Latrobe grad Hanna Green wins 800 in Paris
Hanna Green continued her preparation for the world championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday by winning the women’s 800-meter dash at the IAAF Diamond League event in Paris.
Green, a Latrobe native and Virginia Tech graduate, beat Jamaica’s Natoya Goule for her first Diamond League victory. Her time was 1 minute, 58.59 seconds. The win also earned her a spot in the Diamond League final.
She finished as the runner-up at the national championships last month and will represent the U.S. at the world championships. Her time at the nationals was 1:58.39.
Green graduated from Latrobe in 2013 as one of the top 400-meter runners in the state.
When she graduated from Virginia Tech, she was an elite NCAA Division I 800-meter runner.
Instead of retiring from running, Green decided she wanted to continue to run and train, so she moved to Oregon.
Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.
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