Swimming & Diving
Hayley Griesser - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

HayleyGriesser

  • position Butterfly/backstroke
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Lake in the Hills, Ill.
  • Major Communication Sciences & Disorders
  • High school Marian Central Catholic
Top Times (SCY):
200 Backstroke: 2:04.31 (2018 Ohio State Fall Invite, 11/17/18)
200 Butterfly: 2:03.73 (2020 Ohio State Winter Invite, 02/16/20)
400 IM: 4:28.49 (2020 Ohio State Winter Invite, 02/15/20)

Top Times (LCM):
200 Backstroke: 2:24.60 (2019 NC ESSZ Long Course Championships – Greensboro, 07/14/19)
100 Butterfly: 1:05.24 (2019 NC ESSZ Long Course Championships – Greensboro, 07/13/19)
200 Butterfly: 2:21.90 (Speedo Champions Series Iowa City, 07/19/18)
400 IM: 5:09.49 (2019 NC ESSZ Long Course Championships, 07/12/19)

Career Notes:

  • 2019, 2020, 2021 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2018 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2020-21 (Senior): Finished third in both the 200 fly (2:05.24) and 400 IM (4:32.44) at the Tennessee Last Chance Meet … Placed seventh in the 200 fly (2:05.64), 12th in the 400 IM (4:30.11), and 18th in the 200 IM (2:10.39) at the Missouri Invitational … Competed in four dual meets … Earned the Anne Berry Senior Award at the program’s annual awards banquet … Inducted into the Frank G. Ham Society of Character … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 

2019-20 (Junior): Recorded career-best times in the 100 and 200 butterfly and the 200 and 400 IM this season, all at the Ohio State Winter Invite … Finished ninth in the 200 IM in 2:09.42, after setting a career-best 2:08.46 in the preliminaries, at the Ohio State Winter Invite … Finished sixth in the 400 IM in 4:29.73, after setting a career-best 4:28.49 in the preliminaries, at the Ohio State Winter Invite … Finished seventh in the 200 butterfly in 2:05.17, after setting a career-best 2:03.73 in the preliminaries, at the Ohio State Winter Invite … Finished first place in a 100 butterfly timed trial in 57.94 at the Ohio State Winter Invite … Earned the Bob Bradley Scholarship Award at the program’s annual awards banquet … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2018-19 (Sophomore): Recorded career-best times in the 200 fly and 400 IM at the Ohio State Winter Invite, posting a 2:05.84 in the 200 fly and reporting a time stamp of 4:28.96 in the 400 IM … Set personal-best times in the 200 back and 200 IM at the Ohio State Fall Invite, notching a 2:04.31 in the 200 back and posting a 2:09.30 in the 200 IM.
 
2017-18 (Freshman): Posted personal bests in nearly all of her events at the Ohio State Fall Invite in November, going 2:05.10 in the 200 back and 2:06.08 in the 200 fly … Swam a personal-best 4:31.38 in the 400 IM at the Ohio State Winter Invite in February … Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. 

Prior to UK: NCSA Junior National finalist … Swam for Academy Bullets Swim Club … Helped her club team win an Illinois state championship … Four-time NCSA Junior Nationals qualifier … Was a member of Key Club.

Personal:  Parents are John and Angela Griesser … Has one brother, Colton … Grandfather, John P. Griesser, played football at the University of Kansas.

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