Hillary Hayes Class: Senior Hometown: Huntington Beach, Calif. High School: Edison HS Event: Distance Experience: 3V

• One of Cal's more experienced distance runners who was a key member of the cross country team in the fall
• In high school, was a state finalist in the 3200m and earned an invitation to Nike Cross Country Nationals

Junior (2012): Set an outdoor PR in the 3000m at the Big Meet, running 10:11.09 ... covered the distance in 10:08.69 at the MPSF Championships indoors ... named MPSF All-Academic and honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic. Sophomore (2011): Lowered her times in both the 3000m and 5000m during the year ... top mark in the 3K (10:13.96) - a 12-second improvement - came at the Big Meet, while she also had a time of 17:42.78 in the 5000m ... did not run indoors. Freshman (2010): Ran a season-best 4:48.22 in the 1500m at Stanford and 10:25.13 in the 3000 at the Big Meet in Berkeley. Cross Country: Among Cal's top 5 runners during the 2012 season ... finished 69th at NCAA regionals and 54th at the Pac-12 meet ... as a freshman in 2009, led the Bears with a fourth-place finish at the Sac State Jamboree ... placed 33rd at the Stanford Invitational and was 97th at NCAA regionals. High School: Earned a berth at the state championships as a senior, where she took fourth in the 3200m in a time of 10:28.79 ... set her PR in the 1600m in 2007 (4:51) ... voted the Edison HS Athlete of the Year as a senior ... a two-time league cross country champion ... finished second in the state cross country race her senior year. Personal: Born June 14, 1990, in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... mother is Karen Anderson and father is Steve Hayes ... grandfather, James Hayes, played football at USC and older brother, Jayson, ran track and cross country at UC Santa Barbara ... received the Character Coalition Award for responsibility and goal-setting from Edison HS, as well as the ABC Award ... media studies major.

Career Best Marks
Event       Mark   Date
1500     4:28.22   March 26, 2010
3000   10:08.69i   Feb. 25, 2012
5000    17:42.78   March 25, 2011