NCAA D2 Athlete Hall of Fame Nominations

NCAA D2 Athlete Hall of Fame Nominations
Date09/10/2025
Nominee NameQuanera Hayes
Name while competingQuanera Hayes
Institution AttendedLivingstone College
Athlete's HometownHope Mills, NC
First Year at Institution2010
Final Year at Institution2014
# of Individual National Championships4
# of All-America Honors12
# of USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Year Awards2
# of USTFCCCA Regional Athlete of the Year Awards1
# of Conference Athlete Awards2
Athletic Achievements/Important Information

During Quanera Hayes' time at Livingstone, she was a 12 time NCAA All American during the Indoor and Outdoor seasons in the 200 and 400 meters. She was 3 time NCAA Champion in the Outdoor 400 meters in years 2013, 2014, 2015. She was the National Champion in the Outdoor 200 Meters in 2015. She was 6 time CIAA All Conference and 3 time CIAA Champion along with setting 8 Livingstone school records.

Additional Information
Track & Field and/or Cross Country Academic Awards or Accolades:Quanera was a 2015 NCAA Woman of the year Nominee making it into the top 20.
Post-Collegiate Accomplishments

Quanera has been running as a post Collegiate for now the last 10 years and has medaled at 5 World Championships and made 2 Olympic teams with 1 Olympic Gold.
She was also the 2021 Diamond League 400 meters Champion

Nominator Information
Nominator NameJustin Davis