Thursday, June 9
Eugene, Ore.
7:08 p.m.
University of San Francisco
vs
NCAA Championships
Taylor Takes 17th In NCAA Finals
6/9/2016 8:53:00 PM | Track and Field
Complete results
EUGENE, Ore. – San Francisco junior Charlotte Taylor raced to 17th place at the 2016 NCAA Track and Field Championships on Thursday night at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Taylor, a junior from Spalding, England, completed the longest race contested around the track in 34:00.72 to conclude her first season competing for the Dons on the national stage.
"It was awesome to be in such a competitive race with the best women in the country," Taylor said. "The atmosphere in the stadium was great and I am so thankful to have had this experience."
Taylor began the night in the top half of the pack of 24 women. By the 2,000 meter mark she moved to the rail in sixth position and was nipping at the heel of Syracuse's Margo Malone. The two see-sawed spots for the next four loops around the track before Taylor edged up to fifth with 5,600 meters to race.
That is where she remained for the next two laps before again trading spots with Malone. Taylor remained in the top half of the pack until the 7,000 meter mark before eventually crossing the line in 17th place, the second-highest 10K finish for a Don in the NCAA finals.
Running in just three 10,000 meter races all season, Taylor finished in the top 20 in each competition (Stanford Invitational – 5th; NCAA Semifinals – 12th).
"Charlotte was perhaps a bit ambitious in the early stages of the race, but I am pleased with the fact that she put herself in the mix of things," noted USF head coach Helen Lehman-Winters. "Given the little amount of racing she has done this spring and where she was in August, we could not be happier with what she has accomplished this season. She has a very bright future ahead of her."
This marks the third time in the last four years that the Dons were represented in the 10K finals, joining 2014 All-American Jana Soethout (2013, '14), and six of the last seven NCAA Championships have had at least one athlete from USF.
Arkansas runner Dominique Scott finished with the race with her fourth career NCAA title, recording an 11-second win over her closest competitor. Scott took the lead at 8,400 meters, overtaking Alice Wright of New Mexico who had set the pace through the first 21 laps. Scott pulled away in the final 800 meters to cruise to the win in 32:35.69. Her time was just six seconds slower than the NCAA meet record, set by UCLA's Sylvia Mosqueda in 1998.
EUGENE, Ore. – San Francisco junior Charlotte Taylor raced to 17th place at the 2016 NCAA Track and Field Championships on Thursday night at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Taylor, a junior from Spalding, England, completed the longest race contested around the track in 34:00.72 to conclude her first season competing for the Dons on the national stage.
"It was awesome to be in such a competitive race with the best women in the country," Taylor said. "The atmosphere in the stadium was great and I am so thankful to have had this experience."
Taylor began the night in the top half of the pack of 24 women. By the 2,000 meter mark she moved to the rail in sixth position and was nipping at the heel of Syracuse's Margo Malone. The two see-sawed spots for the next four loops around the track before Taylor edged up to fifth with 5,600 meters to race.
That is where she remained for the next two laps before again trading spots with Malone. Taylor remained in the top half of the pack until the 7,000 meter mark before eventually crossing the line in 17th place, the second-highest 10K finish for a Don in the NCAA finals.
Running in just three 10,000 meter races all season, Taylor finished in the top 20 in each competition (Stanford Invitational – 5th; NCAA Semifinals – 12th).
"Charlotte was perhaps a bit ambitious in the early stages of the race, but I am pleased with the fact that she put herself in the mix of things," noted USF head coach Helen Lehman-Winters. "Given the little amount of racing she has done this spring and where she was in August, we could not be happier with what she has accomplished this season. She has a very bright future ahead of her."
This marks the third time in the last four years that the Dons were represented in the 10K finals, joining 2014 All-American Jana Soethout (2013, '14), and six of the last seven NCAA Championships have had at least one athlete from USF.
Arkansas runner Dominique Scott finished with the race with her fourth career NCAA title, recording an 11-second win over her closest competitor. Scott took the lead at 8,400 meters, overtaking Alice Wright of New Mexico who had set the pace through the first 21 laps. Scott pulled away in the final 800 meters to cruise to the win in 32:35.69. Her time was just six seconds slower than the NCAA meet record, set by UCLA's Sylvia Mosqueda in 1998.
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