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Hayley Mason

  • position Freestyle
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Columbia, SC
  • Major Public Health
  • High school Dreher
  • position Freestyle
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Columbia, SC
  • Major Public Health
  • High school Dreher

Hayley Mason Bio

Mason’s Top Times
Event Time Date Meet Location
100 Freestyle 52.62 1/16/21 at Georgia Athens, GA
200 Freestyle

500 Freestyle

1000 Freestyle

1650 Freeestyle

1:48.88p

4:47.27

10:00.83

16:24.77

2/18/22

11/16/22

1/14/23

2/18/22

SEC Championships

Gamecock Invitational

vs. Georgia

SEC Championships

Knoxville, TN

Columbia, SC

Columbia, SC

Knoxville, TN

200 Backstroke 2:00.11 1/21/21 vs. Gardner-Webb Columbia, SC

! = School Record  |  p = Prelims  |  t = Time Trial  |  # = Leadoff Split/Split


AWARDS/HONORS

  • 3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • 2x CSCAA Scholar All-American – 2022, 2023 (2nd team)
  • SEC Community Service Team (2023)

IN THE RECORD BOOK 

  • 9th – 500 free
  • 5th – 1000 free
  • 6th – 1650 free

2022-23 (JUNIOR)

  • Placed third in the 200 free versus UNCW (1:50.78)
  • Placed second in the 500 free at the Gamecock Invitational with a new personal best time of 4:47.27
  • Placed second in the 1000 free at Alabama
  • Won the 1650 free at the Gamecock Invitational
  • Competed on the SEC Championship team in the 500 free and 1650 free

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Added distance swimming to her list of events, competing in the 1000 and 1650 frees
  • Set new personal best times in all three of her events at the SEC Championships – 200, 500, and 1650 free
  • Placed second in both the 500 and 1000 free during the meet versus Queens

2020-21 (FRESHMAN)

  • Participated in four different events during her first year at South Carolina – 100 free, 200 free, 200 back, and 500 free
  • Placed first in the 200 back and the 500 free during the meet versus Gardner-Webb
  • Achieved a personal best in the 200 backstroke during the meet versus Gardner-Webb

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Attended Dreher High School in Columbia, SC
  • State champion in the 200 free, twice in the 500 free, and three times in the relay
  • Team captain in high school for two seasons and captain of the Carolina Aquatics club team
  • Individual results:
    • 200 free – 1:50.59
    • 200 back – 2:02.14
    • 400 IM – 4:27.16
    • 500 free – 5:00.26
    • 1650 free – 17:19.29