2009 Track and Field Roster
O'Connor, Tayler
Tayler O'Connor
- Position:
- Jumps
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Anthropology
- Hometown:
- San Mateo, Calif.
- High School:
- Mercy HS
- Prev School:
- Mercy HS
Bio
Tayler O'Connor -- Career and Season Statistics
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor High Jump (5-8 1/2; 8th, T)
2010 NCAA West Preliminary Round Qualifier (High Jump)
2009 NCAA West Preliminary Round Qualifier (High Jump)
2009 All-Big West Performer (High Jump)
2010 (Senior)
Outdoor: Entered six high jump events ... Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round ... Tied career-high by clearing 5-8 3/4 to finish second at the Beach Invitational ... Went a season-best 17-0 3/4 in the long jump at the Trojan Invitational to finish ninth.
Indoor: Finished fourth in the high jump (5-8 1/2) at the MPSF Championships ... Won the high jump at the NAU Team Challenge (5-8).
2009 (Junior)
Outdoor: Earned All-Big West honors after placing third in the high jump at the conference championships ... NCAA Regional qualifier, clearing 5-8 3/4 to finish first in the high jump at the Big West Multis ... Also had a fourth-place performance in the javelin (108-10) ... Ended up taking seventh in the heptathlon with 4,708 points.
Indoor: Competed in the 60m hurdles (13th in the preliminaries, 10:06), high jump (10th, 5-6 1/2) and long jump (17th, 16-9 1/4) at the MPSF Championships.
2008 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: A Big West qualifier in the javelin and high jump ... Finished fourth in the high jump at the conference championships, clearing 5-7 ... Had a career-best 124-5 in the javelin at the Big West Challenge.
Indoor: Finished eighth in the high jump (5-6) at the MPSF Championships ... Won the high jump (5-5 3/4) at the NAU 4-Way Team Challenge ... Finished second in the high jump at the Mountain T's Invitational (5-7).
2007 (Freshman)
Outdoor: A Big West qualifier in the high jump, finishing fourth at the conference meet with a season-best 5-7 ... Won the event at the Jack Rose Relays.
Indoor: Did not compete.
High School: Lettered four years in track, three in water polo and one in basketball at Mercy High School ... Team and league MVP as a junior and senior, reaching a personal-best 5-7 in the high jump ... Water polo team went undefeated for two years.
Personal: Brother, Matthew, competed in track and field at the University of Oklahoma ... Majoring in anthropology.
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor High Jump (5-8 1/2; 8th, T)
2010 NCAA West Preliminary Round Qualifier (High Jump)
2009 NCAA West Preliminary Round Qualifier (High Jump)
2009 All-Big West Performer (High Jump)
2010 (Senior)
Outdoor: Entered six high jump events ... Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round ... Tied career-high by clearing 5-8 3/4 to finish second at the Beach Invitational ... Went a season-best 17-0 3/4 in the long jump at the Trojan Invitational to finish ninth.
Indoor: Finished fourth in the high jump (5-8 1/2) at the MPSF Championships ... Won the high jump at the NAU Team Challenge (5-8).
2009 (Junior)
Outdoor: Earned All-Big West honors after placing third in the high jump at the conference championships ... NCAA Regional qualifier, clearing 5-8 3/4 to finish first in the high jump at the Big West Multis ... Also had a fourth-place performance in the javelin (108-10) ... Ended up taking seventh in the heptathlon with 4,708 points.
Indoor: Competed in the 60m hurdles (13th in the preliminaries, 10:06), high jump (10th, 5-6 1/2) and long jump (17th, 16-9 1/4) at the MPSF Championships.
2008 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: A Big West qualifier in the javelin and high jump ... Finished fourth in the high jump at the conference championships, clearing 5-7 ... Had a career-best 124-5 in the javelin at the Big West Challenge.
Indoor: Finished eighth in the high jump (5-6) at the MPSF Championships ... Won the high jump (5-5 3/4) at the NAU 4-Way Team Challenge ... Finished second in the high jump at the Mountain T's Invitational (5-7).
2007 (Freshman)
Outdoor: A Big West qualifier in the high jump, finishing fourth at the conference meet with a season-best 5-7 ... Won the event at the Jack Rose Relays.
Indoor: Did not compete.
High School: Lettered four years in track, three in water polo and one in basketball at Mercy High School ... Team and league MVP as a junior and senior, reaching a personal-best 5-7 in the high jump ... Water polo team went undefeated for two years.
Personal: Brother, Matthew, competed in track and field at the University of Oklahoma ... Majoring in anthropology.
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