2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished 15th in the 3000m at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet with a 9:04.70 … Finished fourth in the 4×800 at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet with a time of 7:53.54 along with Jag Gangemi, Eamon McCoy and Mitchell Sanders. Outdoor: Finished 14th in the 5000m at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 15:09.06 … Finished 17th in the 5000m at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of 15:09.56 … Finished 23rd in the 1500m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 4:04.14.
2015 Cross Country:
Finished 25th in the 5k event at the JSU/Struts Invitational 15:53.9 … Finished 82nd in the 8k event at the Commodore Classic with a time of 26:35.2.
2015 Track:
Indoor: Ran his best mile for 11th place at the Samford University Invitational. Outdoor: Did not compete.
2014 Cross Country:
Finished fifth for GT, and 14th overall, with a career-best 8K time of 25:20 at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational … Placed 21st out of 160 runners with a time of 25:45 at the Upstate Invitational.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Placed seventh in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invite … Recorded a personal-best in the mile at the Samford Invitiational with a time of 4:17.92. Outdoor: Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to take fifth at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Placed third in the 1,500 meters at the Georgia Invite with a time of 3:56.77 … Took fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Georgia Tech Invite … Ran a personal-best time of 14:55.24 in the 5,000 meters at the Florida Relays.
High School:
Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track, and a three-year captain … Track team won the district championship in 2010, 2011 and 2013 … Named to the all-state first team in 2012 and 2013 … Selected to the all-state second team in 2011 … A three-time cross country state qualifier and finished fourth in the 2012 state meet … A three-time state track qualifier, and in 2013 placed third in the 3200 meters and fifth in the 1600 meters … Also played two years as a forward on the soccer team.
Personal:
Full name is Troy Daniel Hayden … Born on Oct. 26, 1994 in Coppell, Texas … Parents are Danny and Margaret Hayden … Has a twin sister named Anna … Chose Georgia Tech for its challenging curriculum, its commitment to environmental issues and its professional opportunities … Majoring in mechanical engineering.