Bio

Hailey Zurich is joining the Carnegie Mellon University track and field program as an assistant coach, focusing on the pole vault.

Zurich is a 2024 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University where she studied mechanical engineering and competed for the Nittany Lions track and field program. 

Zurich holds the No. 2 all-time mark in the pole vault at Penn State with 4.23m (indoor) and 4.20m (outdoor). She is a USTFCCCA Academic All-District honoree (’24), a two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (’23, ‘24), a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection (’24, ‘23, ‘22), and two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic Team awardee. 

In addition to her coaching role at Carnegie Mellon, Zurich is a mechanical engineer at Hatch.