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University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

2017 Women's Cross Country Roster

Taylor Smith

Taylor Smith

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Montabella
  • Hometown:
    Blanchard, Mich.

Summary

Biography

Career Highlights
  • 4x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
  • 3x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2016)

Career Best
  • 4k: 15:54 at 2014 Golden Grizzly Open
  • 5k: 19:14 at 2014 Canisius Alumni Classic
  • 6k: 22:50 at 2014 Horizon League Championship
2017
  • Competed in four of seven Titan races in her senior season
  • Became just the seventeenth Titan runner to compete in four Great Lakes Regional Championships in their career
  • Had a time of 25:53 at NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships
2016
  • Ran in six of the seven events on the year and scored in all six of them
  • Was among the top four on the team in four races
  • Lowered her season 5k time in three-straight races
  • Started the year taking 15th at the 4k Golden Grizzly Open in 16:01
  • Finished 71st at the National Catholic Championship in 20:00
  • Posted her season best 5k time of 19:46 for 233rd at the Greater Louisville Classic
  • The fifth Titan to cross the finish line at the Horizon League Championship in 24:21 for 46th
  • Was the number three Titan at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship with a season-best 6k time of 23:19 for 178th

2015
  • Suited up in all seven meets on the year and was in the scoring five in every race
  • Started the year with a 20th-place finish at the Golden Grizzly Open in 16:25
  • Claimed 15th the next week clocking a 19:38 at the Running Fit-Detroit Titan Invitational
  • A top-100 effort at the Greater Louisville Classic with a season-best 19:17 for 89th, seven seconds faster than her run on the course last year and the ninth-best run by a Titan at the event
  • Finished 34th in 23:25 at the Horizon League Championship
  • Earned 179th in 24:17 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship

2014
  • Was the team's Newcomer of the Year
  • Saw action in six of Detroit’s seven races, missing only the 28th Annual Running Fit-Detroit Titan Invitational with an injury
  • Clocked under 20 in all three 5k races she took part in
  • Led Detroit at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship earning 142nd in 22:53, the best finish by a Titan freshman at the GLR since LeAnn Sarka was 100th in 2004
  • Claimed 22nd at the Horizon League championship in 22:50, the 22nd best 6k time in the school record book
  • Set her 5k season best time of 19:14 for fifth at the Canisius Alumni Classic
  • Ran 19:15 for 49th at the National Catholic Championship
  • Posted a time of 19:24 for 118th at the Greater Louisville Classic
  • Made her collegiate debut with a time of 15:54 for 19th at the Golden Grizzly Open

High School
  • Lettered in cross country, track, softball and basketball
  • Earned All-State at Division 4 in cross country in all four of her years taking 27th as a freshman, fifth as a sophomore, fourth as a junior and 11th in her final prep season
  • She was tabbed the Daily News Runner of the Year three times, a part of the Dream Team all four years and was First Team MSAC as a freshman, junior and senior
  • Broke the 25-year old school record in cross country with a time of 18:59.4
  • In track, she was All-State as a senior with a fifth-place finish in the 3200-meters as well as on the 4x800-meter relay, where the quartet was also fifth
  • All-State as a freshman on the 4x800m by taking seventh place and was a state qualifier in the 3200m as a junior
  • On the hardwood, she was All-State as a sophomore, junior and senior and selected to the Dream Team as a junior and senior
 
Personal
  • The daughter of Karrie and Kevin Smith
  • Her father played basketball at Ferris State
  • Has four brothers
  • A Special Education major

Career Finishes
2016 Results

Sept. 2 - Golden Grizzly Open (Oakland University campus - Rochester Hills, MI) - 16:01 - 15th
Sept. 10 - 30th Annual Running Fit - Detroit Titan Invitational (Cass Benton Park - Northville, MI) - 20:17 - 38th
Sept. 16 - National Catholic Championships (UND Cross Country Course - South Bend, IN) - 20:00 – 71st
Oct. 1 - Greater Louisville Classic (EP "Tom" Sawyer Park - Louisville, KY) - 19:46 - 233rd
Oct. 29 - Horizon League Championships (Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course - Kenosha, WI) - 24:21 - 46th
Nov. 11 - NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course - Verona, WI) - 23:19 - 178th

2015 Results
Aug. 29 - Golden Grizzly Open (Oakland University campus - Rochester Hills, MI) - 16:25 - 20th
Sept. 12 - 29th Annual Running Fit - Detroit Titan Invitational (Cass Benton Park - Northville, MI) - 19:38 – 15th
Oct. 3 - Greater Louisville Classic (EP "Tom" Sawyer Park - Louisville, KY) - 19:17 - 89th
Oct. 17 - Canisius Alumni Classic (Delaware Park - Buffalo, NY) - 19:26 - 37th
Oct. 31 - Horizon League Championship (Elvin R. King Cross Country Course in Cedarville, OH) - 23:25 - 34th
Nov. 13 - NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course - Verona, WI) - 24:17 - 179th

2014 Results
Aug. 29 - Golden Grizzly Open (Oakland University campus - Rochester Hills, MI) - 15:54 - 19th
Sept. 19 - National Catholic Championships (UND Cross Country Course - South Bend, IN) - 19:15 – 49th
Oct. 4 - Greater Louisville Classic (EP "Tom" Sawyer Park - Louisville, KY) - 19:24 - 118th
Oct. 18 - Canisius Alumni Classic (Delaware Park - Buffalo, NY) - 19:14 - 5th
Nov. 1 - Horizon League Championships (Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course - Kenosha, WI) - 22:50 - 22nd
Nov. 14 - NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course - Verona, WI) - 22:53 - 142nd

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