2018 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Two-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA All-American in 4000 distance medley relay (2017, 2018). ... USTFCCCA All-West Region indoor in distance medley relay (2017. 2018). ... All-GNACÂ indoor in 500 (2018) and 4x400 relay (2017). ... All-GNAC outdoor in 4x100 relay (2017), 400 (2018) and 4x400 relay (2018).
Sophomore (2018): INDOOR – Ran the 400 leg on the 4000 distance medley relay that placed an All-American 5th at the NCAA D2 Championships, teaming with Kate Lilly, Chynna Phan, and Mary Charleson for a season-best time of 11:31.69. Just two weeks earlier at the SPU Final Qualifier, that same group clinched a spot at nationals by clocking 11:39.11. ... Placed 3rd in the 400 at GNAC with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 56.30, just .01 away from her personal best. ... Placed 4th in the 200 at GNAC in a PR time of 25.33. ... Ran the second leg of the 5th-place 4x400 relay at GNAC. OUTDOOR – Took 2nd in the 400-meter dash at GNAC with a season-best and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 55.91. ... Anchored the 3rd-place 4x400 relay at GNAC, teaming with Scout Cai, Becca Houk, and Chynna Phan for an NCAA provisional time of 3:45.88. ... Placed 10th in the GNAC 200 in 25.75. ... Focused exclusively in the 200 and 400 during the regular season, winning the 400 twice in Bellingham: at the Western Washington Team Invitational on April 6 and at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational on April 28. ... Also anchored winning 4x400 relays in both Bellingham meets.
Freshman (2017): INDOOR – Ran the 400-meter leg on the 4000 distance medley relay at the NCAA national meet, helping the Falcons finish 8th in 11:36.02 and earn a coveted All-American award, along with Sarah Macdonald, Chynna Phan, and Mary Charleson. ... Was part of the same foursome that got onto the NCAA qualifying list with an 11:42.22 at the UW Invitational on Jan. 27. ... Placed 4th in the 400 at GNAC with a personal-best and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 56.29. ... Ran second leg on the 4x400 at GNAC, teaming up with Kyra Brannan, Cheryl Hong, and Becca Houk for a 3rd-place finish and the six points the Falcons need to clinch the team title. ... Steadily improved her 400 time all winter. After a 57.91 at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 14, beat the NCAA provisional standard in her next three meets: 56.78 at the UW Invitational on Feb. 28, 56.57 in the GNAC preliminaries on Feb. 17, then 56.29 in the next day's finals.... Also ran the 200 in two meets, with a PR of 26.34.  OUTDOOR – Ran the anchor leg on SPU's 3rd-place 4x100 relay and f5th-place 4x400 relay at GNAC. Joined by Becca Houk, Scout Cai, and Kyra Brannan on the short one for a time of 48.47, and by Brannan, Cai, and Brooke Benner on the long one for a 3:54.28. ... Placed 4th in the 400 meters at GNAC with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 55.87, and was 7th in the 200 at 25.78. ... Beat the NCAA standard three times in the 400, topped by a personal-best 55.84 at the Beach Invitational in Long Beach, Calif., on April 15. ... Won the 400 in 56.76 at the Emilie Mondor Invitational in Burnaby, B.C., on April 8. ... Ran a career-best 25.29 in the 200 on April 22 at the Spike Arlt Invitational in Ellensburg. In that same meet, led off the winning 4x400 relay, followed by Benner, Olivia Gabriel, and Cai for a time of 3:53.86.
West Seattle High School: Didn't turn out for track until she was a junior in 2015, but went on to make the most of her two years. ... Won the state Class 3A (large / medium school) 400-meter dash as a senior in 2016 in 55.74. In fact, she ran the 400 on 13 occasions, including the Metro League and Sea-King District championship meets, and won 12 of them. The only exception was the state preliminaries, in which she had the second-fastest time of 55.98, which was 18 hundredths behind Jordyn Edwards of Lynnwood. Then in the finals, Taylor finished more than a full second ahead of runner-up Edwards, 55.74 to 56.82. ... Also placed 3rd in the 200-meter dash and 5th in the 100 at state. ... As a junior in 2015, placed 7th in the 400, and 14th in both the 100 and 200 at state.
Personal: Lani Ann Taylor. ... Born Oct. 6, 1997. ... Psychology major.
Fun facts: Prior to track, played basketball year-round for 10 years. ... Her most memorable track moment was winning the state 400 title as a senior. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was ... well, as she puts it, "I can already tell by the trailer and the actors if the movie is going to be dumb, so I don't see it. I refuse to watch dumb movies." ... As for the book she just couldn't put down, "I can put any book down." ... Favorite sport to watch is any sport. ... Favorite junk food is ice cream. ... Favorite healthy food is organic ice cream. ... Dream car is a Range Rover. ... Favorite kind of shopping is for clothes. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be her grandpa Lonnie because "everyone in my family always tells me about him, how great he is, how much he looks like me, how much he's like me – and I believe it. I'd want to tell him about my life and accomplishments. Out of everyone in my life, I get along with and relate well with my dad, and I'm assuming he'd be just like my dad, or better. I'd make my dad cook because he's really proud of his cooking, and he's a really good cooker. It would give all three of us the opportunity to have dinner together. ... If she could be any action hero or heroine, would be Superwoman ... Her friends call her LB. ... In 10 years, hopes to be a psychiatrist with her own private practice. ... Has a younger brother with the same birthday as her.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
200:Â Â 25.33 (2/17/2018)
400:Â Â 56.29 (2/18/2017)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
200:Â Â 25.29 (4/22/2017)
400:Â Â 55.84 (4/15/2017)
CAREER RESULTS
