University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2023 Track and Field Roster
Walls, Taylor
Taylor Walls
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Houma, La.
- High School:
- Terrebonne
Bio
2023-24
Indoor: Finished 23rd in the pentathlon (2,702), including a 2nd place finish in the long jump (18-5.25) ... Placed 4th in the long jump (18-9.75) at the Robert Platt Invitaional ... Finished 16th (3,115) including a personal-best 9.30 in the 60H.
Outdoor: Finished 4th in the long jump (18-3.25) at the McNeese Cowboy Relays ... Placed 2nd in the long jump (19-0) at the Louisiana Classics ... Placed 4th in the long jump (19-0.75) at the Crimson Tide Invitational ... Set a personal-best in the high jump (5-6) at the Leon Johnson Invitational ... Set a personal-best with a 5th place finish in the 100H (14.52) at the Tiger Track Classic ... Finished 2nd with the 2nd best score in program history in the hepathlon at 5,189, set personal-bests in the shot put (34-5.75), 200 (25.41), javelin (117-8), and 800 (2:30.05), while also placing 2nd in the high jump (5-4.5), and long jump (19-5.25) for the hepathlon at the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... Also finished 5th overall in the long jump at 19-9, a personal-best.
2022-23
Indoor: Competed in the long jump ... Finished 10th (18-3.75) at the Houston Invitational ... Placed 3rd (18-9.75) at the Samford Invite ... Finished 13th (18-10.5) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
Outdoor: Finished 4th in the long jump (18-1.5) at the Louisiana Classics ... Recorded top 10 finishes at the Leon Johnson Invitational in the high jump (4-11.75), long jump (18-1), and 100H (19.18) ... Finished 9th in the long jump (18-5.25) and 12th in the shot put (31-11.25) at the Maroon and White Invite ... Finished 16th (3,930) in the heptathlon at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
2021-22
Indoor: Finished 6th in the long jump (17-4) at the McNeese Indoor and Multi ... Finished 7th in the long jump (17-8) at the Samford Invitational.
Outdoor: Competed in the Louisiana Classics, running a 27.96 in the 200 and clearing 15-8.25 in the long jump.
2020-21
Indoor: Finished 5th in the long jump (17-0.5) at the LSU Purple Tiger Invite ... Placed 4th in the long jump (17-11.5) at the ASU Scarlet and Black Invitational ... Finished 5th in the 4x400 (3:51.52) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
Outdoor: Placed 5th (18-6.5) in the long jump and 7th (36-7.75) in the triple jump at the Louisiana Classics ... Finished 5th in the long jump (18-4.5) in the Battle on the Bayou ... Took 5th (17-8) in the long jump and 7th (36-0.75) in the triple jump at the SLU Pre-Conference Tune Up.
2019-20
Indoor: Set a personal-best and finished 10th overall in the long jump (18-21/4) at the Sun Belt Championships ... jumped season-best 37-1 in the triple jump to finish sixth at the FasTrak Collegiate Invitational and was fifth in the triple jump (36-7) at the McNeese Indoor II ... eclipsed the 18-foot mark in the long jump with an eighth-place finish (18-01/4) at the Samford Bulldog Invitational.
High School: The school-record holder in both the long and triple jump record at Terrebonne High School ... also holds the 300-meter hurdle record and finished as part of the Tigers' school-record holding 4x100- and 4x200-meter relay teams ... a four-year letterwinner ... the 2017 Louisiana Class 5A State Champion in the long jump ... finished third in the long jump at both the 2016 and 2018 Louisiana Class 5A State Meet ... selected as the field MVP as a senior and named as the "Best of the Bayou Athlete of the Year" by the Houma Courier .... a four-time All-State selection.
Personal: Born January 12. 2000 in Raceland, La. ... the daughter of Rachel and Tyrone Walls ... has one brother ... brother played college football at Mississippi College ... majoring in kinesiology
Indoor: Finished 23rd in the pentathlon (2,702), including a 2nd place finish in the long jump (18-5.25) ... Placed 4th in the long jump (18-9.75) at the Robert Platt Invitaional ... Finished 16th (3,115) including a personal-best 9.30 in the 60H.
Outdoor: Finished 4th in the long jump (18-3.25) at the McNeese Cowboy Relays ... Placed 2nd in the long jump (19-0) at the Louisiana Classics ... Placed 4th in the long jump (19-0.75) at the Crimson Tide Invitational ... Set a personal-best in the high jump (5-6) at the Leon Johnson Invitational ... Set a personal-best with a 5th place finish in the 100H (14.52) at the Tiger Track Classic ... Finished 2nd with the 2nd best score in program history in the hepathlon at 5,189, set personal-bests in the shot put (34-5.75), 200 (25.41), javelin (117-8), and 800 (2:30.05), while also placing 2nd in the high jump (5-4.5), and long jump (19-5.25) for the hepathlon at the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... Also finished 5th overall in the long jump at 19-9, a personal-best.
2022-23
Indoor: Competed in the long jump ... Finished 10th (18-3.75) at the Houston Invitational ... Placed 3rd (18-9.75) at the Samford Invite ... Finished 13th (18-10.5) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
Outdoor: Finished 4th in the long jump (18-1.5) at the Louisiana Classics ... Recorded top 10 finishes at the Leon Johnson Invitational in the high jump (4-11.75), long jump (18-1), and 100H (19.18) ... Finished 9th in the long jump (18-5.25) and 12th in the shot put (31-11.25) at the Maroon and White Invite ... Finished 16th (3,930) in the heptathlon at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
2021-22
Indoor: Finished 6th in the long jump (17-4) at the McNeese Indoor and Multi ... Finished 7th in the long jump (17-8) at the Samford Invitational.
Outdoor: Competed in the Louisiana Classics, running a 27.96 in the 200 and clearing 15-8.25 in the long jump.
2020-21
Indoor: Finished 5th in the long jump (17-0.5) at the LSU Purple Tiger Invite ... Placed 4th in the long jump (17-11.5) at the ASU Scarlet and Black Invitational ... Finished 5th in the 4x400 (3:51.52) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
Outdoor: Placed 5th (18-6.5) in the long jump and 7th (36-7.75) in the triple jump at the Louisiana Classics ... Finished 5th in the long jump (18-4.5) in the Battle on the Bayou ... Took 5th (17-8) in the long jump and 7th (36-0.75) in the triple jump at the SLU Pre-Conference Tune Up.
2019-20
Indoor: Set a personal-best and finished 10th overall in the long jump (18-21/4) at the Sun Belt Championships ... jumped season-best 37-1 in the triple jump to finish sixth at the FasTrak Collegiate Invitational and was fifth in the triple jump (36-7) at the McNeese Indoor II ... eclipsed the 18-foot mark in the long jump with an eighth-place finish (18-01/4) at the Samford Bulldog Invitational.
High School: The school-record holder in both the long and triple jump record at Terrebonne High School ... also holds the 300-meter hurdle record and finished as part of the Tigers' school-record holding 4x100- and 4x200-meter relay teams ... a four-year letterwinner ... the 2017 Louisiana Class 5A State Champion in the long jump ... finished third in the long jump at both the 2016 and 2018 Louisiana Class 5A State Meet ... selected as the field MVP as a senior and named as the "Best of the Bayou Athlete of the Year" by the Houma Courier .... a four-time All-State selection.
Personal: Born January 12. 2000 in Raceland, La. ... the daughter of Rachel and Tyrone Walls ... has one brother ... brother played college football at Mississippi College ... majoring in kinesiology
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