Slippery Rock University Athletics

Career Highlights

• 2x All-PSAC

• 5x PSAC Championship Qualifier

Personal: Daughter of Jonathan Hale and Lori Koach ... father is an SRU alumnus ... majoring in safety management.

2026 (Outdoor): Competed at seven meets in the discus and hammer throw … Earned All-PSAC in the discus after finishing second at the conference championships with a season-best mark of 42.73 meters in addition to qualifying for the PSAC Championships in the hammer throw that resulted in a seventh-place finish at 46.98 meters … Also broke 40 meters in the discus at the John Papa Invite (41.48m / ninth) and the Ashland Alumni Open (40.12m / fifth) … Opened outdoor season by producing top hammer throw mark of the year at the Jack Toms Invitational, finishing second with a distance of 47.58 meters … Other top hammer throw performances came at the John Papa Invite (47.43m / fifth) and the Westminster Invitational (47.18m / fourth).

2026 (Indoor): Competed in the weight throw at seven meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, placing 12th with a throw of 14.34 meters … Posted a season-best mark of 14.89 meters to take seventh place at the Ashland Collegiate Invitational … Won the Wuske Invitational following a mark of 14.68 meters … Also registered a 14.45-meter mark at the YSU Last Chance Meet (21st).

2025 (Outdoor): Competed at eight meets in the discus and hammer throw … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in both events, earning all-conference honors in the discus – as well as six points for The Rock - following a season-best throw of 41.37 meters to place third in addition to finishing 18th in the hammer (38.77) … Posted other throws of over 38 meters in the discus at the Kaiser Classic (sixth / 38.93) and the Dave Labor Invitational (fifth / 38.22) … Also registered a season-best mark in the hammer of 44.16 meters at the Kaiser Classic for a fifth-place showing … Went over 40 meters in the hammer at two other meets: the John Papa Invitational (14th / 41.69) and the SRU Last Chance Meet (ninth / 41.49) ... A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.  

2025 (Indoor): Did not compete.

Before SRU: Attended the University of Akron for three semesters before transferring to Slippery Rock ... competed in discus, hammer and javelin outdoor and the weight throw indoor ... recorded a freshman best of 39.25 meters in the discus to place sixth at the Walsh Tune-Up ... qualified for the Mid-American Conference Championships in the discus and hammer.

High School: Lettered four years in softball and track & field at Riverside High School in Ellwood City ... took third in the discus at the PIAA State Championships and was second in the discus at the WPIAL Championships in 2022.