Taliyah Hayes

Year:

Jr.
Hometown:

Sioux Falls, S.D.
High School:

Jefferson High School

Bio

Awards & Honors

Sophomore Outdoor (2024): Competed in 10 meets including being a NAIA Outdoor Championship Qualifier in the triple jump ... had a third place finish at the GPAC Championship in the triple jump with a mark of 11.42m giving Hayes GPAC All-Conference honors ... opened the season with a career-best height of 1.60m in the high jump which is now 4th all-time in DWU history at the Wayne State - Wildcat Classic (3/29-30/24) ... was credited with first place finishes in the triple jump at the Sioux City Relays (4/12-13/24) and Mount Marty Twilight while also recording a career-best mark of 5.34m in the long jump at the MMU meet which now ranks 6th all-time in DWU history (4/24/24) ... qualified for nationals with her career-best leap of 11.64m at the Loper Twilight which now ranks 2nd all-time in DWU history (5/11/24) ... was named a 2024 Daktronic NAIA Scholar Athlete.

Freshman Outdoor (2023): Competed in seven meets...had season-bests in the triple jump with her mark of 10.98m which is now fifth all-time and in the high jump with a 1.55m best which ranks sixth all-time in history at the GPAC Outdoor Championships where she earned All-Conference in triple jump (5/5-6/23)...made collegiate debut at the USD Early Bird competing in the triple and high jump (4/7-8/23)...had a second place finish in the triple jump at the Mount Marty Twilight (4/26/23)

High School: 2022 graduate at Jefferson High School...was a four year letter winner in basektball while also collecting two first team all-conference honors...averaged 11 points per game to go with 4.6 rebounds her senior year...also was a five year letter winner in track and field.

Parent: Amanda Hayes.

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