Education
Auburn University.
Auburn University.
Hayley Reide Peirsol (born August 9, 1985) is an American former distance swimmer. While at Auburn, Hayley trained under David Marsh, Dorsey Tierney and the late Ralph Crocker. Hayley earned 3 individual National Collegiate Athletic Association titles and 3 individual Securities and Exchange Commission titles in the 1650 freestyle as well as 3 National Collegiate Athletic Association and 4 Securities and Exchange Commission team titles.
In 2006 and 2007, Hayley also trained with Club Wolverine at the University of Michigan under Bob Bowman and the legendary distance guru, Jon Urbanchek.
In 2006, Hayley became the third woman in history to ever break 16 minutes in the 1500 meter freestyle, the other two women being Janet Evans and Kate Ziegler. In 2007, Hayley retired from swimming with the desire of making her name known as a triathlete.
In May 2009 she took second place in her first International Telecommunication Union race which was in her brother"s hometown of Austin, Texas. Her brother, American backstroker Aaron Peirsol, is a multiple Olympic Games gold medalist, having competed in Greece, Australia and China.
Hayley and Aaron are the first of two sibling duos to medal at the same FINA World Championships (in 2003 and 2007), along with Bronte Campbell and Cate Campbell who earned a silver medal on the same 4x100 meter freestyle relay in Barcelona in 2013.
LC 400 m Free - 04:06.31, 2006 ConocoPhillips National Championships, 1 August 2006
LC 800 m Free - 08:26.41, 2007 World Championships, 31 March 2007
LC 1500 m Free - 15:57.36, 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, 17 August 2006
LC 400 m Individual Medley - 04:48.30, 2002 ConocoPhillips National Championships, 12 August 2002.