2018 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Taylor Taite
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Murrieta Mesa
- Hometown:
- Murrieta, Calif.
2019 (Track & Field)
Competed in four meets, all outdoor โฆ Outdoor: Opened her season at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival, placing fourth in the steeple (10:50.02) โฆ PRโed in the steeple (10:39.85) at the Mt. SAC Relays to finish third โฆ Also earned third in the event at USC with a time of 10:52.96 โฆ Placed 11th in the steeple (10:52.78) at the Pac-12 Championships.
2018 (XC)
Raced her way to a 50th-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 21:20.6 ... Finished 179th at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals, clocking a mark of 22:36.2 ... Took 78th at the Stanford Invite with a time of 22:56.8 ... capped her career at the NCAA West Regionals, finishing 77th with a mark of 21:20.7.
2018 (Track & Field)
Competed in six outdoor meets as a junior ... Highlight of the season came at the USC Dual Meet, where she won the steeplechase with a season-best time of 11:00.08 ... Also ran the 1500m on four ocassions, posting a season-best time of 4:49.08 at the Aztec Invitational in her season debut ... Raced at the Pac-12 Championships in the steeplechase.ย
2017 (XC)
Finished 80th overall in the 6k at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 21:01.6 โฆ Raced in the 6k competition at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invite, finishing 181st overall with a time of 22:08.7 โฆ Competed at the Roy Griak Invitational (6k) and finished with a time of 24:39.9, good for 131st place โฆ Opened her junior campaign with a 33rd-place showing at the George Kyte Classic, clocking a time of 17:32.0 on the 2.6mi course.
2017 (Track & Field)
Competed in six outdoor meets for the Bruins โฆ Finished 11th in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 10:59.43 โฆ Doubled in the 1,500m and the steeplechase at the USC Dual Meet, winning the steeple competition with a time of 11:05.49 โฆ Posted a lifetime best in the 1,500m at the Johnson/JJK Invite with a time of 4:32.67, good for seventh overall โฆ Made her first 2017 appearance in the steeplechase at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival, finishing sixth overall and clocking a lifetime-best time of 10:57.27 โฆ Ran in two indoor meets โฆ Finished 32nd in the mile at the MPSF Indoor Championships with an indoor-best time of 5:00.69 โฆ Ran the 1,200m opening leg of the DMR at the Charlie Thomas Invitational, helping UCLA to a sixth-place finish and a time of 11:57.92.
2016 (XC)
Raced in the Pac-12 Championships (6k), placing 70th with a time of 22:35.2 โฆ Placed fifth in the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational with a time of 20:41.4 (6k) โฆ Competed in the Roy Griak Invitational (6k) and finished in 170th place with a time of 24:08.9 โฆ Opened the season with a 15th place finish at the Nevada Twilight with a time of 15:43.3 in the 2.49mi.
2016 (Track & Field)ย
Competed in six outdoor events โฆ Ran in the 1,500m, 3,000m, and the 3,000m steeple โฆ Won the 1,500m in the dual meet against Texas A&M with a personal best time of 4:33.96 โฆ Placed third in the 1,500m against rival USC with a time of 4:41.96 โฆ Placed 19th at the Oxy Invitational with a 1,500m time of 4:35.51 โฆ Clocked an 11:19.50 in her only steeple of the season. ย
2015 (XC)
ย Ran at the Pac-12 Championships (6k) and finished 76th with a time of 21:52 โฆ Raced in the NCAA West Regional Championships (6k) finishing 166th with a time of 23:10 โฆ Finished in the top 10 in the Mustang Challenge (5k) placing 10th and finished with a time of 18:10 โฆ Raced in the Washington Invitational (6k) placing 91st and finished with a time of 22:09.
High School
Prepped at Murrieta Mesa in Murrieta, Calif. โฆ Was a state meet qualifier in the 1,600m โฆ Clocked a 4:59.44 to finish 16th at the CIF State Track & Field Championships โฆ Holds personal bests of 4:55.81 in the 1,600m, 2:17.71 in the 800m, 59.55 in the 400m and 11:36.18 in the 3,200m โฆ Team captain of both her track and cross country teams โฆ All-league selection in both track and cross country โฆ Was a three-time state meet qualifier in cross country โฆ Placed third as a senior at the CIF California State Cross Country Championships with a time of 17:40 โฆ Finished ninth as a junior with a time of 17:44.
Personal
Daughter of Walter and Kristen Taite โฆ Has one brother named Walter โฆ Admires professional surfer Bethany Hamilton โฆ Attended Flagstaff High School her freshman year โฆ Marine Biology major.
