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2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Halle Hill

  • Class Senior
  • High School Hamilton Southeastern
  • Hometown Fishers, Ind.

Biography

NIL Opportunities

Big Ten Logo white Second-Team All-Big Ten
NCAA Badge 1x NCAA Championships Qualifier
Badge Illinois 2 Illinois Record - 6k

2024

  • NCAA Championships qualifier
  • Second-Team All-Big Ten
  • Broke the school record 6k (19:43.7) in her 16th-place finish at the Big Ten Championships
  • Placed sixth at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (19:55.8) to qualify to the NCAA Championships in the 6k and earned All-Region honors
  • Placed 197th in the 6k at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (21:09.6)
  • Finished in second in the 6k (20:11.5) at the Fighting Illini Preview
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2023

  • Won the Illini Open with a personal-best 5k (17:30.8)
  • Placed second in the Bradley Pink Classic with the program's ninth-fastest 6k (20:36.9)
  • Placed 23rd at the Big Ten Championships (21:49.7)
  • Placed 16th at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (21:00.8) to earn All-Region honors
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2022

  • Clocked a personal-best 6k at the Breadley Pink Classic (20:51.2)
  • Recorded a personal-best 5k at the John McNichols Invite (17:33.8)
  • Won the 5k at the Illini Challenge (17:55.4)

2021

  • Made her Illini debut on 10/1 at the Joe Piane Invite, running a 17:50.4 in the 5k.
  • Ran a season-best in the 6k with a time of 21:17.5 at the FSU Invite
  • Placed 47th in the NCAA Midwest Regionals (21:36.84)
  • Placed 59th in the Big Ten Championships (21:56.7)

High School

  • All-State honors in 2017 and 2019 (XC) and 2021 (track)
  • Holds the school record in the 1600 and 5k
  • Four-time letterwinner in track and cross country
  • Also played basketball
  • Coached by Joe Golden, Julie Alano, and Adam Jahn

Personal

  • Chose Illinois because she loved the vibe she got from the coaches and teammates and fell in love with the school as soon as she visited
  • Daughter of Todd and Angie Hill

TFRRS Profile

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior