2018 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Three-year letterwinner. Four years with the program. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2018.
Senior (2018): INDOOR – Placed 12th in the 5000 meters at GNAC in 18:47.05. ... Ran her first indoor 5000 on Jan. 26 at the UW Invitational, clocking 18:04.97. ... Ran the mile in two meets. OUTDOOR – Ran to a 7th-place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase at GNAC in 11:16.89. ... Placed 11th in the 1500 at GNAC in 4:50.09. ... Ram primarily in that event throughout the season. That included a career-best performance of 4:43.30 at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 20 in Azusa, Calif. ... Tha previous day at that same meet, posted a career-best 11:12.08 in the steeplechase. ... Set a PR of 18:20.67 in the 5000 meters at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational in Bellingham on April 28. ... Ran a career-best 2:24.62 in the 800 on March 30 at the UBC Open in Vancouver, B.C.
Junior (2017): INDOOR – Placed 15th in the mile (5:28.20) and 24th in the 3000 (11:03.73) at GNAC. ... Ran the 3000 for the first time at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 14, clocking 10:40.73. That was her only regular-season meet. OUTDOOR – Placed 9th in 3000 steeplechase at GNAC with a personal-best time of 11:37.63. That was nearly nine seconds faster than her previous PR of 11:46.42 on March at at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open in Portland. ... Did the steeple in four meets and the 1500 meters in three, posting a season-best of 4:56.30 in the latter at the UW's Ken Shannon Invitational on May 6.
Sophomore (2016): INDOOR – Ran the 1200-meter leadoff leg on the 5th-place 4000 distance medley relay at GNAC. ... Ran in two other meets, doing the mile in both. Posted a season-best 5:39.69 at the UW Indoor Open on Feb. 14. OUTDOOR – Ran in six meets, focusing on the 800 and 1500. ... Ran her first college outdoor 800 in the season-opening Puget Sound Invitational on March 5, and her 2:27.67 stood as a career best through the rest of the season.
Freshman (2015): INDOOR – Ran in one meet, doing the 800 and the mile at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview. OUTDOOR – Ran in six meets at distances, focusing primarily on the 1500 meters, with one race each in the 3000 and 5000. ... Set a 1500 PR of 4:55.63 at the Emilie Mondor Invitational on April 11, her first sub-5.
Edmonds-Woodway High School: Posted PRs of 2:18.06 in the 800 and 11:12.75 in the 3200 in 2014, 4:53.49 in the 1500 and 5:09.78 in the 1600 in 2013, and 1:04.93 in the 400 in 2012. ... Anchored the 11th-place 4x400 relay at the Washington 4A state meet as a senior in 2014. ... Placed 15th in the state 1600 in 2013. ... Owns school records in the 5000 and 2-mile, and was part of the school-record 4x400 relay. ... Made All-WesCo.. ... 4-time Warrior Track and Field Award winner.
Personal: Hailey Elizabeth Kettel. ... Born May 24, 1996. ... Pre-med major.
Fun facts: Introduced to cross country by her mom, who ran in high school. ... Previously played soccer. ... Enjoys cross country "for the team aspect and the cool courses." ... If not doing cross country, would do swimming. ... Dumbest movie she has ever seen is "Zookeeper." ... Book she just couldn't put down was "Hunger Games." ... Favorite junk food is Nutella. ... Favorite healthy food is grapes. ... Favorite TV program is "The Office" or "How I Met Your Mother." ... Favorite sports team is the Seattle Seahawks. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Josh Hutchison "because I love Peeta in the Hunger Games." She would serve ribs. ... Her friends call her Hai or Kettel. ... In 10 years, wants to be doing lots of races and triathlons around the country. ... Wants to run the Disneyland half marathon.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800: 2:23.77 (1/17/2015)
Mile: 5:15.62 (1/17/2015)
3000: 10:40.73 (1/14/2017)
5000: 18:04.97 (1/26/2018)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800: 2:24.62 (3/30/2018)
1500: 4:43.30 (4/20/2018)
3000: 11:09.71 (3/21/2015)
5000: 18:20.67 (4/28/2018)
3000 steeplechase: 11:12.08 (4/19/2018)
CAREER RESULTS
