Nicole Haynes (born September 18, 1974 in Toronto, Canada) is a retired female track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 athlete from the United States, who competed in the heptathlon

Heptathlon

A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...

. In 1999, employed as a teacher for the LAUSD, Haynes had her best year when she set a personal record, won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games

Pan American Games

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 and was third at the U.S. Outdoor Championships. She set another personal best at the 2000 Olympic Trials, where she placed 5th.

Haynes is now a television sports reporter. She was hired in 2006 by the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 affiliate WSYR-TV

WSYR-TV

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 in Syracuse, NY.

She is currently a freelance reporter in Los Angeles, CA for FSN West and FSN Prime Ticket and has done freelance work for the NFL Network

NFL Network

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Haynes graduated from the University of Southern California in 1996 and earned her Masters of Education Degree from CSU Dominguez Hills in 2004.