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At the Great Southwest Classic in 2018, Hall’s club coach was with her in Albuquerque as the 17-year-old Valor Christian senior-to-be shattered the high school national record in the heptathlon.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
Only Anna Hall, who finished fifth in the 2024 Paris Olympics, has a better high school girls heptathlon score.
—Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
So much so that during the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Hall decided to contest the heptathlon and 400-meter hurdles.
—Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Jessica Ennis-Hill, 2012 Olympics Ennis-Hill’s celebration after winning the 800m event to secure a gold medal in the Olympic heptathlon was pure emotion.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2024
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
Only Anna Hall, who finished fifth in the 2024 Paris Olympics, has a better high school girls heptathlon score.
—Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
So much so that during the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Hall decided to contest the heptathlon and 400-meter hurdles.
—Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Jessica Ennis-Hill, 2012 Olympics Ennis-Hill’s celebration after winning the 800m event to secure a gold medal in the Olympic heptathlon was pure emotion.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heptathlon
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The key for the Hornets was the pentathlon, as Sophia Gallivan finished second, Lindsey Crook finished fourth and Shea Tassinary finished eighth.—
Patrick Plunkett,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2026
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Freshman Liisa-Maria Lusti became the second Oregon woman to win the pentathlon — first since Brianne Theisen-Eaton in 2012 — with a season-best 4,498 points.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Former Northwest Nazarene athlete Steven Schmidt finished 13th in the men’s decathlon for Oklahoma State, scoring 7,479 points.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
15 June 2026
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In the only men's event of the day, BYU’s Ben Barton won the decathlon crown with 8,169 points — just nine more than Louisville’s Kenneth Byrd.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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To shopping editors, Amazon’s Prime Day events are the bi-annual triathlon of capitalism.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2026
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His grandfather, Robert Holt, said the family was deeply grateful for the outpouring of support and described Weston as a strong young man who had just finished an Ironman triathlon.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Toyota supported Andrea Eskau, the German Paralympic skier who won gold in the 6km biathlon and silver in the 5km cross-country at the 2014 Sochi Games, at age 42.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Zaino will also compete in the biathlon (skiing and shooting).—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2026
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Well, this won't be the highest-scoring game of the tournament so far — Germany scored seven times in its first win — but Canada will still match the Germans for the largest winning margin after taking a 6-0 lead with only four minutes left in stoppage time.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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Christian Pulisic’s injury status has loomed large over this team despite their strong start on home soil for the tournament.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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“Heptathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heptathlon. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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