Career
Hayes was the first Palau Olympic swimmer in history, when she swam at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hayes qualified for the 2000 Olympics via an Olympic Solidarity and a Universality place. As such, she competed only in one event, the women"s 100 m freestyle.
Swimming in heat one, Hayes swam a new Palauan record of 1:00.89 to command a top position, but placed forty-seventh overall on the morning prelims.
