Hayden Goode - TFRRS Profile (CSU) | TFRRS Profile (North Greenville)
School Records: *As of 4/4/2025
3rd - Indoor 5K - 14:26.99 - 2025 Gamecock Challenge (2/1)
2025 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Redshirted season ... Ran unattached at the CSU Buc Open (3/14) and had a time of 14:28.92 for second in the 5K at it.
2025 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Competed at five meets during his debut season with the Buccaneers ... Scored in the 5K at the Big South Championships with his 7th place finish in the event and time of 15:05.79 ... His points helped set up the Buccaneers second-place finish at the meet to tie their highest in program history ... Ran a 14:26.99 in the 5K at the Gamecock Challenge (2/1-2) to place second and record the at the time, second-fastest time in the event in school history ... Placed 8th in at the Gamecock Opener (1/11) with his season best time in the 3K of 8:26.82 ... His season best in the mile came at Liberty's Darius Dixon Invitational (2/14-15) with a 4:21.25.
2024 Cross Country at Charleston Southern: Did not compete ... Redshirted season.
2024 Outdoor at North Greenville: Did not compete, redshirted season.
2024 Indoor at North Greenville: Raced at four meets going from the mile, 3K and 5K ... Finished the season at the conference championships (2/18-19) running a 14:56 in the 5K to earn All-Conference honors and take second overall in the field for back-to-back years ... Also scored in the 3K with a 6th-place finish with a time of 8:41.19 which was a season-best ... Recorded a season best in the 5K at the Carolina Challenge 2024 (1/19-20) with a time of 14:53.07 to finish in 3rd ... Ran a personal best in hte mile at the Mondo College Invitational (1/13) with a time of 4:34.16 to cross the line in 5th ... In total, raced in six events during the year, taking top-six finishes in each as well as top-three in half of the races.
2023 Cross Country at North Greenville: Helped lead NGU to their best finish in school history at the NCAA Regionals (11/4) as they took 11th in the Southeast ... Team broke the school record for fastest average team 10K time ... Finished 4th overall at the Conference Championships (10/21) with a time of 25:21.8 which was a season best ... Named First-Team All-Conference ... Broke the school record in the 10K at the NCAA Regionals with a time of 30:25.5 which was good enough for 17th ... Earned All-Region honors for that performance becoming the first NGU runner to earn All-Region status in 10 years ... Named to the All-Academic team by USTFCCCA ... Recorded a top ten finish at the NCAA D2 SE Regional Preview (9/30) taking 8th with a time of 25:49.2 ... Raced in six meets taking top-30 in each race and top-20 in five of them ... Served as a team captain and as the squad's SAAC representative..
2023 Outdoor at North Greenville: Competed in five meets during the season ... Opened the season at hte Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge (3/10-11) and winning the 10K with a time of 33:28.24 ... Ran a personal best in the 1500 at the Weems Baskin Relays 2023 (3/24-25) with a time of 4:09.30 ... Also took 4th in the 5K at the meet with a season best time of 15:10.55 ... Took second overall at the Electric City Invitational (4/14-15) in the 5K ... At the SWU GottaRun Invite (4/1) he placed 7th in the 1500m and 4th in the 3K ... Ended the year at the Conference Championships (4/28-29) and placed 11th in the 10K.
2023 Indoor at North Greenville: Competed at four meets during the winter season ... Concluded the season at the Conference Carolinas Indoor Championships (2/19-20) taking 2nd in the 5K with a personal best time of 14:49.88 for second overall, All-Conference honors and a school record in the event ... Took 4th in the 3K at the meet with a time of 8:36.55 which marked a personal best ... Won the 5K at the South Carolina Invitational (2/3-4) ... Took top-three at the Carolina Challenge 2023 (1/20-21) with a time of 15:06.03 for third overall, his highest finish of the season at the time.
2022 Cross Country at North Greenville: Competed in six meets during the fall season ... Recorded the second-fastest 8K in school history at the UAH DII Festival Year Showcase (10/22) with a time of 25:13.2, marking a personal best by nearly thirty seconds ... Ended the year at the Conference Championships (11/5) taking 22nd individually, his highest finish of the year, with his time of 26:41.2 ... Served as team captain and as the squad's SAAC representative.
2022 Outdoor at North Greenville: Broke the school 10K record at the conference championships (4/29-30) with a time of 32:08.82 to take 6th overall in the race ... Had five finishes where he placed fourth or higher during the season ... Took 2nd at the Trojan Opener (3/18-19) with a time of 33:39.51 in the 10K ... Was 2nd at the Electric City Invitational (4/16) in the 5K with a time of 15:27.52 ... Had a pair of sub-16 minute performances in the 5K at the SWU Gotta Run Invite (4/1-2) and Weems Baskin Relays (3/25-26) taking 4th in each race.
2022 Indoor at North Greenville: Competed in three meets during the indoor season ... Took 5th overall at the Indoor Championships (2/20-21) with a time of 15:35.36 for a personal best which was a personal best as well ... Ran on the DMR at the Gamecock Opener (1/15) and helped lead the squad to a second place finish with their time of 10:57.55.
2021 Cross Country at North Greenville: Named Third-Team All-Conference as he took 18th at the conference meet (10/23) with his time of 26:32.0 in the 8K ... Helped the team to break the school record for the fastest average team 8K time ... Recorded a personal best in the 8K at the Royals XC Challenge (10/8) with his time of 25:40.8 ... Raced at all six meets during the fall season.
2021 Outdoor at North Greenville: The team competed in a full outdoor schedule during the spring as they competed in five meets ... Took 6th at the Conference Championships (4/23-24) with a time of 33:28.28 for a season best ... Recorded his personal best in the 5K at the Flames Invitational (4/9-10) with a time of 15:50.99 ... Finished 4th at the SWU GottaRun Invite (4/3) crossing the line with a time of 9:24.81.
2021 Indoor at North Greenville: Competed in the 5K at the Indoor Conference meet (2/22) and recorded a time of 16:15.05 to score as he took 7th overall in the field ... Also competed at the Buccaneer T&F Invitational (2/5-6) and recorded a time of 9:34.42 to take 5th overall in the field.
Spring 2021 Cross Country at North Greenville: Finished 23rd in Conference Carolinas Cross Country Championships (1/29) with a time of 17:38 in the 5K.
High School/Personal: Originally from Lyman, South Carolina and attended Byrnes High School ... Was a three-time letterwinner in cross country at the school ... Helped the team advance to the State Championship meet during his junior and senior seasons taking 12th and then 9th place finishes in the state meet ... During his senior season, he finished 12th in the stacked Region 2-5A and took 11th in the Spartanburg County Championships ... Helped lead Byrnes to their first-ever state championship in track & field in 2019, his junior season ... During the 2018 and 2019 seasons, the men's team took top three in the region and country championship both seasons ... Graduated with personal best times of 2:09 (800m), 4:53 (mile), 11:04 (3200m) and 16:43 (5k XC) ... Earned the rank of eagle scout in 2019 ... Attended Palmetto Boys State, one of the premier summer leadership camps for rising seniors in the country ... Voted into the senior hall of fame for his graduating class ... Served as the president of the Fellowship of Christian Students at Byrnes HS ... Son of Lori and Kevin Goode ... Brother, Grant, plays on the gold drumline at Western Carolina University ... Related to Troy Caldwell, one of the main singers of the Marshall Tucker Band ... Graduated with his Bachelor's of Science in Business Management from North Greenville University in May of 2023.
