"I swim from 5:30 in the morning to 7:15 in the morning, then go to school at eight, then I come back here at four, and swim 'til six or 6:30." If you're trying to figure out when Hayley Pike sleeps, keep trying. The Haas Hall senior and recent winner of the Arkansas High School State Championships in the 200 meter and 500 meter freestyle is swimming laps and taking names. "I love getting in that feeling of the groove and when you hit that pace and you can hold it for a long time and not get tired," Pike says. "You're tired, but you're not gonna slow down."Pike isn't slowing down. Instead, she's speeding up and competing all over the globe.As a member of the U.S. National Junior team, Pike recently competed in Qatar and finished her open water 10k in just over two hours."Touching that wall after a two hour race and realizing that I made it was just overwhelming joy and relief that all that work--not even just after that two hour race--but all of the preparation that we had to go through to get ready for that meet was worth it," Pike recalls.Next, she'll head to the Olympic trials this summer. "She's just extremely disciplined. Her work ethic is unrivaled," Hayley's coach Mark Gole says. "Working with an athlete like Hayley definitely makes me a better coach."Pike will head to Purdue next year where she signed a scholarship to swim for the Boilermakers and compete in the distance events. She is also set to travel to the National Junior Team training camp in Colorado Springs next month.

"I swim from 5:30 in the morning to 7:15 in the morning, then go to school at eight, then I come back here at four, and swim 'til six or 6:30."

If you're trying to figure out when Hayley Pike sleeps, keep trying. The Haas Hall senior and recent winner of the Arkansas High School State Championships in the 200 meter and 500 meter freestyle is swimming laps and taking names.


"I love getting in that feeling of the groove and when you hit that pace and you can hold it for a long time and not get tired," Pike says. "You're tired, but you're not gonna slow down."

Pike isn't slowing down. Instead, she's speeding up and competing all over the globe.

As a member of the U.S. National Junior team, Pike recently competed in Qatar and finished her open water 10k in just over two hours.

"Touching that wall after a two hour race and realizing that I made it was just overwhelming joy and relief that all that work--not even just after that two hour race--but all of the preparation that we had to go through to get ready for that meet was worth it," Pike recalls.

Next, she'll head to the Olympic trials this summer.

"She's just extremely disciplined. Her work ethic is unrivaled," Hayley's coach Mark Gole says. "Working with an athlete like Hayley definitely makes me a better coach."

Pike will head to Purdue next year where she signed a scholarship to swim for the Boilermakers and compete in the distance events. She is also set to travel to the National Junior Team training camp in Colorado Springs next month.