Colorado State Champs Retro: Anna Hall's Four Big Moments

May 20, 2020

There was no other way for Anna Hall to go out in 2019.

She had to make it a challenge.

And the Valor Christian (CO) High School legend did just that, finishing out her high school career in 2019 with quite the schedule, lining up in the 100mH, the 300mH, the 4x200 and 4x400.

But the end result? Four state championships and two newly minted-state records.

Hall gave great performances in all four events, anchoring both relays for new state records -- the 4x200 squad scored that honor in the prelims.

In the 300mH (above), Hall didn't overtake her career best 40.76 second performance from 2018, though she did perform impressively from the gun, forming a major gap by the third hurdle.

By the fifth, she was demolishing the field and looking to finish with gusto.

Eventually, Hall would cross the line in 41.70 seconds, nearly three full seconds ahead of the second-place competitor.

Class 5A Girls 300mH Results

5A GIRLS 300 METER HURDLES FINALS	
PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	WIND	H#
1	Anna Hall	12	Valor Christian High School	41.70		1
2	Kara Lucyk	11	Mountain Vista High School	44.41		1
3	Samantha Gordon	11	Fort Collins High School	45.18		1
4	Maddy Ortman	10	Valor Christian High School	45.32		1
5	Claira Gilchrist	12	Loveland High School	45.91		1
6	Nikki Gorman	10	Broomfield High School	46.16		1
7	Lily Acosta	11	Rampart High School	46.34		1
8	Destiny Butler	12	Fossil Ridge High School	47.07		1

Hall's other individual event, the 100mH, saw her score her best performance at the CHSAA Class 5A Championships with a wind-legal time of 14.18 seconds (+1.3).

5A GIRLS 100 METER HURDLES FINALS	
PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	WIND	H#
1	Anna Hall	12	Valor Christian High School	14.18	1.3	1
2	Jasmine Charles	12	Liberty High School	14.43	1.3	1
3	Zeaniah Wedgeworth	10	Overland High School	14.44	1.3	1
4	Destiny Grimes	12	Valor Christian High School	14.50	1.3	1
5	Maya Provencal	12	Ralston Valley High School	14.62	1.3	1
6	Kara Lucyk	11	Mountain Vista High School	14.62	1.3	1
7	Kameryn Brown	11	Grandview High School	14.90	1.3	1
8	Maddy Ortman	10	Valor Christian High School	15.31	1.3	1

Next up was the 4x200. In the prelims, the girls of Valor Christian put down a new Colorado Class 5A state record of 1:37.00, and once again went after that time in the finals.

Hall received the baton -- with a massive lead -- and had a chance to do that again, though ultimately came just short, finishing in 1:37.39.

5A GIRLS 4X200 METER RELAY FINALS	
PLACE	TEAM	RESULT	H#
1	Valor Christian High School	1:37.39	1
2	Smoky Hill High School	1:41.46	1
3	Mountain Vista High School	1:42.82	1
4	Chaparral High School	1:43.49	1
5	Fossil Ridge High School	1:43.56	1
6	Doherty High School	1:43.59	1
7	Pine Creek High School	1:43.63	1
8	Fountain-Fort Carson High School	1:44.95	1
9	Denver East High School	1:46.89	1

And if those three titles weren't impressive enough, Hall finished out the state championships with one more win, anchoring Valor Christian to a new state record of 3:41.89, which was a full 10 seconds (!!) ahead of second-place Grandview.

5A GIRLS 4X400 METER RELAY FINALS	
PLACE	TEAM	RESULT	H#
1	Valor Christian High School	3:41.89	1
2	Grandview High School	3:51.43	1
3	Fort Collins High School	3:55.47	1
4	Cherry Creek High School	3:57.45	1
5	Monarch High School	3:59.06	1
6	Smoky Hill High School	4:00.05	1
7	Castle View High School	4:03.45	1
8	Arapahoe High School	4:03.51	1
9	Chaparral High School	4:04.05	1

Retrospective: Hall finished her high school career with a few more accomplishments before heading off to the University of Georgia. The proceeding month saw Hall lower her 100mH PR down to 13.94 at Great Southwest, before she followed with a new national record in the hepathlon in July, raising her career best point total to 5,848 at the Pan-American U20 Championships in Cost Rica, winning the event. In her freshman year at Georgia, she was the SEC runner-up in the pentathlon (4,166 points).