Trey Hardee

Education

Hardee started college at Mississippi State in 2002 where he finished second in the 2004 National Collegiate Athletic Association decathlon.

Career

Hardee did not start out as a decathlete. He 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. He was recruited to Mississippi State as a pole vaulter.

lieutenant was at Mississippi State that coaches, noting his combination of size and speed, pushed him toward the decathlon and the indoor heptathlon.

Mississippi State dropped its indoor track and field program after the 2004 season and Hardee transferred to the University of Texas. In 2006, he set the National Collegiate Athletic Association decathlon record with a then-personal best 8,465 points and was named the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men"s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year.

He was the runner up at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials and was in 4th place overall at the 2008 Summer Olympics games when his no-height score in the pole vault cost him a chance to medal. Hardee"s performances during the 2008 outdoor season garnered interest from the New York Jets of the National Football League who offered him a tryout.

Hardee expressed no interest in pursuing the team

Hardee finished with a points total of 6184, 20 points behind Clay. At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in August, Hardee retained the world decathlon title with a final points tally of 8607, defeating his compatriot Ashton Eaton. Last updated August 9, 2012.

PB Decathlon and potential PB.

Achievements

• He is a former National Collegiate Athletic Association Champion, a two-time World Outdoor Champion, a member of the United States 2008 Olympic team, and the silver medalist at the London 2012 Olympics. At Texas, Hardee won the 2005 National Collegiate Athletic Association decathlon championship and was third in the National Collegiate Athletic Association heptathlon final. Prior to the 2012 Olympics, Hardee had won several major events. At the 2009 World Athletics Championships, in Berlin, Hardee won gold in the decathlon with a points total of 8790, which is his personal record. He was awarded the Jim Thorpe All-Around Award by the United States Sports Academy for his achievements that year. In the same year, he won the United States of America Outdoor champion with a score of 8,261. At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Hardee won a silver medal in the heptathlon, finishing behind Bryan Clay. In 2012, Hardee again finished second in the Olympic Trials, making a second Olympic Team, and on August 9, 2012, won the silver medal in the London 2012 Olympics behind Eaton.