Hayden Withers

position Distance
class Junior
Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
High school Indian Hill HS

position Distance
class Junior
Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
High school Indian Hill HS

Career Honors and Recognition

2024 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

Season and Career Results
2023-24
Indoor
Did not make an appearance during the indoor season.

Outdoor
Missed the outdoor season due to an injury.

Cross Country
Missed the cross country season due to an injury.

2022-23
Indoor
Appeared in five meets as a true freshman during the indoor season … Was able to run the 3K at the SEC Indoor Championship, clocking 10:33.81 … Made her indoor collegiate debut at the Carolina Challenge 3K, turning in a personal best time of 10:23.00 for an 11^th-place finish … Ran a pair of indoor 5K races during the season, including a personal best at the Columbia Challenge when she stopped the clock at 17:46.01 to finish fifth … Finished third in the Tiger Paw Invite 5K at Clemson, turning in a time of 18:00.31.

Outdoor
Competed in four meets during the outdoor season, running the 3K and the 5K … Made her outdoor collegiate debut at the Island Relays Bahamas, running 10:28.39 to finish sixth in the 3K for a new outdoor 3K personal best … Her first 5K race of the season was at the Weems Baskin Relays, running a PR time of 17:57.78 for a runner-up finish.

Cross Country
Appeared in six meets during the season, making her collegiate debut at the Carolina Challenge with a fifth-place finish following a time of 19:19.5 … Finished third at the Winthrop Invitational with a mark of 18:45.3 … Posted the 49^th-fastest 5K in program history with a personal record time of 18:14.0 … Clocked her 6K PR at the SEC Cross Country Championships when she stopped the clock at 21:55.14 to place inside the Top 100 with the 39^th-fastest 6K in school history.

Pre- South Carolina
High School
Lettered in swimming and track & field at Indian Hill High School in Cincinnati, Ohio … Also competed in JV volleyball and lacrosse for one season … Holds the school record for the indoor 3,200 and the 4×800 … Named First Team All-Ohio for cross country for four consecutive seasons (2018-21) … Tabbed to the First Team All-Ohio in the 3,200 following the 2022 season … Was a conference champion in the 3,200 for 2021 and 2022 and finished conference runner-up in the 1,600 during both years … MVP in her conference in cross country in 2021 … Excelled in the classroom as well, earning Cum Laude honors, National Honors Society, AP Scholar-Athlete, AP Capstone Diploma as well as English, Math and Science Excellence Awards.

Personal
Born to her parents Douglas and Stephanie Withers … Has two siblings, Kaylie and Bronson … Father, Douglas, played football at Purdue and her mother, Stephanie, played basketball at South Dakota … Her uncle, Brian Good, played basketball at Wisconsin … Plans to major in Neuroscience with plans to be a physician or surgeon … Chose South Carolina over Tulane, North Texas and Dayton … Will be part of Carolina’s Honors College and is a recipient of the UG Scholarship as well as the Superlative Academic Achievement Award.

Personal Records

Indoor