Nicole Haynes (born September 18, 1974, in

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) is a retired female

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athlete from the United States, who competed in the heptathlon. She set a personal best at the 2000 Olympic Trials, where she placed 5th. After 2000, she switched her athletic eligibility to her native Canada. She subsequently won a silver medal in the 2003 Pan Am Games. She won 1990 Mt. SAC Relays high school Heptathlon scoring 4315 for Bishop Montgomery High School. Haynes is now a television sports reporter. She was hired in 2006 by the ABC affiliate

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in Syracuse, NY. She is currently a freelance reporter in Los Angeles, California, for FSN West and FSN Prime Ticket and has done freelance work for the

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. Haynes graduated from the

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in 1996 and earned her Master of Education degree from CSU Dominguez Hills in 2004.

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* * * 1974 births Living people American heptathletes American sportswomen Canadian heptathletes Canadian sportswomen Black Canadian female track and field athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes from Toronto Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada USC Trojans women's track and field athletes Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub