heptathlon

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Recent Examples of heptathlon 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. 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 Hall walked away with another NCAA title in the heptathlon and a silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles. Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025 That didn’t keep away U.S. heptathlon champion Anna Hall, who stepped into the 400-meter hurdles at the latest slam. Jesse Kirsch, NBC news, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for heptathlon
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Noun
  • Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The Barbara Hood Memorial Student Scholar Athlete Award winner also took home first at the Div. 3 championship in the 100-meter hurdles (14.68), the 55-meter hurdles (8.35) and the pentathlon (3,258).
    Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • The 29-year-old went to Baylor and competed for the school’s track and field team and earned All-Big 12 honors with a fifth-place finish in the decathlon in 2016.
    José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Today’s birthdays: Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bill Toomey is 87.
    Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Especially the citizens taking part in a triathlon that the mayor has refused to cancel.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Venice Beach will be home to the triathlon competition, as well as the official starting locations for the marathon and cycling road courses, per a press release.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The 2026 Olympics in Milan Cortina begin this week and will showcase the world’s best winter sports talent across 16 different disciplines, from Alpine skiing and biathlon to luge, figure skating, snowboarding, and the Olympic debut of ski mountaineering.
    Denny Alfonso, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Margie Freed's first biathlon race was three short years ago.
    Ren Clayton, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Although the College Football Playoff will remain a 12-team field in 2026, the tournament's committee has unveiled postseason dates and bowl sites for the next two seasons.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • In the Mission League, Sierra Canyon, Notre Dame, Crespi and Loyola earned automatic playoff berths for advancing to the league tournament semifinal.
    Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026

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