Avery Hale
2018 OUTDOOR (So.)
Finished 37th in the 10,000-meter run at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival (3/30-31) with a time of 30:56.43.
2018 INDOOR (So.)
Finished third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:02.30 at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2).
2017 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
Took third place at the Bob Timmons Dual Classic (9/2) with a 6K time of 19:12.5 … Posted a fourth-place finish in the 8K with a time of 25:06.4 at the Rim Rock Farm Collegiate Classic (9/30) … Finished 262nd at the Pre-National Invitational (10/14) clocking in with an 8K time of 26:06.4 … Finished 42nd in the 8K race at the Big 12 Cross Country Championship (10/28) timing in at 25:11.1 … Competed at the NCAA Division I Midwest Region Cross Country Championships (10/11) where he clocked in at 30:56.6, good for a 104th-place finish.
2017 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Recorded a second-place finish in the 5,000-meter run at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) with a time of 14:51.21 … Finished in third-place at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22) in the 5,000 meters, clocking a season-best time of 14:49.59.
2017 INDOOR (Fr.)
Won the 3,000-meter run at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) with a time of 8:38.54 … Posted a ninth-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) with a time of 8:52.25.
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.)
Saw competition in five meets during his freshman season as a Jayhawk … Placed 77th at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/11) after clocking a 10K time of 31:53.9 … Finished in the top-50 at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) after completing the 8K course in 26:54.7 … Took fifth at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3) with a 6K time of 19:43.5 … Crossed the 8K finish line at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1) in 25:20.7, good enough for 19th … His 8K time of 26:53.8 at the Pre-National Invitational (10/15) earned him 25th place.
HIGH SCHOOL
Eight-time letterwinner in cross country and track for coach Brian Anderson (a National High School Coach of the Year finalist) at New Town High School … Finished second in the 3,200 meters and third in the 1,600 meters at the North Dakota state track meet … Placed fourth at the state cross country meet twice … Named to cross country all-state team three years … Broke the school record in the 3,200 meters with a personal-best time of 9:30.99 … Cross Country Senior Athlete of the Year Finalist.
PERSONAL
Son of Jay and Kyonia Hale … Has five siblings; Amber, Devanee, Chace, Jaiven and Victoria … His father, Jay, ran track and cross country at a junior college in Albuquerque and is an assistant high school track, cross country and basketball coach … His siblings, Chace and Jaiven, are both all-state athletes in track and cross country and Chace is a member of the Kansas track & field and cross country teams … Undecided on major … Aspires to help young Native American athletes achieve their goals.