Maggie Malone-Hardin (née Malone; born December 30, 1993) is an American track and field athlete competing in the javelin throw. 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 and NCAA Division I champion. She is the American collegiate record holder. Maggie and Sam Hardin married in 2022.From small-town Nebraska to Tokyo, Maggie Malone has chance at American history at olympics Lincoln Journal Star

Prep Born to Danny Malone and Nancy Kindig-Malone in College Station, Texas, and raised in Geneva, Nebraska, Maggie attended Fillmore Central High School, where her parents are teachers and coaches. Her mother, All-American collegiately for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and she followed her mother's example was recruited to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Nancy Kindig-Malone qualified for the 1980 US Olympic trials. Nancy's induction into the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame. She won Big 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 with Hastings St. Cecilia High School in 1977. Maggie won the 2012 Class C Nebraska School Activities Association state long jump title , state triple jump bronze medal jumping , 5th in 200 meters in 26.63 and 2011 Class C Nebraska School Activities Association state triple jump title.

NCAA Maggie Malone earned 4 NCAA Division I U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-American awards.

She started out in the heptathlon, placing 5th at 2013 Kansas Relays scoring 4369 points, but decided to focus on her strongest event – the javelin. In her first year of competition in 2013 she placed third at the Big Ten Conference championships and was tenth at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

She greatly improved in the 2014 season, setting a best of , winning the Big Ten Conference title, and placing fourth at the 2014 NCAA Outdoors.University of Nebraska profile Maggie Malone is 2014 Big Ten Javelin champion . Huskers. Retrieved on July 14, 2016.

Malone transferred to Texas A&M University and began throwing for the Texas A&M Aggies track team. In her first year in College Station, Texas, she was fourth at the Southeastern 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 teammate Lindon 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.Maggie Malone has found her event: the javelin, by Lindsay Rossmiller . RunBlogRun (July 10, 2016). Retrieved on July 14, 2016.

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 , before taking the title at the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a collegiate record of .Maggie Malone . TFRRS. Retrieved on July 14, 2016.Mulkeen, Jon (June 11, 2016). Lawson and Brazier rewrite history at NCAA Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on July 14, 2016. A victory at the 2016 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.Lagat earns fifth Olympic team berth at US Trials . IAAF (July 10, 2016). Retrieved on July 14, 2016. This gained her a place on the American Olympic team.USA names team for Rio 2016 Olympic Games . IAAF (July 11, 2016). Retrieved on July 14, 2016.

Representing Texas A&M Aggies20162016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships University of Oregon1stJavelinSEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships University of Alabama1stJavelin20152015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships University of Oregon9thJavelinSEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Mississippi State University4thJavelin Representing Nebraska Cornhuskers2014NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships University of Oregon4thJavelinBig Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships Purdue University1stJavelin2013NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships University of Oregon10thJavelinBig Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships Ohio State University3rdJavelin

National titles USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Javelin throw: 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Javelin throw: 2016

Professional In August 2022, Maggie Malone-Hardin moved to coach at University of Nebraska–Lincoln.University of Nebraska track and field coaches Nebraska Cornhuskers track and fieldMaggie Malone-Hardin talks Chick-Fil-A, the importance of her faith, school plays, javelin & more Lactic Acid with Dominique Smith August 30, 2022 On top of coaching, she continues to train professionally. Her college teammate and now husband Sam Hardin helps coach her. Sam has transitioned from being an All-American performer with the Aggies to being Maggie's coach and best friend.

Olympic Games 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 to Nike 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.

Representing 2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil25thJavelin2019The Match Europe v USAMinsk, Belarus7thJavelin2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan10thJavelin2024Olympic GamesParis, France24th (q)Javelin

US Outdoor Track and Field Championship 2016USA Olympic TrialsEugene, Oregon1stJavelin20192019 USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsDes Moines, Iowa5thJavelin2021USA Olympic TrialsEugene, Oregon1stJavelin20222022 USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon19thJavelin

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External links

Maggie Malone-Hardin at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)