Hokie ClubClass: Senior
High School: Shenendehowa
Hometown: Rexford, N.Y.
2006 Outdoor: Recorded a personal best vault of 5.21m (17'1.25") for a seventh-place finish at the NCAA East Region meet ... Recorded a regional qualifying mark with his first-place performance of 5.20m (17'0.75") at the Sea Ray Relays ... Tied for fourth at the Florida State Relays with a vault of 4.75m (15'7.0") ... Tied for fourth at the Clemson Invitational with a vault of 4.90m (16'0.75") ... Tied for sixth at the ACC Championships with a vault of 4.70m (15'5").2006 Indoor: Earned All-ACC honors with his third-place vault of 5.20m (17'0.75") at the ACC Championships ... The vault was the fourth best in school history and was an NCAA provisional qualifying mark ... Vaulted 4.80m at the VMI Invitational for second place ... Finished third at the Clemson Invitational ... Had a vault of 4.95m (16'2.75") at the Penn State Invitational for fourth place ... Was third at the Virginia Tech Challenge.
2005 Outdoor: Cleared 16'0.75" (4.90m) to place fifth in the event at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Tied for ninth place in the pole vault at the ACC Championships with a mark of 15'3" (4.65m) ... Was the second-place finisher in the pole vault with a jump of 15'7" (4.75m) at the Charlotte Invitational .. Took 11th place in the pole vault at Tennessee's SeaRay Relays.
2005 Indoor: Set a new personal best in the pole vault at the Virginia Tech Challenge by clearing 16'1" (4.90m) to tie for eighth place in the event ... Placed sixth at the ACC Championships with a jump of 15'11"(4.85m) ... At Tech's Last Chance meet, he tied for 10th place with 15'9.25" (4.81m).
2004 Outdoor: Cleared a season-best height of 15'6" (4.73m) at the Virginia Tech Invitational for a second-place finish ... Was 12th at the SeaRay Relays with a jump of 15'1" (4.60m).
2004 Indoor: Had a season-best mark of 15'3" (4.65m) at the Virginia Tech Challenge and Invitational.
2003 Outdoor: Redshirted.
2003 Indoor: Redshirted.
High School: Named Most Valuable Newcomer his sophomore year ... Earned three letters for coach Donald Paretta at Shenendehowa ... Named Most Versatile and Most Valuable Junior ... Winner of the 2002 Shenendehowa Track Leadership Award ... Garnered Most Valuable Senior.
Personal: Born August 26, 1984 in Albany, N.Y. ... Son of Robert Hayes and Kathy Samaniuk-Hayes ... Earned his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering ... Pursuing his masters in chemical engineering ... Has four sisters and three brothers.
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