2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Taylor Scaife
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Redshirt
- High School:
- Howard HS
- Hometown:
- Moss Point, Miss.
2020 American Athletic Conference ITF Champion - Weight Throw
2020 American Athletic Conference ITF Most Outstanding Performer
2020 All-American Athletic Conference (Weight Throw)
2020 NCAA Championships Qualifier
2020 American Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week (2/11)
2018-19 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2019 American Athletic Conference Champion - Weight Throw
2019 American Athletic Conference Team - Weight throw
2019 NCAA Indoor Bronze Medalist - Weight Throw
2018 NCAA West Regional Qualifier – Hammer Throw
2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2017 NCAA West Regional Qualifier
2017 American Athletic Conference Indoor Bronze Medalist - Weight Throw
2017 Third Team All-American Athletic Conference - Weight Throw (Indoor)
SENIOR (2019-20)
INDOOR
Broke the program record in the weight throw... opened the season with three conseuctive first-place finishes in the weight throw...shattered the meet record at the LSU Twilight with the third-best throw in the NCAA of the season....won the weight throw title at The American Championships... qualified for the NCAA Championships....American Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Week (2/11)
SENIOR (2018-19)
INDOOR
Won gold in weight throw at the Red Raider Invitational with a distance of 68-8 (20.93m) ... Won gold in weight throw at Leonard Hilton Memorial with a throw of 65-8.25 (20.02m) ... Won gold in weight throw at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with a throw of 65-4 (19.91m) ... Won gold in weight throw at the Houston Invitational with a throw of 74-03.75 (22.65m) ... Won gold in weight throw at The American Indoor Championship with a mark of 70-9 (21.58m) ... took third-place in the weight throw at the NCAA Championships with a throw of 73-10 (22.50m)
OUTDOOR
Competed unattached at the Houston Alumni Invitational taking second-place in the hammer throw with a mark of 210-1 (64.04m)
JUNIOR (2017-18)
INDOOR
Competed unattached during the 2017-18 indoor season.
OUTDOOR
Qualified for the NCAA West Regional in the hammer throw, where she finished 27th in 189-9 (57.83m)…Scored four points for the Cougars en route to a fifth-place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 187-9 (57.22m) at The American Outdoor Championships…Broke her own school record in the hammer throw with a third-place finish at the Texas Invitational, marking 204-7 (62.37m)…Won the hammer throw at the Houston Alumni Invitational with a mark of 203-9 (62-10m)…Opened her season with a second-place finish in the hammer at the Victor Lopez Classic, throwing 191-3 (58.30m).
SOPHOMORE (2016-17)
INDOOR
Broke the school record in the weight throw with a mark of 20.44m (67-0.75) to finish second at the Charlie Thomas Invitational...Took home a bronze medal in the weight throw at the American Indoor Championships with a mark of 20.04m (65-9.0), earning Third Team All-American Athletic Conference honors...Won the weight throw at the Howie Ryan Invitational with a top mark of 18.19m (59-8.25)...Threw the weight 18.60m (61-0.25) to win the Mark Colligan Memorial.
OUTDOOR
Became just the second Cougar in program history to break the 59-meter mark in the hammer throw after taking fourth at the American Outdoor Championships with a distance of 59.10m (193-11)...Qualified for the NCAA West Regional for the first time in her career with the mark...Took fourth in the hammer throw at the Houston Alumni Invitational when she threw the hammer 52.64m (172-8).
FRESHMAN (2015-16)
INDOOR
Threw the shot put and weight at six different events...Placed ninth in the weight throw with a personal best 18.56m at The American Indoor Championships...Won the weight at the Howie Ryan Invitational with a 17.78m throw...Tallied a pair of top-5 finishes with a fourth place in the weight (15.77m) and a fifth place in the shot put (12.68m) at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational...Began her career with a pair of top-5 finishes at the Texas A&M Reveille Invitational where she finished fourth in the shot put (12.18m) and fifth in the weight throw (16.15m)
OUTDOOR
Set a new personal best in the Hammer at the Bobcat Invitational where she threw 47.59m...Took ninth in her first hammer throw competition when she threw 46.72m at the UTSA Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL
Thrower for Howard High School in Ellicott City, Maryland... Holds the Howard High School record in Shot Put, Discus, Hammer Throw, and Weight Throw...Set Howard County Records in the Shot Put, Hammer Throw, and Weight Throw... 2014-2015 Maryland 4A Indoor and Outdoor state Champion in Shot Put...Ranked No. 6 nationally in the Weight Throw with 56.3 feet...Ranked No. 13 in the United States in the Hammer Throw with 157.5 and No. 99 nationally in the Shot Put with 44.00 feet...USATF All-American in Shot Put and Hammer Throw...2014-2015 Washington Post All-Metro Girls Indoor and Outdoor Track selection... 2014-2015 Baltimore Sun All-Metro Girls Indoor Track selection...Four-time State meet Qualifier with three top-3 finishes
PERSONAL
Full name is Taylor Thirstine Scaife... Daughter of Pamela Taylor-Scaife and Rodney & Montrell Scaife...Enjoys reading, listening to music, hanging with friends, and community volunteerism...Member of National Honor Society...Major is undecided...Mother Pam, played college basketball at Delta State University and is a member of the Delta State University Athletic Hall of Fame, and also played professionally in the WNBA...Father played college football for Delta State University and for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles ...Cousin of Tyler Scaife, a member of Rutgers Women's Basketball Program
