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| Full name | Maggie Malone-Hardin | ||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||
| Born | (1993-12-30)December 30, 1993 (age 31) Geneva, Nebraska, U.S. | ||||||||
| Home town | Geneva, Nebraska (93-15) College Station, Texas (15 - 22) Lincoln, Nebraska (22 - Present) | ||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||
| College team | Nebraska Cornhuskers,Texas A&M Aggies '17 | ||||||||
| Club | Nike | ||||||||
| Turned pro | 2016 | ||||||||
| Coached by | Juan de la Garza (15 - 22) Justin St. Clair (22 - Present) | ||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||
| Personalbests | Javelin: 67.40 m (221 ft1+1⁄2 in)NRAR | ||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on July 2016 | |||||||||
Maggie Malone-Hardin (néeMalone; born December 30, 1993) is an Americantrack and field athlete competing in thejavelin throw.[1] She holds a personal record of 67.40 meters (221 feet, 2 inches) for the event, set in 2021, a national record. She was the 2016 American national and collegiate record holder andNCAA Division 1 champion. She is the Americancollegiate record holder. Maggie and Sam Hardin married in 2022.[2]
Born to Danny Malone and Nancy Kindig-Malone inCollege Station, Texas and raised inGeneva, Nebraska, Maggie attendedFillmore Central High School where her parents are teachers and coaches. Her motherAll-American collegiately for theNebraska Cornhuskers and she followed her mother's example was recruited to theUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln.[3]Nancy Kindig-Malone qualified for the 1980 US Olympic trials. Nancy induction into the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame. She wonBig Eight heptathlon and pentathlon titles at Nebraska, becoming an All-American and helping the Huskers win their first indoor national championship in 1982. Nancy also won a Class C state basketball title withHastings St. Cecilia High School in 1977.[4]Maggie won 2012 Class CNebraska School Activities Association state long jump title 5.78 m (18 ft11+1⁄2 in), state triple jump bronze medal jumping 11.13 m (36 ft 6 in), 5th in 200 meters in 26.63 and 2011 Class CNebraska School Activities Association state triple jump title.[5]
Maggie Malone earned 4NCAA Division IU.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches AssociationAll-American awards.
She started out in theheptathlon, placing 5th at 2013Kansas Relays scoring 4369 points,[6] but decided to focus on her strongest event – the javelin. In her first year of competition in 2013 she placed third at theBig Ten Conference championships and was tenth at the2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
She greatly improved in the 2014 season, setting a best of 55.37 m (181 ft7+3⁄4 in), winning the Big Ten Conference title, and placing fourth at the2014 NCAA Outdoors.[7][8]
Malone transferred toTexas A&M University and began throwing for theTexas A&M Aggies track team. In her first year inCollege Station, Texas, she was fourth at theSoutheastern Conference (SEC) Championships and placed ninth at the NCAAs, failing to build on her previous season. Malone described this as "the worst season I've ever had" and credited the advice of teammateLindon Victor with her change of approach to train harder in the summer months. Her sister Audrey joined her in the javelin team at Texas A&M.[9]
She showed marked improvement in the 2016 season, bettering her personal record by a wide margin. She won the SEC Championships with a mark of 59.50 m (195 ft2+1⁄2 in) before taking the title at the2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships with acollegiate record of 62.19 m (204 ft1⁄4 in).[10][11] A victory at the2016 United States Olympic Trials soon followed, making her the first athlete in American history to win the collegiate and national titles in the same year.[12] This gained her a place on theAmerican Olympic team.[13][14]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| RepresentingTexas A&M Aggies | |||||
| 2016 | 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | University of Oregon | 1st | Javelin | 62.19 m (204 ft 0 in)[15] |
| SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships | University of Alabama | 1st | Javelin | 59.50 m (195 ft 3 in)[16] | |
| 2015 | 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | University of Oregon | 9th | Javelin | 51.97 m (170 ft 6 in)[17] |
| SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Mississippi State University | 4th | Javelin | 49.93 m (163 ft 10 in)[18] | |
| RepresentingNebraska Cornhuskers | |||||
| 2014 | NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | University of Oregon | 4th | Javelin | 55.24 m (181 ft 3 in)[19] |
| Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Purdue University | 1st | Javelin | 55.37 m (181 ft 8 in)[20] | |
| 2013 | NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | University of Oregon | 10th | Javelin | 48.62 m (159 ft 6 in)[21] |
| Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Ohio State University | 3rd | Javelin | 50.60 m (166 ft 0 in)[22] | |
In August 2022, Maggie Malone-Hardin moved to coach atUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln.[23][24] On top of coaching, she continues to train professionally. Her college teammate and now husbandSam Hardin helps coach her.[25] Sam has transitioned from being an All-American performer[26] with theAggies to being Maggie's coach and best friend.
Malone has represented the United States in three editions of the Olympic games, 2016, 2020 and 2024 (2020 was actually held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). In 2016 she finished 25th in the qualifying round with a throw of 56.47 m and thus did not qualify for the finals. In 2020 she had the second-best throw in the qualifying round, 63.07 m, and in the final placed 10th with a throw of 59.82 m.
Malone signed toNike and began throwing in Fall 2017 and is training for US Outdoor Track and Field Championships. As a Master graduate student in marketing (c/o 2019), Malone trains at Texas A&M with Juan De La Garza.[27]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes | |
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| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro,Brazil | 25th | Javelin | 56.47 m (185 ft 3 in) | |
| 2019 | The Match Europe v USA | Minsk,Belarus | 7th | Javelin | 54.79 m (179 ft 9 in) | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 10th | Javelin | 59.82 m (196 ft 3 in) | |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 24th (q) | Javelin | 58.76 m (192 ft9+1⁄4 in) | |
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2016 | USA Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | 1st | Javelin | 60.84 m (199 ft 7 in) |
| 2019 | 2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Des Moines,Iowa | 5th | Javelin | 54.47 m (178 ft8+1⁄4 in) |
| 2021 | USA Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | 1st | Javelin | 63.50 m (208 ft 4 in) |
| 2022 | 2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Eugene,Oregon | 19th | Javelin |
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