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2009-10 Women's Track Roster

Letecia Taylor

Letecia Taylor

  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Plainfield
  • Hometown:
    Plainfield, N.J.

Summary

Biography

2009 USTFCCCA Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
2009 ECAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
2009 Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Indoor Track
Athlete of the Year
2009 All-New England in 4x400 relay (indoors)
2008 and 2009 All-American
2008 USTFCCCA Northeast Region Indoor
Track Athlete of the Year
2008 New England Champion in 400 hurdles
2008 All-New England in 4x400 relay (outdoors)
2008 and 2009 Northeast-10 Conference Track and Field
All-Academic Team honoree
Most Oustanding Performer of 2008 Northeast-10
Conference Outdoor Championships
2007 and 2008 All-New England honoree in 400 hurdles
2007, 2008 and 2009 All-New England honoree in 55 hurdles
2007 and 2008 Northeast-10 Conference Champion
in 55 hurdles
2007 and 2008 Northeast-10 Conference Champion
in 100 and 400 hurdles
2007 All-New England selection in 100 hurdles
2007 Northeast-10 Conference Champion in 400 hurdles (outdoors)


As a Junior in the 2008-09 season:
Earned All-America Honors for the second year in a row… Named USTFCCCA Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year…Also earned Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division II Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year…Selected as the Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Indoor Track and Field Most Valuable Athlete…New England indoor champion in the 55 meter hurdles…All-New England selection in the 4x400 relay as well…Was named NE-10 Athlete of the Week four times during the indoor season….Also selected to the NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll four times as well… At the Lidifter Invitational, claimed the win in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.93 seconds…Competed in the 400 meter dash at the Yale Classic…Placed fifth at the Albany Great Dane Classic in the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 8.36 seconds…Earned a fourth place finish at the Metropolitan Championships in the 60 meter hurdles crossing the finish line at 8.8 seconds…Recorded the win in the 60 meter hurdles at the Giegengack Invitational crossing the finish line at 8.8 seconds…At the Valentine’s Invitational, broke her own school record in the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 8.14 seconds for a second place finish…Also earned second in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:54.94…At the Northeast-10 Conference Championships, selected as the NE-10 Women’s Indoor Track and Field Most Valuable Athlete…Also had two second place finishes in the 400 meter dash with a time of 59.27 seconds and the 4x400 meter relay…Set a new school record at the New England Championships in the 4x400 meter relay coming in fourth with a time of 3:51.84…Also won the 55 meter hurdles in 8.15 seconds…At the NCAA Division II Championships, finished sixth in the 60 meter hurdles in 8.65 seconds…Also placed ninth in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:55.35…At the Metropolitan Championships finished second in the 400 meter hurdles at the 1:03.82 mark…Competed in the 4x400 meter relay at the Penn Relays…Also ran in the 400 meter hurdles…At the Yale Springtime Invitational, earned the second spot in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:06.11…Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll.

As a Sophomore in the 2007-08 season:

Earned All-America honors outdoors in the 400 hurdles…2008 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division II Northeast Region Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year…Most Outstanding Performer of Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships…2008 Northeast-10 Conference 55m hurdle indoor champion…All-New England…2008 Northeast-10 All-Academic Team…Finished first in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.11 seconds at the Yale Season Opener…Finished third in the 60 meter hurdles at the Yale Invitational…Finished fifth in the 55m hurdles at the Great Dane Classic…Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending 1/27…Finished third in the 60m hurdles at the Geigengack Invitational…Finished fifth in the 4x400 relay with a team time of 3:54.64 at the Valentine’s Invitational…Finished first in the 55m with a time of 8.57 seconds at the Cardinal Invitational…Finished first in the 55m hurdles by setting a new conference record with a time of 8.20 seconds at the Northeast-10 Conference Indoor Championship…Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending 2/24…Finished fifth in the 55m hurdles and set a program record with a time of 8.16 seconds and sixth in the 4x400m relay with a team time of 3:52.41 at the New England Indoor Championships…Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending 3/2…Finished 12th in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.83 seconds at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships…Finished first in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:06.06 at the Owl Invitational…Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending 3/30…Finished fourth in the 4x400m relay with a team time of 3:57.20 at the Tony Waldrop Invitational…Finished first in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.58 seconds at the Metropolitan Championships…Finished second in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:02.24 at the Penn Relays…Named Northeast-10 Women’s Track Co-Athlete of the Week and Named ECAC Division II Women’s Track Co-Athlete of the Week for the week ending 4/27…Finished first in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.59 seconds and first in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:02.81 at the Northeast-10 Outdoor Championship…Named Northeast-10 Women’s Track Athlete of the Week for the week ending 5/4…Finished first and set a new program record in the 400m intermediate hurdles with a time of 60.76 seconds at the New England Outdoor Championship…Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending 5/11…Finished seventh in the 400m intermediate hurdles with a time of 1:01.58 at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships…Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending 5/25.

As a Freshman in the 2006-07 season:
2007 Northeast-10 Conference 55m hurdle indoor champion…2007 Northeast-10 Conference 4x400m relay indoor champion…2007 Northeast-10 Conference 100m hurdles outdoor champion…2007 Northeast-10 Conference 400m hurdles outdoor champion…Finished fifth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.53 seconds at the Yale Season Opener…Finished first in the 60m hurdles with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 8.87 seconds at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships…Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending 1/28…Finished fifth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.07 seconds at the Geigengack Invitational…Finished second in the 55m hurdles with a time of 8.53 seconds and first in the 4x400m relay with a team time of 3:57.35 at the Connecticut Track Conference Championships…Finished first in the 55m hurdles with a time of 8.27 seconds and first in the 4x400m relay with a team time of 4:06.00 at the Northeast-10 Conference Indoor Championships…Captured All-New England honors after finishing third in the 55m hurdles at the New England Indoor Championships...Finished first in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.58 seconds and first in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:05.69 at the SCSU Invitational…Finished first in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.65 seconds and second in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:06.77 at the Sam Howell Invitational…Named Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Track Freshman of the Week for the week ending 4/8…Finished first in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.51 seconds at the Yale Spring Invitational…Named Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Track Freshman of the Week for the week ending 4/29…Finished first in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.50 seconds and first in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.48 at the Northeast-10 Conference Outdoor Championships…Named Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Athlete and Freshman of the Week for the week ending 5/6…Finished second in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.37 seconds and third in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.10 at the New England Championships…Named Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Track Freshman of the Week for the week ending 5/13.

Before Southern Connecticut State University:
Attended Plainfield High School in Plainfield, N.J…Team captain as a junior and senior…Qualified for All-Conference First Team in the high hurdles and 400m hurdles in 2006...Also participated in varsity cheerleading.

Personal:

Daughter of Faith Diggs…Majoring in accounting.

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