2017 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Katherine Taylor
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lake Forest Park, Wash.
2019: One of the great stories of the season, as she had a big breakthrough in what could have been her final career meet at the Ken Shannon Invitational, and then carried that on to score at the Pac-12 Championships and make her first NCAA Prelims appearance in the javelin … went into the Ken Shannon Meet, the regular season finale, on the outside looking in for the Pac-12 travel roster, but threw a 12-foot season-best and 10-foot career-best of 150-11 to earn herself another meet … at the Pac-12 Championships she then added five more feet to her PR with a toss of 155-4 to shatter the form chart and finish in fifth-place, also qualifying for West Prelims … closed out her career placing 23rd at West Prelims in Sacramento with a mark of 147-6 … prior to her big run during May, her season-best had been 138-8 at the Beach Invitational … also was second in the javelin at the UW-WSU Dual at 132-8.
2018: Threw the javelin four times on the year including setting a new PR … opened the year throwing a PR of 140-11 at the Trojan Invitational to finish sixth … took fifth in the javelin at the UW-WSU Dual with a best of 133-1 … threw 133-4 at the Stanford Invitational … eighth at the Ken Shannon Invite with a toss of 135-7 … picked up Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2017: Ranked second on the squad in the javelin and competed at the Pac-12 Championships for a second time … had a season-best throw of 137-5 at the Trojan Invitational, placing fifth … at the Pac-12 meet in Eugene, threw 131-5 for 17th-place … threw 131-3 at the Stanford Invitational for third in the collegiate section … sixth in the UW-WSU Dual with a best toss of 125-2 … a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2016: Scored in the javelin at her first ever Pac-12 Championships as a true freshman … threw the javelin 135-6 at the Pac-12 Championships, grabbing eighth-place and a point for the Dawgs … her season-best throw was 138-6 at the UW-WSU Dual for second-place … first career meet at the Pepsi Team Invitational, throwing the javelin 133-0 for seventh … was runner-up at the Ken Shannon Invite with a best of 135-10.
High School and Personal: Born in Seattle … parents are Trudy and Jeff Taylor … has one older sister, Stephanie … parents both rowed for the Husky crew team … the Washington 2A state champion as a senior in the javelin throw, helping her team to the state title … won the state title with a big career-best throw of 136-feet, 8-inches … won the WesCo title as a junior and a senior in the javelin … was third at state her junior year with a throw of 127-6 … threw 130-feet for the first time in a tri-meet in 2014, going 130-3 … also threw the discus regularly, with a PR of 110-9 her senior year … graduated with a 4.0 GPA … interested in studying graphic design and business.
Major Meets
2016 Pac-12 - 8th, Javelin
2017 Pac-12 - 17th, Javelin
2019 Pac-12 - 5th, Javelin
2019 NCAA Prelims - 23rd, Javelin
Outdoor Bests
Javelin.......155-4
Academic Honors
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
