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Quanera Hayes

Basic Information

  • Gender: Female
  • Born: 3/7/1992
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: Hope Mills, NC
  • High School: Gray’s Creek High School
  • College: Livingstone College

Athlete Info

  • Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: Derrick White
  • Agent: Charles Wells
  • Sponsor: Nike

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World Athletics Championships

  • 2018 World Indoor Championships, gold (4x400m relay)
  • 2017 World Outdoor Championships, gold (4x400m relay), SF1-third (400m)
  • 2017 World Relays, gold (4x400m)
  • 2016 World Indoor Championships, bronze (400m, 4x400m)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, gold (400m), SF2-sixth (200m)
  • 2020 USATF Indoor Championships, bronze (400m)
  • 2018 USATF Indoor Championships, bronze (400m)
  • 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (400m)
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, eighth (400m)
  • 2016 USATF Indoor Championships, gold (400m)
  • 2015 NCAA D2 Outdoor Championships, gold (200m, 400m)
  • 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships, fifth (400m)
  • 2014 NCAA D2 Outdoor Championships, gold (400m), fifth (200m)
  • 2014 NCAA D2 Indoor Championships, gold (200m, 400m)
  • 2014 USATF Outdoor Championships, SF2-seventh (400m)
  • 2013 NCAA D2 Outdoor Championships, gold (400m), fourth (200m)
  • 2013 USATF Outdoor Championships, H2-sixth (400m)
  • 2013 NCAA D2 Indoor Championships, fourth (400m), H2-fourth (200m), 
  • 2012 NCAA D2 Outdoor Championships, fifth (200m, 400m)
  • 2012 NCAA D2 Indoor Championships, bronze (400m)

Personal

Hayes was born March 7, 1992. She was raised in her hometown of Hope Mills, North Carolina and attended Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina...Has a son, Demetrius...She started running in middle school when a coach saw her potential and invited her to the team. One day, Hayes wants to return to school to become an English or special education teacher.

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