Keene State College

Second-year runner looking to build on a fine freshman season and make his move in the Owls lead cross country pack this fall…looking to break 26 minute mark in the 8K  and help the Owls make a run at a national berth.....highly versatile runner who will compete in a variety of events from the 800 all the way up to the 5,000.

2012-13:  Cross Country:  Placed fifth (27:21) at the KSC Invitational and 15th (27:06) at the LEC Championships…best freshman time of 26:44 was posted at the New England Championships…Indoor Track: Placed fourth in the 1,000 (2:38.47) and was  a member of the winning 4x800 relay (8:06.22) at the LEC Championships… top freshman performances also include a 600 time of 1:28.53 at Springfield, a 1,000 time of 2:34.18 at the New England Championships and a time of 4:35.08 in the mile at Smith College….Outdoor Track:  Placed eighth in the 800 (1:59.67) at the LEC Championships….post a time of 4:12.11 in the 1,500 at the UMass-Amherst Invitational.

Before KSC:  Came to Keene State after competing in cross country and track at Dover (N.H.) High School….ran three seasons of cross country and served as team captain as a junior and senior...was the Green Waves second runner on the cross country team as a senior, placing 30th (16:58) at the Class L Championships and 35th (16:33) at the Meet of Champions….ran a variety of events of the track, posting a PR time of 2:00 in the 800 at the Class L Championship...a meember of school''s 4x800 relay team that qualified for the New England Chmpionships...brother Dillon runs cross country and track at Dover High and likes rock climbing...Hayden is a secondary education/biology major.