Frank Hayes

Position:
Middle Distance
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Sylvania, Ohio
High School:
Southview
Prev School:
Ohio State

Awards and Honors
Three-Time All-American
First Team All-American (Indoor: DMR - 2022)
Second Team All-American (Indoor: 800m - 2019; 4x400m - 2021)
Two-Time Big Ten Champion (Indoor: 600m - 2019; 4x400m - 2021)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2017)

Personal Bests

400m	47.88	2016 Outdoor
	47.99	2022 Indoor
600m	1:17.24	2019 Indoor
800m	1:49.16	2016 Outdoor
	1:47.90	2019 Indoor

2021-22
Indoor: Ran for Iowa State in 10 meets … earned First Team All-America honors in the distance medley relay (9:28.62), running the 400m leg and finishing sixth at the NCAA Championships … also ran the 400m leg on school-record distance medley relay (9:24.07) at the Arkansas Qualifier … claimed silver medal as part of distance medley relay (9:37.92), bronze medal in 800m run (1:48.10) and was member of ninth-place 4x400m relay (3:12.17) at the Big 12 Championships … picked up wins in the 800m run at the Arkansas Qualifier (1:48.46), Iowa State Classic (1:48.28) and the Cyclone Open (1:48.99) … ran to personal best 47.99 in the 400m dash at the Razorback Invitational … also ran at the Meyo Invitational, Graduate Classic, ISU Holiday Invitational and Wooo Pig Classic.

2020-21 (Ohio State)
Outdoor: Competed in eight meets for the Buckeyes … qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries as part of the 4x400m relay, finishing 16th (3:09.15) … was member of silver-medal 4x400m relay (3:06.60) and finished 11th in the 800m (1:50.04) at the Big Ten Championships … earned four wins on the season, including taking the 800m (1:50.68) and as part of the 4x400m relay (3:07.74) at the Jesse Owens Invitational … member of first-place sprint medley relay (3:22.50) at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays … opened season with win as member of 4x400m relay (3:16.24) at the Maryland B1G Invite … also competed at the B1G North Florida Invitational, Big Ten Invite and Husker Big 10 Invite.

Indoor: Took part in seven meets … earned Second Team All-America honors as member of 11th-place 4x400m relay (3:08.33) at NCAA Championships … was member of Big Ten title-winning 4x400m relay (3:08.45) at conference championships, where he also took fifth in the 800m (1:51.41) and eighth in the 600m (1:35.13) … earned five victories during the regular season, including picking up a pair in the 600m (1:18.33) and the 4x400m relay (3:07.45) at the B1G Indoor Invitational … also member of winning 4x400m relay at UM Silverston Invitational, Hoosier Hills Invitational and Penn State Invitational.

2019-20 (Ohio State)
Outdoor: Season cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Indoor: Redshirted.

2018-19 (Ohio State)
Outdoor: Ran in six meets … qualified for NCAA East Preliminaries in the 800m run, finishing 26th (1:50.65) … earned silver medal in the 4x400m relay (3:08.04) and finished ninth in the 800m (1:50.27) at the Big Ten Championships … was the winner of the 800m run (1:49.36) at the Akron-Campbell Wright Open … took second in the 800m (1:50.30) at the Jesse Owens Classic … also competed at the Florida Relays and Virginia Challenge.

Indoor: Competed in nine meets for the Buckeyes … earned Second Team All-America honors with 15th place finish in 800m run (1:53.04) at NCAA Indoor Championships … earned Big Ten title in 600m run, clocking a personal best 1:17.24 … was also silver medalist as part of 4x400m relay (3:07.49) at the conference championships … clocked a personal best 1:47.90 in the 800m run en route to taking second at the Alex Wilson Invitational … won the 600m run at the Simmons-Harvey Big Ten Invitational (1:18.87) and the Rod McCravey Memorial (1:17.60) … was member of winning DMR at the Tiger Paw Invitational (10:09.33) and the Jim Green Invitational (10:00.53) … also competed at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge.

2017-18 (Iowa State)
Outdoor: Competed in seven meets for Iowa State … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 800-meter run, finishing 30th in 1:51.31 … finished sixth in the 800-meter run at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (1:50.66) … was member of winning 4x800-meter relay (7:27.98) and second-place distance medley relay team (9:42.95) at the Drake Relays … ran a personal-best 48.15 in the 400-meter dash at the Sun Angel Classic … notched a personal best 1:49.44 in the 800 at the Florida Relays … also competed in the Cardinal Classic and Tulsa Duels.

Indoor: Took part in seven meets for the Cyclones … earned bronze medal as member of 4x400-meter relay (3:10.07) and finished fifth in the 800 (1:50.42) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … won 800-meter run at Nittany Lion Challenge (1:54.52) and was member of second-place 4x400m relay (3:11.63) … was member of winning 4x400m relay at the Cyclone Duals (3:13.42) … also competed at the Iowa State Classic, Husker Invitational, Razorback Invitational and Larry Wieczorek Invitational.

2016-17
Outdoor: Did not compete.

Indoor: Did not compete for Iowa State … ran in the 600-meter run at the Husker Invite and the Larry Wieczorek Invite.

High School
Milesplit.com All-American and New Balance National champion at 800 meters … three-time Ohio state champ at 800, including an indoor-outdoor sweep in 2016 … won outdoor state championship in 800 with personal-best 1:49.16 … also finished fifth as part of Sylvania Southview 4x400-meter relay team at state … took 10th in the 800 at the 2016 New Balance Indoor Nationals … three-time state qualifier in the 800-meters.

Personal
Born on Nov. 30, 1997 … son of Erica Hayes and Roland McLand … Pre-Business major.