1. Trey Hardee is a former NCAA Champion, a two-time World Outdoor Champion, a member of the United States 2008 Olympic team, and the silver medalist in the decathlon at the London 2012 Olympics.
14 Facts About Trey Hardee
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Trey Hardee was Inducted into the Texas Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Trey Hardee preferred basketball, and only joined the track and field team as a junior after failing to make the basketball varsity squad at Vestavia Hills High School.
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Trey Hardee was recruited to Mississippi State University as a pole vaulter.
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Trey Hardee finished second in the decathlon at the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
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Mississippi State dropped its indoor track and field program after the 2004 season, so Hardee transferred to the University of Texas.
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Trey Hardee was the runner-up in the decathlon at the 2008 US Olympic Trials and made his first Olympic team.
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At the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Trey Hardee won gold in the decathlon with a points total of 8790, which is his personal record.
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Trey Hardee was awarded the Jim Thorpe All-Around Award by the United States Sports Academy for his achievements that year.
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Trey Hardee finished with a points total of 6184, which was 20 points behind Clay.
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At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, Trey Hardee defeated his compatriot Ashton Eaton and retained the world decathlon title with a final points tally of 8607.
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In 2012, Trey Hardee again finished second in the Olympic Trials and made a second Olympic Team.
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Trey Hardee attempted to make a third Olympic team in 2016, but was unsuccessful due to injury.
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Trey Hardee did attend the Olympics as a television analyst for NBC Sports.