2026 Track & Field Roster

Dylan Hayden

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Murphy, Texas
  • Highschool Plano East HS

Biography

Personal bests – as of June 22, 2026
Date Year Event Statistic Meet
Feb. 6 2026 60m 7.40 UAB Green and Gold Invite
Apr. 19 2025 100m 11.24 Jim Mize Invitational
Feb. 6 2026 60m Hurdles 8.34 UAB Green and Gold Invite
Apr. 4-5 2025 110m Hurdles 14.75 Warhawk Classic

2026 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR) 
  • Competed in three meets but did not have any results 
2026 INDOOR (JUNIOR) 
  • Competed in five meets
  • Recorded personal bests in the 60m Hurdles (8.44), 60m (7.40) and the 400m (8.34) at the UAB Green and Gold Invite (Feb. 6) 
2025 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
  • Competed in six meets.
  • Personal best 14.75 mark in 100m hurdles with a third place finish at Warhawk Classic.
  • Placed in third in 100m hurdles at Leon Johnson Invitational. 
  • Career-high 11.24 time in the 100m at Jim Mize Invitational
2025 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
  • Did not compete
2024 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
  • Competed in five meets.
  • Personal best 15.41 time in 110m hurdles at Warhawk Classic (Apr. 26-27)
  • 11th place in 110m hurdles in Louisiana Classic (Mar. 15-16) and Carl Knight Invitational (Apr. 11-13)
2024 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
  • Competed in four meets.
  • Set personal best 8.71 time in 60m hurdles at Howie Ryan Invitational (Feb. 9)
2023 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
  • Competed in three meets as a red-shirt freshman
  • Set a personal-best time of 15.99 in the 110-meter hurdles at the Warhawk Classic (April 22)
  • Ran the 100 meters in 11.80 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (April 15)
2023 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
  • Competed in one meet as a red-shirt freshman, running the 60 meters in 7.48 and the 60-meter hurdles in 8.96 at the LSU Purple Tiger (Jan. 13)
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE
  • Redshirted the 2021 season as a quarterback on the Southwestern Oklahoma State University football team in Weatherford, Oklahoma
PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH
Two-year varsity letterwinner in track and field at Plano East Senior High, graduating in 2021 … Spent first two years of high school at Thunder Basin High School in Gillette, Wyoming, lettering twice in track and field … As a senior in 2021, was an All-Area Track and Field selection and Plano East Track MVP, winning district and area championships in the 110-meter hurdles, an area championship in the 300-meter hurdles and was second in the district in the 4x400-meter relay … Had his junior track season in 2020 canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … As a sophomore in 2019 at Thunder Basin, took fifth place at the indoor state track meet in the 60-meter hurdles, finished third in the outdoor state meet in the 110 hurdles and eighth in the 300 hurdles … As a freshman in 2018, placed seventh at the state indoor meet in the 60 hurdles and sixth in the state outdoor meet in the 110 hurdles … Four-year letterwinner in football, playing quarterback … As a senior, was Second-Team All-District at Plano East … Led Thunder Basin to a pair of undefeated conference championships … Two-year varsity letterwinner in basketball.
 
PERSONAL
Born November 19, 2002, in Las Vegas, Nevada … Son of Burt Hayden and Amanda Hayden … Has one sister, Emma … Grandfather, Rick Sanders, played football at Boise State, UNLV and the NFL’s Raiders … Cousin, Scott Kozak, played football at Oregon and for the NFL’s Houston Oilers … Enjoys playing video games, Brazilian jiu jitsu, boxing, football and golf … Majoring in business management.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2024Sophomore

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2025Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2026Senior

    Hurdles