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2021 Track and Field

Caira Watson-Haynes

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High School St. Ignatius College Prep
  • Events Sprints/Hurdles

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS

EVENT TIME MEET DATE
60 (Indoor) 7.87 Titan Open 2/1/2020
60 Hurdles (Indoor) 8.69 NCAA Championships 3/9/2019
100 (Outdoor) 12.41 UAA Outdoor Championships 4/28/2019
100 Hurdles (Outdoor) 14.21 Billy Hayes Invite 5/3/2019
200 (Indoor) 26.12 UAA Indoor Championships 3/1/2020
200 (Outdoor) 26.77 WashU Mini Meet 3/23/2019

* BOLD denotes school record

--Two-time NCAA DIII Indoor Track & Field All-American: 2019 (60m Hurdles - third, 8.69); 2020 (60m Hurdles)
--One-time UAA Indoor Track & Field Champion: 2019 (60m Hurdles-885)
--Two-time UAA Outdoor Track & Field Champion: 2018 (100m Hurdles-14.94); 2019 (14.42)

2019-20
INDOOR: 
UAA Most Outstanding Performer - Running Events ... Academic All-UAA ... UAA Indoor Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 27, Feb. 3 and Feb. 17 ... season-best 7.87 in the 60-meter dash at the Titan Open on Feb. 1 ... season-bests 8.75 in the 60-meter hurdles and 26.12 in the 200-meter dash at the UAA Indoor Championships Feb. 29-March 1

2018-19
INDOOR:
Helped WashU to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field National Championships by placing third and earning All-American honors with a school record time of 8.69 in the 60m hurdles ... USTFCCCA Midwest All-Region in 60m hurdles with the region's third fastest time, 8.85 ... Earned all-UAA honors with a winning time of 8.85 in the 60m hurdles to help the Bears claim the UAA Title ... Academic All-UAA.
OUTDOOR: National Championship qualifier in the 100m hurdles ... USTFCCCA Midwest All-Region in the 100m hurdles ... Earned All-UAA honors with an event title in the 100m hurdles (14.42) and as a member of the runner-up 4x100m relay team (48.62) ... Named the UAA Track Athlete of the Week on April 8 and May 6 ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... Academic All-UAA ... UAA Presidents Council Scholar Athlete.

2017-18
INDOOR:
Earned all-UAA Indoor honors with a third-place finish in the 60m hurdles (9.07) ... WashU's top 60m perfomer on the season, posted a time of 8.03 at the UAA Championships on Feb. 25.
OUTDOOR:
Helped the Bears to the University Athletic Association (UAA) Outdoor Track & Field Championship with an event title in the 100m hurdles (14.94) ... WashU's top 100m perfomer (12.77) and also a member of the 4x100m relay team (49.53) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner and team captain in track & field and swimming at St. Ignatius College Prep … Earned All-Conference honors twice in the 100mH … Earned All-Conference Academic Team honors all four years … Helped team to conference championships in 2014 and 2017 … 2017 100mH Conference Champion … Owns school record in the 200 medley relay for swimming … Personal bests: 200m-26.94, 55mH-8.84, 60mH-9.22, 100mH-15.10, 300mH-47.01 … Honors with Distinction.

PERSONAL: Majoring in international relations and Chinese with a minor in international business … Daughter of Donna Watson.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2021Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles