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Taylore Williams
  • Event
  • Class
  • High School/Other
  • Hometown
  • Sprints/Hurdles
  • Senior
  • Bethel
  • Hampton, Va.

2012 Indoor: Did not compete.

2011 Outdoor: Ran season bests in the 100 (15.38) and 400-meter hurdles (1:07.54) at the Liberty Twilight.

2011 Indoor: Set personal bests in the 60-meter hurdles (9.15) and 200-meter dash (26.70).

2010 Outdoor: Helped set the school record as part of the third place shuttle hurdle relay at the Penn Relays (54.27) … Competed in both the 100 (14.99) and 400-meter hurdles (1:09.00), earning a career-best in the 100-meter hurdle event.

2010 Indoor: Ran the 400-meter hurdles at the Virginia Tech Invitational (1:01.00) and the 60-meter hurdles at the Hokie Invitational (9.38).

2009 Outdoor: Member of distance medley relay squad that came in first at the Colonial Relays with a time of 11:39.67 … Finished seventh in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:09.53 at the Liberty Twilight … Clocked a career-best 1:05.59 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

2009 Indoor: Placed 11th in the 600-meter run at the VT Hokie Invitational with a time of 1:43.42 … Ran second leg of 10th-place distance medley relay squad at the ACC Championships … Competed in six different events throughout the season.

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in track and field all four years ... Member of 2005-06 Virginia AAA State Championship team at Bethel High School ... Bethel High earned runner-up at the state meet in 2007-08 ... Holds prep bests of 43.70 in the 300-meter hurdles and 1:03 in the 400-meter hurdles ... Also competed in cross country in high school ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born Aug. 11, 1990 ... Daughter of Jacqueline and Edward Williams ... Father was high school coach at Bethel High School ... Has two siblings, Nyra and Edward Jr. ... Majoring in biochemistry.

Williams' Collegiate Track & Field Bests
Indoor Outdoor
60m Hurdles: 9.15 100m Hurdles: 14.99
200m: 26.70 400m Hurdles: 1:05.59
400m: 1:01.00
500m: 1:21.25
600m: 1:43.42