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Hillary Bor is a two-time U.S. Olympian and three-time national champion in the steeplechase who will be making his half-marathon debut at the 2024 United Airlines NYC Half. Bor represented Team USA in the steeplechase at both the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics, finishing seventh in the former, as well as at the 2022, 2019, and 2017 World Athletics Championships.

Last April, he broke the 40-year-old American 10-mile record at the USATF 10 Mile Road Championships in Washington, D.C. by two seconds, finishing in 46:11.

Bor grew up in Eldoret, Kenya, starting out as a pole vaulter, long jumper, and high jumper before investing his time in the steeplechase. He attended and competed at Iowa State University, where he was an All-American, before joining the U.S. Army and gaining U.S. citizenship. His brothers, Emmanuel and Julius, both ran for the University of Alabama and teamed up with him to win the All-Armed Forces Cross Country Championships in 2016. He is currently a sergeant, serving at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo.