KeithHayes
- class Senior
- Previous School Kansas
Collegiate Bests
200M: 21.99 | 400M: 49.15 | 60H: 7.69 (UK Record) | 110H: 13.65 (13.30w) | 400H: 50.96
2013 First Team All-America (Outdoor – 110H)
2013 First Team All-American (Indoor – 60H)
2011 Second Team All-American (Outdoor – 110H)
2011 First Team All-American (Indoor – 60H)
2011 Second Team All-SEC (Indoor – 60H)
UK Record 60-Meter Hurdles: 7.69
UK Record 110-Meter Hurdles: 13.30w
2013 (Kentucky – Senior)
Outdoor – Wrapped up his UK career as arguably the greatest hurdler in school history … Holds the school record in the 110-meter hurdles having run 13.30w at the USA Championships in a performance, which qualified him for the National Semifinals, one round from the Final in which berths to the IAAF World Championships were on the line … Earned First Team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career outdoors setting a then-school-record 13.32w in the process … Recovered from a hamstring injury to reach the NCAA Southeast Regional in both the 110H and 400H … Reached the final of the 110H and 400H at the SEC Championships before suffering a hamstring injury, which prevented him from competing in those races … Won all four events he entered at home meet Heart of the Bluegrass Classic … Season-best 110-hurdles time of 13.79 came in fifth-place performance at Texas Relays … Ran 13.66 (wind-aided) in a fifth-place performance at the Texas Relays … Won the 400-meter hurdles at the Kentuckiana Border Battle and Heart of the Bluegrass Classic… Part of UK’s 4×100-meter relay-winning team at the USF Bulls Invitational and Heart of the Bluegrass Classic.
Indoor – Set the school-record 60-meter hurdles time of 7.69 at the NCAA Championships … Was the only male UK scorer at the NCAA Championships … Reached the NCAA Championships field as UK’s lone male competitor … Won the VT Final Qualifier Meet 60H title … SEC 60H finalist, where he placed fourth.
2011 (Kentucky – Junior)
Outdoor – Second team All-American in the 110-meter hurdles … Has the second fastest time in program history in the 110-meter hurdles (13.70) … Led the Wildcats in the 110-meter hurdles at the SEC Championships, finishing in third with a time of 13.70 … Holds the third fastest time in program history in the 400-meter hurdles (50.71) … Finished third in the 400-meter hurdles at the SEC Championships, running a team- and season-best time of 50.96.
Indoor – First team All-American in the 60-meter hurdles … SEC runner-up in the 60m hurdles … Holds the second fastest time in program history in the 60m hurdles, running a 7.75 in Blacksburg, Va.
2010 (Kansas)
Outdoor – Competed in the 110-meter hurdles at the West Preliminary … Ran the third leg in the 4×400-meter relay at the West Preliminary which qualified for the NCAA Championships, crossing the finish line with a season-best time of 3:05.93 … Member of 4×400-meter relay team that ran at the NCAA Championships … Finished ninth in the 400-meter hurdles prelims at the Big XII Championships … Ran third leg of ninth-place 4×400-meter relay team at Big XII Championships … Finished 12th in the prelims of the 110-meter hurdles at the Big XII Championships… Led the team in the 100-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 13.83 ran at the Kansas Relays … Led the Jayhawks in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.97 ran at the Arkansas Twighlight … Member of Kansas’ top 4×100- and 4×400-meter relay teams.
Indoor: – Part of 4×400-meter relay team that finished fifth at the Big XII Indoor Track and Field Championships … Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a time of 7.91 … Finished second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Bill Easton Classic and Jayhawk Classic … Finished third in the 60-meter dash at the Kansas vs. Missouri meet … Ran second leg of top 4×400-meter relay team.
2009 (Kansas)
Outdoor – Set the second-best 110-meter hurdle time in school history (13.73) in the prelims of the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, went on to finish second overall in the event…Earned a trip to the NCAA Championships, where he ran 14.01 in the semifinals of the 110-meter hurdles (June 12), just missing the cut for the finals…Placed second at the Kansas Relays in the 110-meter hurdles, with a time of 14.05…Led the team in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.55 at the Kansas Relays.
Indoor – Ran an NCAA qualifying and season-best time of 7.86 in the 60-meter hurdles at the ISU NCAA Qualifier (Mar. 7)…Took first at the Arkansas Invitational (Jan. 9) and KU vs. MU Dual (Jan. 16) in the 60-meter hurdles, with times of 8.02 and 8.07, respectively…Also won the 200 meters at the KU vs. MU Dual with a time of 22.79…Finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles, scoring four points toward the team total, at the Big 12 Championships (Feb. 28).
High School
State champion in the 110-meter hurdles as a junior…Placed third in the 300-meter hurdles at the state championships as a junior…Regional champion in both the 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles as a sophomore, junior and senior…Holds the school record in the 110-meter hurdles…Member of the 4×100-meter relay team that tied the school record.
Personal
Son of Anjular Davis and Keith Hayes … Majoring in Psychology …Sister, Pauletta Dickerson, ran track for the University at Buffalo.