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Undisputed: Candace Hill is No. 1 in the world
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The track program at Rockdale County had a great season. It began with an individual by the name of Candace Hill. Candace has been unbelievable the past two years. Candace has won 88 races in a row. She has set the county, region and state records two years in a row. She won the Mobile Meet of Champions two years in a row. She is the fastest track runner in the history of track and field in the state of Georgia. Candace won the Golden West track classic last summer and she also won the New Balance Outdoors National Championship last summer. This summer she has already won the Nike Dream 200 race at the Prefontaine in Eugene, Oregon. Going into the Great Southwest Classic in New Mexico this past weekend as the No. 1 sprinter in the nation in the 100 and 200 meter dashes with times of 11.30 and 23.05. Candace left New Mexico with her being the fastest high school 100 and 200 meter runner in the world! Her times were 11.15 in the 100 and 22.76 in the 200. This is Rockdale's own superstar. She flew out Thursday to New York to compete in the Adidas Dream 100 facing 7 of the top 100 meter runners in the nation. Candace will travel to Seattle to compete in the Brooks PR track classic and then to Chicago to try out for the U.S. Junior National team that will compete in Cali Colombia on July 15.