Freshman long jumper Kate Hall to transfer from Iowa State

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ISU freshman Kate Hall lands in the pit after jumping 6.44 meters in the women’s long jump finals at the Big 12 Indoor Championships. Hall placed second. 

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ISU freshman long jumper Kate Hall will be transferring to the University of Georgia in the fall, according to a Georgia Track and Field Instagram post. 

A source in the athletic department at the University of Georgia confirmed the news Tuesday morning but couldn’t provide a name because a press release is expected to come out later in the day.

On Tuesday morning, the ISU Athletic Department confirmed Hall was no longer with the ISU track and field team. 

The Georgia Track and Field post listed Hall as one of its 2016 signees. 

Martin Smith, the director of men’s and women’s track, and Hall did not return emails left by The Daily over a period of two weeks. 

The Cyclones will miss the contributions Hall made to the team in her lone indoor track and field season. Hall, who broke the national girls high school record in the long jump less than a year ago, ran the second fastest 60-meter dash time in ISU history — 7.40 seconds — in her first event as a Cyclone at the Big 4 Duals on Jan. 23.

Hall was the leading point-scorer for the Cyclones at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships, where she finished second in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet 1.50 inches, and fourth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.39 seconds.

In her final ISU track and field appearance, Hall placed 12th in the long jump at the 2016 Indoor NCAA Championships.

Hall has not and will not compete during the 2016 outdoor track and field season for Iowa State.