Hallie Smith

Hallie was bornon4/18/1993and attended St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School. Sheis the PR1 womens 2,000-meter indoor world record holder. She enjoys comic books, baking, NHL and NWHL hockey. Hallie likes to fix things and do her own wheelchair adjustments and repairs. She once built an Ikea shelf in less than 30 minutes. Hallie became paralyzed in May of 2014 due to hereditary spastic paraplegia. In January of 2016, she was at a workout class at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C., and the rowing coach approached her and asked if she wanted to try the erg. Two weeks later, she won her category at the Mid-Atlantic Erg Sprints, and a month-and-a-half after that, she hit the USRowing elite standard time for a 1k (the Paralympic distance at the time). Shes been hooked ever since. Hallie is the daughter of Joe and Vicky Smith and sister of Naval flight officer Tom Smith.