2015-16 Track & Field Roster

Tyler Turner-Taylor

  • Position Hurdles
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Monroe, La.
  • Highschool Carroll High School

Biography

Personal Records
60 Meter: 6.92
100 Meter: 10.57
200 Meter: 21.49

2016 Outdoor: Personal-record of 21.49 in the 200m and recorded a 10.609 in the 100m to finish ninth and was 0.005 seconds away from reaching the finals of the SBC Championships… runner-up in the 100m (10.62) and seventh-place in the 200m (22.10) at the Carl Kight Invitational… bronze medal in the 100m (11.05) at the Jim Mize Invitational and ran a leg of ULM’s second-place 4x100m relay team that scored a 40.98… sprinted for a fourth-place finish of 10.57 in the 100m at the McNeese Cowboy Relays which was the fastest time in the SBC after opening weekend… part of a 4x100m relay team (40.95) that finished second at the UL-Lafayette Classics and also posted a 10.64 in the 100m to place seventh… sixth-place in the 100m (10.70) and eighth-place in the 200m (21.87) at the SLU Invitational… ran a 10.67 in the 100m at the prestigious Texas Relays… tallied a 10.67 to finish sixth in the 100m at the LSU Alumni Gold and followed it up with a 21.53 in the 200m… dashed for a 10.69 in the 100m and a 21.79 in the 200m at the Jace LaCoste Invite

2016 Indoor: Registered a 6.92 in the 60m at the SBC Championships… posted a 7.00 in the 60m at the KMS Invitational… ran a 7.03 in the 60m to place 12th at the season-opening Texas A&M Invitational… sprinted for a 7.00 in the 60m and a 22.56 in the 200m at the South Alabama Invite

Prep: Competed at Carroll High School and holds the school record in the indoor 60m hurdles... 3A Louisiana State Championion in the 110m hurdles... 2015 HOSA state champion in sports medicine... two-time world competition qualifier for robotics

Personal: Full name is Tyler Deshoun Turner-Taylor... born Sept. 22, 1997... son of Rita Taylor... has an older sister, Alleshaundra and an older brother, Robert... enjoys running and reading... majoring in biology