Professional track star, Olympian, and reigning heptathlon world champion Anna Hall and New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton exchanged vows on April 11 at Oheka Castle on Long Island. “I had seen her running on TV, and when she came across the screen, I thought she was pretty, so I followed her on Instagram,” recalls Darius—as one does in this day and age.
Anna “didn’t think anything” of their Instagram mutualdom: “I just figured it was an athlete respecting an athlete kind of thing,” she says. They remained social media acquaintances, although they didn’t engage much; that was until Darius was in New Jersey for physical therapy in 2024. Anna was nearby, running at a track meet in New York. On his day off, Darius popped by without Anna’s knowledge. He sent her a video of one of her jumps and said “Good job!” before he approached her, properly introduced himself, and asked her out to dinner. The two hit it off immediately.
After a little over a year of dating, they were engaged in November of 2025. “I took her back to the same stadium in New York, where we had met, and proposed on the track,” Darius remembers.
“He told me we were going on a date in the city, which we do a lot,” says Anna. “So I didn’t think anything of it, until he told me he was dressing up. Then I was a little suspicious, because he never dresses up! When the car pulled up to Icahn Stadium, instead of a restaurant, that’s when I knew for sure.”
Their wedding took place five months later at Oheka Castle, a historic jewel of a mansion located on Long Island’s Gold Coast. “The planning process was fun,” Darius notes. “As the groom, I just wanted to help bring Anna’s dreams to life, and Oheka allowed for the perfect canvas to make that dream come true.”
“Our schedules are so crazy,” Anna admits. She was in competition season, but they were determined to be married in 2026. Thankfully, the couple’s planner, Courtney Leeder of Courtney Elizabeth Events, and Anna’s mom offered some relief and quick decision-making through a hectic time.
For Anna, the wedding dress search was easy. “Just one week after we got engaged, I was in L.A. to celebrate Thanksgiving with my sister, her family, and my parents,” she remembers. She made three dress appointments, and found her dress at the second one. “I had no idea what I wanted, and I wasn’t sure I was going to want my muscular arms out,” Anna shares candidly. “At first, I was drawn to really intricate lace detail, sewn on pearls, and embellishments—but when I tried my dress on, I just felt like me. Like I was wearing the dress and not the other way around.” Her dress was by Eden Aharon, styled with Manolo Blahnik heels: “I felt confident in my body,” she says. “It still had beautiful embroidery and structure, but without being too distracting.”
