JOANNA HAYES
Events: 100H, 400H
Height: 5-5
Weight: 123
PRs: 100H - 12.67 (2000), 400H - 54.57 (1999)
Born: December 23, 1976 in Riverside, Calif.
Current Residence: Riverside, Calif.
High School: John W. North (Calif.) '95
College: UCLA '99
Coach: Bob Kersee
Agent: Greg Foster
Club: unattached

Career Highlights: 1999 NCAA 400 hurdles champion; 3rd at 1999 USA Outdoor 400H; 1995 USA Juniors and Pan Am Junior 100 hurdles champion.

Hayes narrowly missed a spot on the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team, placing 4th in the 400 hurdles and 5th in the 100 hurdles. Hayes has a history of overcoming injury. She was eighth in the 1998 NCAA 100m hurdles (13.50 - +3.0w) despite running with a strained right hamstring that prevented her from competing in the 400m hurdles. She injured the hamstring while winning the 100m hurdles at the Pac-10 Championships. as a sophomore in 1997, Hayes suffered a hyperextended right knee on the first day of competition at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Although the injury kept her from competing in the 100m hurdles, Hayes ran the anchor leg on UCLA's 4x100m relay team that placed sixth (44.76), and she placed seventh (57.92) in the final of the 400m hurdles.

2000: 4th in 400H (54.97) and 5th in 100H (12.87) at Olympic Trials... ran 12.67PR at Trials in 100H semifinals... ranked #4 in 400H and #5 in 100H in U.S. by T&FN... bests of 12.67 and 54.97.
1999: Won 400H (55.16), 3rd in 100H (12.89PR) at NCAA Outdoors...3rd in 400H at USA Outdoors (55.76)...4th in heat at World Champs (55.38)...3rd in 100H (13.73) and 2nd in 400H (56.49) at Pac-10 Champs... ranked #9 in 100H and #4 in 400H in U.S. by T&FN...bests of 12.89 and 54.57.
1998: 8th in 100H at NCAA Outdoors...won 100H at Pac-10 Champs...bests of 12.93 and 57.09.
1997: Won 100H and 400H at Pac-10 Champs...7th in 400H at NCAA Outdoors...qualified for NCAA Outdoors, but did not compete in 100H due to injury...bests of 13.04 and 56.38.
1996: Won 100H, 2nd in 400H at Pac-10 Champs...bests of 13.15 and 58.32.
1995: Won 100H, 5th in 400H at USA Juniors...gold in 100H at Pan Am Juniors...bests of 13.38 and 59.02.
1994: 7th in 100H at USA Juniors...bests of 14.02 and 59.12.

2/20/01