Background
Hayes, Joanna was born on December 23, 1976 in Williamsport, PA.
Olympic track and field athlete
Hayes, Joanna was born on December 23, 1976 in Williamsport, PA.
Graduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1999.
She originally specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. She competed at the 1999 World Championships and 2003 World Championships without reaching the final. From 2004 she competed internationally in the 100 metres hurdles.
At the 2005 World Championships, she was among the favorites, having run 12.47 seconds in June.
She did reach the final race, only to fail to finish after stumbling in the hurdles. She finished third at the 2005 World Athletics Final.
After that, mediocre seasons followed with 12.76 (2006), 13.28 (2007) and 12.63 seconds (2008) as her season"s best times. She failed to qualify for the 2008 Olympics due to injury.
She currently coaches track and field and cross country at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California.
She is the daughter of Los Angeles homeless advocate Ted Hayes. She gave birth to a daughter, Zoe, in December 2010. Hayes began her comeback to competition in 2012.
Hayes was inducted into the University of California, Los Angeles Athletics Hall of Fame on October 11, 2014.
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology Moves Coordinator Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center, East St. Louis, Illinois, 2001—2002.