women’s bios
TAYLOR
WASHINGTON Junior | Middle Distance | 5-8 Houston, Texas (Westside HS) Collegiate Bests Indoor Outdoor
200m 24.76
400m 55.30 53.50
600m 1:33.59 -
600yd 1:20.48 -
2011 OUTDOOR Competed in the 400 meters at the Big 12 Championships (5/14), placing 12th with a time of 54.78... Finished third in the 400 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/23), crossing the finish line in 55.53...Top 400-meter time of the season was 54.52 and came at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6) in a fifth-place finish... Placed 46th at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/26) with a time of 57.29. 2011 INDOOR Member of All-American 4x400-meter relay team that placed seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a school-record time of 3:34.05... Placed 11th in the 600 yards at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25) with a time of 1:29.25... Ran a season-best 55.61 400 meters at the Alex Wilson Last Chance (3/5) to finish sixth. 2010 OUTDOOR Competed in the 400 meters in the NCAA West Preliminaries (5/24) and set a personalbest time 53.50... Finished second in the 400 meters at the Twilight Invitational (5/1) with a time of 54.11. 2010 INDOOR Recorded a first-place finish in three different events... Won the 600 yards at the Big 12 Championships (2/27) with a personal-best time of 1:20.48... Finished first and set a PR in the 400 meters with a time of 55.30 at the Husker Invitational (2/6)... Took another first-place victory in the 600 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a time of 1:35.45.
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Lettered two years in track and field... Named team MVP her junior and season seasons... Member of the 2008 and 2009 Region 5A Champion 4x400 meter relay teams... Two-time state qualifier in the 4x400 meter relay. PERSONAL Daughter of Essie and Jimmy Washington... Has two brothers: Shannon and Antoine... Majoring in broadcast journalism.
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2012 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE