Gabrielle Hayon
Gabrielle Hayon
Height: 5-7
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Agoura Hills, Calif.
High School: Westlake
Events: Back/Free
Major: Psychology

Swimcloud - Gabrielle Hayon

 

2021-22 (Junior)


Swam career best times in the 50 Breast (36.04), 100 Breast (1:16.49), 100 Fly (1:03.41), and 100 IM (1:04.93) at the Bulldog Pentathlon (Oct. 16) ... Came in third in the 200 Free (2:02.68) and second in the 500 Free (5:26.83) at the Redlands v.s La Verne vs. Biola (Nov. 6) tri-meet ... Finished in the top-10 in the 500 Free (5:27.41 | 7th) and 1650 Free (18:52.56 | 9th) at the Logger Invitational (Dec. 3-5) ... Took third in the 500 Free (5:28.24) at the CMS vs. Redlands (Jan. 15) meet ... Was third and second, respectively, in the 200 Free (2:05.53) and 500 Free (5:29.06) at the Caltech vs. Occidental vs. Redlands (Jan. 22) tri-meet ... Was the second to finish the 1650 Free (19:07.69) at the Redlands vs. Chapman (Jan. 29) meet ... Swam season best times and finished second and third in the 200 Free (2:02.05) and 100 Back (1:02.78) and took third in the 200 Back (2:16.45) during the Redlands vs. Cal Lutheran vs. Whittier (Feb. 5) meet ... At the SCIAC CHampionships Hayon swam a career best time in the 100 Free (56.36), 500 Free prelims (5:14.34) and took 10th in the finals and then added season best times in the 1000 Free (11:06.29), 1650 Free (18:37.19 | 12th), 100 Back prelims (1:01.49) with a 14th-place finish in the finals.

 

2020-21 (Sophomore | COVID-19 season)


Began her second season at the Cal Lutheran vs. Redlands (Mar. 13) meet and won the 500 Free (5:38.63) and was runner-up in the 200 Free (2:05.76) ... She won the 1650 Free (19:29.16) at the Redlands vs. Concordia (Mar. 26) meet ... In her final race of the season she took third with a season best time in the 200 Free (2:01.49), won the 500 Free (5:23.14) with another season best time.

 

2019-20 (First-Year)


  • Member of the team that went 5-3 in dual meets and finished fifth at the SCIAC Championships
  • Swam the fastest 100 Back of her career in 1:01.48 during the consolation final of the SCIAC Championships 
  • Posted a season-best time of 18:38.26 in the 1650 Free during the SCIAC Championships
  • Fired off a career-best time of 2:16.20 in the 200 Back during the CMS-Redlands dual meet

 

Lifetime Best Times (Through senior season)


  • 50 Free: 26.10 -- 2-16-2019
  • 100 Free: 56.26 -- 2-19-2022
  • 500 Free: 5:11.86 -- 2-16-2023 (8th in program history)
  • 1000 Free: 11:00.69 -- 2-18-2023 (6th in program history)
  • 1650 Free: 18:22.72 -- 2-18-2023 (9th in program history)
  • 50 Back: 28.96 -- 5-3-2019
  • 100 Back: 1:01.48 -- 2-22-2020
  • 200 Back: 2:16.20 -- 1-18-2020

 

Accomplishments


  • Dean's List (Spring 2021)
  • 3x B finalist at 2022 SCIACs: 10th place (B finalist champion) in the 500 free, 12th in the 1650 free, 14th in the 100 back.
     
  • 2x B finalist at 2020 SCIACs: 17th in the 1650 free, 17th in the 100 back
  • 8th place all time fastest Bulldog in the 1000 freestyle
  • Member of the CSCAA Scholar All-America team (2019-20)

 

Quick Facts


  • Postgraduate Plans: Grad school for masters in psyscholgy.
  • Favorite Professional Athlete: Katie Ledecky
  • Favorite Music Artist: The Weekend
  • Favorite Food: Sushi
  • Favorite Inspirational Quote: Maneater by Nelly Furtado
  • Why I Became a Bulldog Student-Athlete: I chose to become a bulldog student athlete because I liked the tight knit community the swim team had when I visited and I liked that I could balance academics, athletics, and any still be involved in other things on campus because of the D3 level.