Taylor Jackson

Photo by: John Fajardo

The Beach will have 17 athletes competing in this week's NCAA West Preliminary Championships.

Photo by: John Fajardo

Taylor Jackson is ranked ninth in the country in the long jump and will be competing in the long jump at UCLA on Tuesday

Position:
Multi
Class:
Senior
Major:
Human Development
Hometown:
Bakersfield, Calif.
High School:
Frontier HS
Prev School:
Fresno State

Taylor Jackson Career and Season Statistics

Long Beach State Top 10 -- Indoor Long Jump (19-8, 2nd)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Pentathlon (3,658, 3rd)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Outdoor Long Jump (19-10 3/4, 8th)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Heptathlon (4,963, 9th)

2015 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (Long Jump)
2013 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (Long Jump)
2013 All-Big West Performer (Heptathlon, Long Jump)

2015 (Senior)
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the long jump ... Won the long jump at the Cal Opener with a leap of 19-6 3/4 ... Reset career-best in the outdoor long jump as she went 19-10 3/4 to finish second during the UCLA Tri-Dual with Washington State ... Reset career-best in the 200m to 25.82 to place fourth at the California Collegiate Invitational ... Won the long jump (19-4 3/4) at the Big West Challenge Cup ... Finished sixth in at the Big West Championships in the long jump with a mark of 18-7 3/4 ... Named Academic All-Conference.

Indoor: Finished fifth in the long jump at the MPSF Championships (19-8) ... Reset indoor bests at the Lumberjack Team Challenge in the high jump (4-11) and shot put (32-6 1/4).

2014 (Junior)
Outdoor: Did not compete.

Indoor: Finished sixth in the pentathlon at the MPSF Championships with a school-record 3,658 points ... Had top-10 showings in the long jump (2nd), shot put (4th) and high jump (7th, T) during the event ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.

2013 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the long jump (44th) ... Garnered All-Big West honors in the long jump and heptathlon ... Established a career-best 4,963 points to place third in the heptathlon ... Notched five personal records, winning the 200m (25.05) and posting four other top-three showings at the multi-event championships ... Came back the following weekend to claim runner-up honors in the long jump with a personal-best 19-7 1/2, which ranks eighth on the LBSU all-time charts

Indoor: Registered the second-best indoor mark in school history at 19-1 1/2 to finish third at the Air Force Team Challenge ... Was 15th in the shot put at Air Force (34-11 3/4).

Prior to LBSU: Member of the track and field team at Fresno State for two years ... Established a Fresno State best of 4,841 points in the heptathlon in 2012 ... Added season-bests in the 400m hurdles (1:02.34), 100m hurdles (14.57) and the triple jump (38-8) ... Also competed on the cross country team in 2011 ... Finished the 5K in a time of 27:34 at the Roadrunner Invitational.

High School: Won four letters in track & field at Frontier High School ... Qualified for the CIF Finals in the 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles and 4x400m relay as a senior ... Finished among the top-16 in both hurdle events.

Personal: Majoring in human development.