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2017-18 Women's Track and Field Roster

Taylor Smith

Taylor Smith

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

Summary

Biography

Smith All-Time Results
Smith Cross Country

Personal: 
The daughter of Karrie and Kevin Smith… Her father played basketball at Ferris State… Has four brothers.

Major: Elementary education

Varsity Letters: 2

Career Marks
1,500m:  4:58.15
Mile:  5:20.16i
3,000m:  10:34.79
5,000m:  18:02.96
10,000m:  38:21.20

2018 Outdoor: Finished seventeenth in the 1,500-meter at the Dual vs. Oakland... Member of the 4x400m Relay team that placed fifth at Dual vs. Oakland... 

2018 Indoor: Placed eleventh in the mile with a time of 5:58.39 at the Jack Skoog Invitational... Finished in seventh place in the 5,000-meter with a time of 20:06.03 at the Fort Wayne Duals... Placed twentieth in the 3,000-meter at the GVSU Mike Lints Alumni Open with a time of 11:29.25... 

2017 Outdoor: Earned seventh place finish in 1,500-meter and sixth place in 3,000-meter at Oakland vs. Detroit... Fourteenth place finish at HL Outdoor Championships in 10,000-meter with a time of 39:33.85... 

2017 Indoor: Took first place in the 5,000 meter at the Fort Wayne Duals with a time of 19:21.15... Member of the DMR team that claimed fourth place at HL Indoor Championships with a time of 12:28.19... 

2016 Outdoor: Finished 11th in 10,000-meter run with season best 40:09.05 and 12th in 5,000-meter run with 18:41.13 at HL Outdoor Championships... Season bests of 10:50.19 in 3,000m and 18:28.04 in 5,000m at Colonial Relays.

2016 Indoor: Ran leg of DMR team that placed 4th at HL Indoor Championships in 12:29.74... Mile best of 5:25.57 at GVSU Tune Up... 3,000m best of 10:56.48 at SVSU Jets Pizza Invitational... 5,000m best of 18:49.45 at YSU National Invite.

2015 Outdoor: 10,000-meter run PR of 38:21.20 for 5th place at HL Outdoor Championships... 1,500m PR of 4:58.15 at Gibson Invitational... 5,000-meter PR of 18:02.96 for 8th at Bison Outdoor Classic... 3,000m best of 10:52.63 at Detroit vs. Oakland Dual.

2015 Indoor: Mile PR of 5:20.16 at GVSU Tune Up... 3,000m PR of 10:34.79 at YSU National Invite... 5,000m best of 18:24.94 at SVSU Jets Pizza Invitational.

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.

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