Chelsea Hayes
Chelsea Hayes
Chelsea Alicia Hayes (born February 9, 1988) is an American track and field athlete who competes primarily in the long jump and 100-meter dash. Her personal records for the events are 7.10 m (23 ft 3 1⁄2 in) and 11.15 seconds, respectively. In 2012, she was runner up at the NCAA Indoor Championship in long jump and finished third at the Outdoor Championships. She won the 2011–12 Joe Kearney Award, an award given to the Western Athletic Conference's top student-athlete. At the 2012 US Olympic Trials, she jumped a new personal best en route to a second-place finish. In so doing, she became the first ever track and field athlete from Louisiana Tech to represent the United States at the Olympics.