Hakim McMorris
American athlete (born 2000)
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Hakim McMorris (born 3 March 2000) is an American multi-event athlete. He was the American Indoor Champion of heptathlon in 2026, having finished runner-up in 2025.[1]
Biography
McMorris attended The McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, prior to attending the University of California, Berkeley.[2] Whilst competing for California, McMorris posted a career-best score of 7941 points for the decathlon in April 2022 at the Mt. SAC Relays.[3]
McMorris won the decathlon representing the United States at the 2024 Thorpe Cup with 8163 points.[4]
McMorris finished runner-up to Kyle Garland in the heptathlon at the 2025 USATF Combined Events Championships in New York, with 6011 points.[5] In April 2025, in Walnut, California, he set a new decathlon personal best in winning the Mt. SAC Relays with 8,258 points.[6]
McMorris won the heptathlon at the 2026 USATF Combined Events Championships on 22 February, finishing ahead of USA 2025 decathlon champion Heath Baldwin, securing a personal best overall score of 6,255 points to narrowly win by 10 points. The score moved him to eighth on the American all-time list.[7][8] In April, he retained his title at the Mt. Sac Relays with a personal best decathlon score of 8,420.[9] In May, at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, McMorris set a personal best in the high jump, clearing 2.03 metres but fell on day two during the hurdles and did not finish.[10] He placed third in decathlon at the 2026 USA Championships behind Garland and returning champion Garrett Scantling.[11]