Taylor Hunt

Height:
5-6
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
High School:
Southridge HS
Hometown:
Tigard, Ore.

PRs
200m - 26.86
OSU High Performance
Corvallis, Ore., 4/26/13
400m - 1:00.44
John Knight Twilight
Monmouth, Ore., 4/12/13
800m - 2:13.22
Pac-10 Championships (Prelim)
Berkeley, Calif., 5/15-16/10
1,500m - 4:50.90
Lewis & Clark Invitational
Portland, Ore., 4/17/10
4x100m Relay - 4:15.17
Oregon Preview
Eugene, Ore., 3/20/10
(Berry, Graebner, Oenning, T. Hunt)

Pac-12 Track and Field Championships
2012 - 800m, 25th, 2:20.82
2010 - 800m, 13th, 2:13.22

TRACK AND FIELD
2013 Outdoors: Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team ... Made season debut in the 1,500m at the Willamette Opener (March 2), running 5:03.04 ... Ran the 800m twice, crossing in 2:26.17 at the Oregon Preview (March 16) and 2:24.77 at the Willamette Invitational (April 6) ... PR'd in the 1,500m at the John Knight Twilight (April 12), winning her heat and placing first overall in 1:00.44 ... Finished the only 200m race of her career at the OSU High Performance Meet (April 26) in 26.86. Season Bests: Outdoors - 200m - 26.86 (PR), OSU High Performance, Corvallis, Ore. (4/26/13); 400m - 1:00.44 (PR), John Knight Twilight, Monmouth, Ore. (4/12/13); 800m - 2:24.77, Willamette Invitational, Salem, Ore. (4/6/13); 1,500m - 5:03.04, Willamette Opener, Salem, Ore. (3/2/13).

2012 Outdoors: Named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team ... Competed eight times in the 800 meters during the outdoor season ... Ran her fastest time of the season in the 800 meters at the Willamette Invite, placing fifth with a time of 2:18.09 ... Had her best finish of the season in the 800 meters at the Linfield Icebreaker, placing first (2:19.87). Season Bests: Outdoors - 800m - 2:18.09, Willamette Invitational, Salem, Ore. (3/30/12).

2011 Outdoors: Competed in the 800-meter run five times ... Best finish and time in the 800-meter run was fourth place at the L&C Invitational with a time of 2:18.15 ... Competed in the 400-meter dash once at the Oregon Preview finishing fifth with a time of 1:01.26 ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic First Team Honors. 2011 Indoors: Competed in the 800-meter run at the University of Washington Invitational placing eighth with a time of 2:28.58. Season Bests: Outdoors - 400m -1:01.26, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/19/11); 800m - 2:18.15 , Lewis & Clark Invitational, Portland, Ore. (4/16/11). Indoors - 800m -2:28.58, UW Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/29/11).

2010 Outdoors: Competed four times in the 800-meter run ... Best finish in the 800 meters was a third place finish at the San Francisco State University Distance Carnival ... Best time in the 800-meter run was 2:13.22 in the prelims of the Pac-10 Championships ... Competed once in the 1,500-meter run. 2010 Indoors: Redshirted the 2010 indoor season. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800m - 2:13.22 (PR), Pac-10 Chmpionships, Berkeley, Calif. (5/15-16/10); 1,500m - 4:50.90 (PR), Lewis & Clark Invitational, Portland, Ore. (4/17/10); 4x100m Relay - 4:15.17, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/20/10).

CROSS COUNTRY
2012: Named Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention ... Ran twice during the cross season, finishing 53rd at the Pier Park Invitational on Sept. 1 (20:50.9) and 150th at the Charles Bowles Invitational on Sept. 29 (20:34.63).

2011: Did not compete during the cross country season.

2010: Finished 46th at the John Frank Memorial (9/3) with a time of 18:44.70 in the 4,500-meter run ... Finished 33rd at the Linfield Preview (9/25) with a time of 25:57.17 in the 6,000-meter run.

2009: Redshirted the 2009 cross country season.

TIGARD HS: Lettered two years in cross country and all four years in track and field under head coaches Michael Christiansen and Terry Rife ... As a senior, named team captain for cross country; Most Improved Female Athlete for track ... Earned state title in 4x400 meter relay and qualified for the state meet at 800 meters ... National Honor Society ... Honor Roll ... Yearbook Staff ... DECA and FCA.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Todd and Melissa Hunt ... Family includes one younger sister, Haley ... Health and Human Science major ... Cousin, Becky Horace, competed in track at Idaho from 2005-07 ... Grandparents Bob and Jacquie Bothman, parents Todd and Melissa, uncle Mike Bothman, aunt Jodi Bianchi and cousins Matt Bothman and Kyle Bailey all have attended or are attending Oregon State ... Chose Oregon State because "I have a long family history of Beaver graduates, and I love the campus."