Dominique Hailey Season 2023
Events: Discus (136-10), Hammer Throw (150-5), Weight Throw (54-10.25)
2018 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Placed 11th with a hammer throw of 45.85 meters (150-5) at the Louisiana Classics.
2018 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Competed solely in the weight throw … best throw of the season was 16.72 meters (54-10.25) at the Bayou Bengal Invitational to place eighth … earned a fifth-place finish at the LSU Twilight with a toss of 16.09 meters (52-9.50) … placed 12th at the Tyson Invitational with a heave of 16.08 meters (52-9.25).
2017
Competed in eight meets in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2017 … Closed out the indoor season with a personal-best throw of 50 feet, 1 1/4 inches for sixth place in the weight throw at the LSU Twilight meet … Also threw the weight indoors at the Purple Tiger Invitational (45-8 1/2), Auburn Invitational (48-4) and Bayou Bengal Invitational (49-0 3/4) … Opened her outdoor season by throwing a temporary personal best of 130-10 in the discus for a seventh-place finish at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette … Raised her PR to 136-10 in a 12th-place finish in her season finale at the SEC Relays … Placed seventh at the Battle on the Bayou (129-2) and 15th at the LSU Alumni Gold (120-2) in the discus throw … Set her hammer throw PR at the Battle on the Bayou where she threw 145-6 for 11th place in the competition … Also threw the hammer at the Louisiana Classics (118-4), LSU Alumni Gold (130-8) and SEC Relays (133-8) during the outdoor season.
PRIOR TO LSU
Threw the shot put and discus at Musselman High School in West Virginia under coach Daniel Rizer … Set a personal best of 136 feet, 7 inches in the discus during her senior season in 2016 while winning the event at the Berkeley County Championships … Swept shot put and discus titles at the Berkeley Country Championships in her final season … Bagged the bronze medal in the discus with a throw of 121-3 at the 2016 West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission Class 3A State Championships … Also placed fifth at the state meet in the shot put as a senior in 2016 … Threw her shot put PR of 36-8 at the Cardinal Classic in 2016 … As a junior in 2015, finished third in the discus with a throw of 126-4 and sixth in the shot put with a throw of 35-8 1/4 at the WVSSAC Class 3A State Championships … Also placed second in the shot put and third in the discus at the 2015 WVSSAC Region 2-3A Championships … A standout volleyball player during her prep career at Musselman High School while helping her team win the state championship in 2014.
PERSONAL
Full name is Dominique Nakia Hailey … Born on Nov. 20, 1997 … Father is Terry Hailey and mother is Robbie Perry … An honor student during her prep career at Musselman High School as an honor roll selection and a member of the National Honor Society … Undecided on what major she will pursue at LSU.