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MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Track & Field program is thrilled to announce the addition of Tayler LyDay of Ben­son Polytechnic High School in Portland, Ore.
 
LyDay was an outstanding basketball player being recruited to play in college, but has chosen to pursue track & field at the collegiate level after taking up the sport in just her senior year.
 
Despite it being her first year participating in the sport of track & field, LyDay's talent was clear. She fo­cused primarily on the triple jump and after only doing the event for a few weeks, she managed to post a mark of 39'0" at the PIL district championship, where she won the event qualifying her for the Oregon State Champi­onships. LyDay placed third at the Oregon State meet in the triple jump with a mark of 37' 5.5".
 
LyDay, standing 6-1, was an incredible bas­ketball player at Benson. She averaged 19.2 points per game as a junior and 17.2 as a senior and was ranked as the number one basketball prospect in the state of Ore­gon by Maxpreps.com in 2019. She used her athleticism to make incredible plays, like this game winning coast to coast buzzer beater against Beaverton in the semi-fi­nal round of the OSAA state tournament her junior year. LyDay led her high school team to a State Championship team title as a senior.
 
"Tayler is very raw to track and field and has already put up some big marks. It will be fun to watch her grow. She is a great student and we are excited to have her join the vandal Family." – Tim Cawley, director of track and field/cross country
 
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