Hayden Withers

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

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

Academic Highlights

2023 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

Season and Career Results
2023-24
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