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Yard Career Bests (Time): 50 back (25.91); 100 back (55.33); 100 fly (56.40); 50 free (23.49); 100 free (50.90)
General: 
Expected to contribute primarily in the 100 yard back and possibly the sprint free events ... Has the potential to score points at the NCAA Championships ... Also expected to contribute in the relay events ... Strong finish in both of her first two seasons ... Has strong underwater swimming skills.
As a Sophomore in 2001-02: Swam the second leg of the prelims for the team's ninth place 400 yard free relay squad at the NCAA Championships (50.78/3:19.66) ... Scored at the Pac-10's in the 100 yard back (16th, 58.47), 100 yard free (18th, 51.68) and 100 yard fly (22nd, 56.90) ... Also swam the third leg of the team's second-place 400 yard free relay squad (51.13/3:19.66) at the Pac-10's ... Picked up a victory on the 200 yard medley relay team at UCLA (2/1) by swimming the first leg (27.10/1:44.49) ... Had seven individual top five finishes in the regular season, including four in the 100 yard back ... The team's fourth-best performer in the 100 yard free with a time of 50.80 at the Pac-10 Championships.
As a Freshman in 2000-01: Swam the backstroke in the prelims of Stanford's 200 and 400 yard medley relay NCAA championship teams, helping the Cardinal set NCAA, NCAA Meet and US Open records in the 400 although she did not swim in the finals ... Finished 26th in the 100 yard back (55.82) at the NCAA's ... Swam the backstroke in the finals for the Pac-10 champion 200 yard medley relay team and the second leg for the third-place 200 yard free relay squad ... Contributed individually at the Pac-10 Championships by finishing eighth in the 100 yard back (56.68, 55.60 prelims), 17th in the 100 yard free (51.53) and 22nd in the 100 yard fly (57.65) ... Recorded the team's third-best time of the season in the 100 yard back (55.38) on the first leg of a prelim relay at the NCAA Championships and the third-best time in the 100 yard fly (56.79) in the prelims of the Pac-10 Championships ... Swam the second leg of Stanford's top 200 yard free relay time of the year (23.51, 1:33.96) at the Pac-10 Championships.
International/National Competition: Swam in the 2002 Janet Evans Invitational ... Participated in the 2000 Olympic Trials, as well as the 1998 and 1999 Senior Nationals.
High School: A 2000 graduate of Palo Alto High School ... Earned eight All-American honors in her final three prep seasons ... Earned All-American honors in the 100 yard back all three years, while adding the 50 yard free as a sophomore and 100 yard fly as a senior ... A member of numerous All-American relay teams ... Set new school records in the 50 and 100 yard back, as well as the 100 yard fly ... Ranked third in the nation in the 100 yard back as a sophomore ... Won Central Coast Section titles in both the 100 yard back and 100 yard fly as a senior ... Team finished second at the CCS competition in both sophomore and senior years ... Three-time team MVP ... Team captain as a senior ... Coached by Roland and Greg Davis ... Also played three seasons of prep water polo.
Club: Palo Alto Swim Club ... Three-time team MVP and captain in 1999 ... Coached by Tony Batis.
Personal: Political Science major ... Daughter of Craig and Barbara Champion ... Serves as the Chairwoman of the Cardinal Council, a student-athlete advisory group ... Hobbies include traveling ... Comes from an athletic family ... Grandmother made the 1940 USA Olympics swim squad before the event was cancelled due to World War II ... Father was a member of the track and field team at Cornell and set the Ivy League record in the discus ... Mother was one of the women to start ice hockey and a team captain at Cornell, and is a member of the school's Hall of Fame ... Sister, Laurel, is a freshman on the 2003 Stanford women's water polo squad.
Coaching Staff on Champion: "Haley embodies the spirit of our team. She's always looking for some way to get better. We need Haley to contribute in the backstroke and sprint free events to help our team."