Sarah Hall blazed a trail when she earned a place on thefirst two MIAA All-Conference teams in cross country. She was thethird runner to cross the finish line at the MIAA Championships in1982, completing the 5K course in 18 minutes and 30 seconds. Sheimproved to second in the 1983 league meet with a time of 18:23.She also was the third runner to cross the finish line in the 1983Great Lakes Regional meet.
Although the MIAA did not recognize an All-Conference teamin 1981, Sarah helped the Britons gain a share of the first leaguetitle when she finished ninth at the league meet with a time of 19minutes and 6 seconds.
Sarah was the Britons’ most valuable performer in1982 as well as a co-captain in 1983. Her 1983 highlights includedplacing first in all four dual meets and breaking the MIAA recordat Alma.
“Sarah was an athlete who just came out and workedhard,” said Tim Williams, her cross country coach at Albionand a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2005. “Shedidn’t brag about her (high school) accolades.‘Continuous improvement’—those are the best wordsI can use to describe her.”
Sarah also was a member of Kappa Alpha Thetasorority.
A self-employed interior designer, Sarah currently livesin Bozeman, Mont. and has a son, Andrew. She has volunteered withthe Intermountain Therapy Animals program, Big Brothers/BigSisters, and the Big Sky Ski Education Foundation. She alsocontinues to be active in running, hiking, and skiing.
