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Sara Hall has 10 national titles to her name and was the top American finisher at the World Athletics Championships this summer, taking fifth place. She is also the former half marathon national record holder, the runner-up from the 2020 London Marathon, and a two-time winner of the Mastercard New York Mini 10K.

In January at the Houston Half Marathon, she ran an American record-breaking 1:07.15 and is now the second-fastest American woman at the distance after her record was broken by Emily Sisson in May. She was the runner-up (2:22:01) at the 2020 London Marathon and that same year clocked what was then the second-fastest marathon ever by an American woman (2:20:32) at The Marathon Project in Chandler, Ariz.

Hall has won the Mastercard New York Mini 10K twice, and with the 2019 edition of the event also serving as the USATF 10K Championships, she won her first national title in the distance. In winning that race, she became the only athlete in history to win the Mastercard New York Mini 10K, New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, and the Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K. She returned to New York to defend her title in 2021.

Hall made her marathon debut at the 2015 Los Angeles Marathon and over the next three years went on to cut nearly 22 minutes off her time. She won her first marathon and national title in the distance at the 2017 California International Marathon and notched another victory at the 2018 Ottawa Marathon.

A native of Santa Rosa, Calif., Hall attended Stanford University where she was a seven-time All-American. While at Stanford, she met her current husband and coach, Ryan Hall, who also ran for the Cardinal and went on to set the American record in the men’s half marathon. The two got married in 2005 and four years later formed the Hall Steps Foundation to help fight world poverty through better health. In 2015, they adopted four sisters from Ethiopia who share their parents’ running passion.