Sacramento, CA -- Monmouth University’s Tisifenee Taylor (Woodbury, N.J./Woodbury) took home fourth place in the long jump at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning the senior First Team All-America honors.
Taylor’s jump of 21’ 5 ¼” took fourth place among all competitors, matching the highest finish by a Hawk at the NCAA Division I Championships (Jon Kalnas 2001). The senior is the sixth (seventh overall) MU track and field athlete to earn First Team All-America honors in the last six years and the first female to do so. She was among good company as the top competitor hailed from UCLA, Brittney Reese from Mississippi was second and Erica McLain from Stanford finished third (just edging out Taylor).
“It is a great accomplishment,” said Monmouth head coach Joe Compagni. “Tisifenee competed very well in a pressure packed environment against the best college athletes in the nation. She’ll have another chance against the best in the United States in a few weeks.”
In two weeks Taylor will compete in the long jump at the U.S. Outdoor Track & Field Junior National Championships June 20-24 in Indianapolis, Ind.
NCAA Division I 2007 Outdoor
Track & Field Championship
Sacramento, CA - 6/6/2007 to 6/9/2007
Event 35 Women Long Jump
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Auto: 6.45 Best 12 and ties by mark from qualifying to finals
45 minutes flight specific warm-up, 10 minutes before finals.
Wind direction 1 hour prior.
Advance best 9 plus ties by mark to reverse order finals.
American: 7.49m 5/22/1994 Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Honda also 7/31/94
College Best: 7.24m 8/21/1985 Jackie Joyner, UCLA
NCAA Meet: 6.94m 6/5/1987 Shelia Echols, LSU
Hornet Stad: 7.11m 7/15/2004 Marion Jones, Nike
Name Year School Finals Wind Points
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Finals
1 Rhonda Watkins SO UCLA 6.96m 2.5 22-10.00 10
FOUL(NWI) 6.62m(0.1) 6.96m(2.5) FOUL(NWI) 6.40m(0.8) 6.60m(1.2)
2 Brittney Reese SO Mississippi 6.71m 3.2 22-00.25 8
6.71m(3.2) FOUL(NWI) 6.31m(1.1) 6.64m(1.5) FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI)
3 Erica McLain JR Stanford 6.53m 3.9 21-05.25 6
FOUL(NWI) 6.41m(3.5) 6.53m(3.9) FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI) 6.33m(1.2)
4 Tisifenee Taylor SR Monmouth 6.53m 2.1 21-05.25 5
FOUL(NWI) 6.53m(2.1) 6.29m(0.9) FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI)
5 Funmi Jimoh SR Rice 6.43m 1.8 21-01.25 4
6.30m(2.0) FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI) 5.58m(3.0) 6.43m(1.8) 6.16m(0.7)
6 Janay DeLoach JR Colorado State 6.42m 4.2 21-00.75 3
6.19m(2.2) FOUL(NWI) 6.42m(4.2) 6.03m(3.0) FOUL(NWI) 5.92m(0.9)
7 Amy Seward SR Miami 6.41m 3.2 21-00.50 2
FOUL(NWI) 6.41m(3.2) 6.07m(1.2) FOUL(NWI) 6.07m(2.6) 6.10m(0.3)
8 Jeomi Maduka SO Cornell 6.26m 3.4 20-06.50 1
6.00m(1.0) 6.26m(3.4) 6.18m(2.8) 6.03m(0.9) FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI)
9 Leah Kincaid JR Purdue 6.18m 1.1 20-03.50
FOUL(NWI) 6.18m(1.1) FOUL(NWI) 6.14m(0.9) FOUL(NWI) 6.12m(2.2)
10 Brenda Faluade SR Miami 6.10m 3.2 20-00.25
6.10m(3.2) FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI)
11 Tanika Liburd SR S. Mississippi 5.80m 1.8 19-00.50
FOUL(NWI) 5.80m(1.8) FOUL(NWI)
-- Natasha Harvey SO Jacksonville FOUL
FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI)
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Women - Team Rankings - 1 Events Scored
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1) UCLA 10 2) Mississippi 8
3) Stanford 6 4) Monmouth 5
5) Rice 4 6) Colorado State 3
7) Miami 2 8) Cornell 1