Kelly Hayes

Notre Dame IN - September 29: Pitt Panthers Cross Country TeamJoe Piane InvitationalBurke Golf Course (Notre Dame, Ind.)

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Pearl River, N.Y.
Prev School:
High Point University

Career Results

2017: Helped the Panthers to their team best finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, taking 5th … Placed 43rd at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional 6K with a time of 21:10.2 (Nov. 10) … Placed first at the Duquesne Duals 5K with a time of 17:58.9 (Sept. 2) … Took third in the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational 6K, finishing with a time of 21:17.0 (Sept. 8) … Competed in the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, placing 49th in the 5K with a time of 17:17.9 (Sept. 29) … Took 150th in the Adidas DI Pre Nationals 6K with a time of 21:42.4 (Oct. 14) … Placed 65th in the ACC Cross Country Championships 6K with a time of 21:50.6 (Oct. 27).

2016: Season-best finish of fourth at the Tommy Evans Invitational (Sept. 9) with a time of 18:19.8 in the 5K … Represented Pitt at the ACC Championships (Oct. 28) and NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (Nov. 11), placing 52nd and 35th, respectively … Also competed at the Penn State National Open (Oct. 14) and Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 24).

AT HIGH POINT (2014): Named to Big South All-Conference ... Made her collegiate debut by leading HPU at the Gardner-Webb Invitational on Sept. 13 with a sixth-place finish in 19:29.18 ... Took 65th in 23:38.14 at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational on Sept. 26 ... Finished 28th in 19:44.99 at the Blue Ridge Open on Oct. 17 ... Finished 10th with a college personal best performance of 18:51.83 in the Big South Championship on Nov. 1 ... Placed 182nd in the NCAA Southeast Regionals on Nov. 14 with a time of 23:18.20.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ran for Pearl River High School where she captured the New York state title in the 2000m steeplechase in 2014...Also earned All-America honors as a junior as a part of Pearl River's distance medley relay team at the National Scholastic Sports Foundation New Balance Outdoor Track & Field National Championship in Greensboro...Two-time all-state track selection...Received all-league, Rockland County and Section 1 honors eight times...Three-time all-state selection in cross country...Garnered first team all-state honors as a senior in 2013 after finishing second at the state championship...Also garnered first team all-league, Rockland County and Section 1 accolades from 2011-2013...Finished fifth in the prestigious Millrose Mile at the annual Millrose Games in 2014 and participated in the mile run at the internationally renowned Penn Relays in 2013 and 2014...Owned personal bests of 6:48.58 in the 2000m steeplechase, 9:57.30 in the 3000m, 4:54.10 in the one mile run, 4:32.23 in the 1500m and 2:13.90 in the 800m.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Kevin and Sandra Hayes...Has two brothers, Kevin and Brian...Born March 24, 1996.