houston won all four of its 4x100-meter relay competitions that Hall competed in in 2018.
2016-17 (Junior)
Indoor: Broke the school record in the 200-meter dash during his first race in Cougar red after running 20.71 at the Mark Colligan Memorial Invitational on Jan. 21...Named American Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week on Jan. 24 after his record breaking performance in the 200-meter dash and a runner-up finish in the 60 at the Nebraska meet...Posted a personal best of 6.65 in the 60-meter dash before his indoor season was cut short due to injury.
Outdoor: Qualified for the IAAF World Championships after a bronze finish at the USATF Outdoor Championships when he ran the 200-meter dash in a wind-aided 20.21...Earned American Athletic Conference Most Outstanding Track Athlete after helping the Cougars score 40 points at the American Championships with individual wins in each of the 100- and 200-meter dashes and as a member of each of the championship 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay teams...Earned Houston's second consecutive individual Penn Wheel after winning the 100-meter dash Penn Championship in a time of 10.00(+2.7) and also helped the Cougars capture their first Sprint Relay title at the Championships since 1989 when the squad won the 4x200-meter relay...Named American Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week on May 2 for his performance at the Penn Relays.
