"It feels incredible to know that I was a part of something so special before God and family," Slayton said of their wedding day
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- New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton and Olympian Anna Hall are married
- The NFL player, 29, and U.S. track and field heptathlon world champion, 25, wed at a historic castle on Long Island, N.Y., on April 11
- “It feels incredible to know that I was a part of something so special before God and family,” Slayton said of their wedding day
New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton and Olympian Anna Hall have tied the knot!
On Saturday, April 11, the NFL player, 29, and reigning U.S. track and field heptathlon world champion, 25, wed at a historic castle on Long Island, N.Y., according to Vogue.
The couple held their wedding at Oheka Castle, a historic mansion on Long Island's Gold Coast. Photos showed Hall wearing a lace, strapless Eden Aharon gown accessorized with Manolo Blahnik heels, while Slayton wore a custom tux by his “go-to suit lady,” Johanna at Alba Legacy, as he told the outlet.
“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,” Hall told Vogue of her search for the perfect gown. “I felt confident in my body. It still had beautiful embroidery and structure, but without being too distracting.”
Their ceremony began with a hymn sung by Darius’ favorite gospel singer, Jekalyn Carr, and guests were invited to sing along, the couple recalled to the outlet. Their officiant and friend Andre Levrone then “involved the guests by asking them if they promised to speak life into us, encourage us, and build our marriage up, to which the crowd responded, ‘We do!’ "
“That was so special for Darius and I to hear and know that every person in attendance was a part of our village as we took the next step,” Hall shared.
“The planning process was fun,” Slayton added of preparing for their big day. “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.”
The NFL star announced his engagement to Hall — who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics and finished fifth in that year's heptathlon — in a joint Instagram post on November 14, 2025.
Recounting some of their first meetings to Vogue, the pair shared that Slayton started their relationship through a simple Instagram follow.
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“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,” recalled Slayton.
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When it came time for their proposal at a track in New York, Slayton took them back to where they first met in person.
“I took her back to the same stadium in New York, where we had met, and proposed on the track,” he recounted.
“He told me we were going on a date in the city, which we do a lot,” shared Hall. “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.”
Looking back on the wedding just a week later, Slayton added that the ceremony and reception already feel like "a dream."
“It is hard to believe something like that was real," he told Vogue. “But it was, and it feels incredible to know that I was a part of something so special before God and family.”
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