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Hailey Sharkey

  • position Throws
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Collegeville, Pa.
  • High school Perkiomen Valley HS
  • position Throws
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Collegeville, Pa.
  • High school Perkiomen Valley HS

Hailey Sharkey Bio

Career Honors and Recognition
2024 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

Season and Career Results
2024
Indoor
Did not compete during the indoor season.

Outdoor
Appeared in all three home meets during the season, throwing the javelin … Made her collegiate debut at the Weems Baskin Invitational, finishing sixth overall after throwing 36.69m (120-4) … Finished seventh at both the Gamecock Invitational and the USC Outdoor Open, throwing a personal best distance of 37.61m (123-4).

Pre- South Carolina
High School
Lettered in soccer and track & field at Perkiomen Valley High School … Competed in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and javelin … Holds the fifth-best mark in her high school record book for javelin … Also holds the 15th-best 100m record at Perkiomen Valley HS … Earned 2023 Most Outstanding Thrower, Second Team All-Area and All-Conference … Earned 2022 Most Improved Player for varsity soccer … Earned soccer MVP honors from 2020-22 … Led her team to a 2023 District Championship in Track & Field … Was a finalist at the 2023 PAC Championship in Track & Field, finishing runner-up in the javelin and was also a 100m finalist … Was also a 2022 PAC Championship Track & Field finalist.

Personal
Daughter of Will and Cheryl Sharkey, born on Jan. 7, 2005 … Has two siblings, Talia and Olivia … Comes from an athletic family where her cousin (Jayden Miller) throws track & field at West Point Military Academy, cousin (Kyle Johnson) played baseball at College of the Holy Cross, aunt (Alycia Stiles) played softball at Limestone, aunt (Corrine Stiles) played softball at Coker College, great uncle (Theodore Pastva) ran track & field at West Chester University and DePaul and another cousin (Braden Richard) played volleyball at Saint Francis University … Earned Distinguished Honor Roll throughout high school and graduated with Honors Cords … Plans to major in marketing/finance with the hopes of working with marketing for a sports company … Is on the General University Scholarship as well as the Merit Academic Scholarship.

Personal Records

Outdoor

Javelin 37.61m/123-4 (4/20/24)