Haley Rizek

Height:
5-8
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Albuquerque, N.M.
Prev School:
Penn

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Career Accolades

2022 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2020 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
Penn heptathlon record holder (5,377 points)
Ranks No. 3 all-time in the 400m hurdles (58.93 seconds) and No. 5 all-time in the 4x400m relay (3:37.10)
Two-time NCAA East Regional (2021, 2022)

2021-22 (Senior)
Outdoor

Competed in the 400m hurdles (1:00.30) and 4x400m (3:39.57) at the NCAA East Regional
Clocked 400m hurdles personal best (58.93) to place third at the Princeton Elite Invite
Finished runner-up in the heptathlon at the Ivy League Outdoor Championships with a personal best of 5,377 points; Overall performance included personal bests in the 200m (24.88) and javelin (44.80m (147 feet))
Notched personal best of 5.56m (18-3 feet) in the long jump at the Virginia Challenge
Took second in the 400m hurdles (59.41) at the Larry Ellis Invite
Finished fourth in the heptathlon at the Tennessee Relays with 5,237 points; Overall performance featured a personal best in the 800m of 2:16.45
Ran 100m hurdles personal best (14.19) at the Raleigh Relays

Indoor

Ran personal bests in the 60m (7.88), 300m (40.80) and 400m (57.19) at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invite
Totaled a PR of 3,614 points to take fifth in the pentathlon at the Columbia Challenge
Ran 500m personal best (1:16.13) at the Villanova Invite
Clocked a personal best of 8.74 seconds in the 60m hurdles at the Penn-10 Team Select

2020-21 (Junior)
Outdoor

Competed in all seven regular-season meets
Reached personal-best marks in javelin (40.73m) and 100m (12.66) at Penn Challenge on March 27
Took first place in two-day Heptathlon at Quaker Invitational, setting personal-best mark and moving into fifth in program history with 4,941 points
Clocked a personal-best time of 59.68 in 400m hurdles at Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitationals to take first and move to third in program history
Set personal-best marks in 200m (25.40) and long jump (5.40m) at Penn Twilight
At TCNJ Last Chance on May 13, hit new personal-best time of 14.58 in 100m hurdles
Qualified for NCAA East Preliminaries in Jacksonville in 400m hurdles, entering as 35th seed with a time of 59.68 and finishing 38th with a time of 1:00.43

Indoor

Did not compete - COVID-19 pandemic

2019-20 (Sophomore)
Outdoor

Did not compete - season cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic

Indoor

Competed in six meets during the indoor season in a variety of events, including the pentathlon at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (March 1).
Opened the season with a career-best mark of 5.06m (16-7.25) in the long jump at the Navy Invitational (Dec. 7).
Reached the final of the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 1) with the ninth-fastest time in program history in the 60m hurdles (8.83). Finished fifth in the final in 8.95m.
Totaled a career-high 3,281 points in the pentathlon at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Jan. 25) to place eighth.
Finished 10th in the pentathlon at Heps with 2,637 points.

2018-19 (Freshman)
Outdoor

Competed in seven meets, including the 125th running of the Penn Relays (April 27) and Ivy League Outdoor Heps (May 5).
Finished seventh in the javelin at Heps with a mark of 36.12m.
Ran the 400m hurdles at the Penn Relays, finishing in 1:04.33.
Won the javelin at the Rider Invitational (April 13), recording a throw of 38.86m.
Crossed the line in the 400m hurdles at the Sam Howell Invitational (April 6) in 1:03.02, a PR.

Indoor

Appeared in seven meets in a variety of events.
Totaled eight top-10 finishes, including three at the Harvard-Penn Dual (Dec. 9), finishing sixth in the 4x440yd relay, sixth in the high jump and seventh in the shot put.
Qualified for the final and finished sixth in the 60m hurdles at the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 2), running a PR 8.94.
Recorded a PR at the Princeton Indoor Invitational (Feb. 16), leaping 4.86m in the long jump for an 11th-place finish.
Picked up another PR in the 200m at the Fastrack National Invite (Feb. 8), finishing 16th in 26.13.

High School: New Mexico No. 1 in the 100m hurdles and the javelin ... New Mexico state record holder in the 100m hurdles ... 2018 New Mexico state champion in the javelin.

Personal: Daughter of Regina and Tim Rizek ... Older brother, Quintin Rizek, played football at Brown ... Older brother, Tristin, played baseball at Lamar ... Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.