
Haley Downey
Position
Breast/IM
Class
Senior
Hometown
Bartlesville, Okla.
High School
Bartlesville HS
Top Collegiate Times
Time | Event | Date | Meet |
---|---|---|---|
24.92 | 50 Y Free | 10/11/2019 | Missouri State/South Dakota |
1:00.51 | 100 Y Breast | 03/01/2019 | Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship |
2:12.45 | 200 Y Breast | 03/02/2019 | Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship |
2:01.86 | 200 Y IM | 02/21/2018 | Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship |
4:20.78 | 400 Y IM | 02/21/2018 | Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship |
2019-20 (Senior)
- Big 12’s Women’s Swimming and Diving Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year
- Finished the season with 15 top-five individual finishes
- Placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:13.81) at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
- Claimed fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.30) at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
- Finished fifth in the 200-yard individual medley at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26) with a new personal-best time of 2:00.50
2018-19 (Junior)
- All-Big 12 First Team member
- Set the Kansas record in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.51) at the Big 12 Championship (3/2)
- Placed inside the top-three six times in the 100-yard breaststroke
- Earned a personal-best in the 100-yard breaststroke while competing at the Big 12 Championship (3/1) with a time of 1:00.51
- Placed inside the top-three six times in the 200-yard breaststroke
- Set a personal-best of 2:12.45 in the 200-yard breaststroke in a time trial at the Big 12 Championship (3/2)
- Competed at the USA Winter Nationals (11/29) in the 100-meter breaststroke, 200-meter breaststroke and the 200-meter individual medley
- Finished with the fastest time on the team in the 100-yard breaststroke and the second-fastest time in the 200-yard breaststroke and 400-yard individual medley
2017-18 (Sophomore)
- All-Big 12 First Team
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- 2017 Fall Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls (4.0)
- 2018 Spring Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls (4.0)
- Broke the KU swimming record in the 100-yard breaststroke back-to-back and the 200-yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Championship meet (2/21-24) with times of 1:01.43 and 2:13.50, respectively
- Competed in the 200-yard medley relay at the Big 12 Championship meet where the team earned a fourth-place finish and a season-best time of 1:40.40 … Swam in all top-four season 200-yard medley relays for KU
- Participated in a third-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay at the conference meet with a season-best time .08 away from the KU team record (3:38.53)
- Fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship meet in the 400-yard Individual Medley with a personal and team season-best time (4:20.78)
- Third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay at the Big 12 Championship meet with a team season-best time (1:32.02)
- Top-five in all eight events swum at the Kansas Classic
- Placed top-three in every 100-yard breaststroke competition competed in during the season
2016-17 (Freshman)
- Earned Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team honors
- Recorded lifetime-best swims in all of her preliminary and final individual swims during an All-Big 12 First Team performance at the conference championship meet (2/22-25)
- Scored a team-leading 45 points in individual events at Big 12s by logging third-place finishes in the 100-yard (1:02.09) and 200-yard (2:15.32) breaststroke and sixth in the 200-yard individual medley (2:02.91)
- Her times in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke at the conference meet rank her third and fourth, respectively, on KU’s all-time performance list
- Contributed to second-place finishes in the 200-yard (1:40.03) and 400-yard (3:27.46) medley relays at the conference meet
- Won the 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard medley relay at the same meet three different times, accomplishing the feat in a double-dual against North Dakota and Missouri State (10/21-22), TCU (10/27) and Iowa State (2/3-4)
- Recorded a lifetime-best 4:24.42 in the 400-yard individual medley at the Kansas Classic (11/18-20), finishing sixth
- Contributed to a Mabee Center record-setting 1:58.26 200-meter short course medley relay swim and a victorious 1:13.31 100-meter short course breaststroke swim against William Jewell (1/19)
High School
- Olympic Trial qualifier in the 200-meter breaststroke
- Two-time runner-up finish at the Oklahoma state championships in the 100 breaststroke and 200 individual medley
- Turned in two first-place finishes at the Phillips 66 Meet of Champions in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke
- A pair of runner-up finishes at Central Sectionals in the 200 and 400 individual medlies
- A member of the Phillips 66 Splash club team
Personal
- Parents are Jenny and Gary Downey
- Has an older sibling Thomas and a younger sibling Erin
- Mother swam at Iowa State and brother swims for Wright State
- Exercise science major