Joanna Hayes (2014) - Hall of Fame

Joanna Hayes

Induction:
2014

Current UCLA track and field assistant coach Joanna Hayes won an NCAA and seven Pac-10 individual titles while leading the Bruins to three-straight Pac-10 team titles and two-straight NCAA runner-up finishes. A six-time All-American, she captured the 1999 NCAA outdoor title in the 400m hurdles and was third in the 100m hurdles, running a collegiate-best 12.89. Injuries limited her at both the 1997 and 1998 NCAA Championships, but she still earned valuable points for her team, placing eighth in the 100m at the 1998 NCAAs despite a strained hamstring and seventh in the 400m hurdles and sixth as the anchor of the 4x100m relay team despite a hyper-extended knee. At the Pac-10 level, Hayes won three-straight 100m hurdles titles from 1996-98 and two-straight 400m hurdles crowns from 1996-97. Her Bruin teams went 39-0 in dual meets in her career. In 2004, she won Olympic gold, breaking a 16-year Olympic record with a winning time of 12.37 in the 100m hurdles. Also that year, she won the 2004 Jesse Owens Award as USA Track & Field's Outstanding female athlete and finished as the No. 1-ranked 100m hurdler in the world. Hayes is in her first year as an assistant coach for the UCLA track & field team.

* Accomplishments listed above were at the time of induction.