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2014-15 Track and Field/Cross Country Roster

Taylor Hewett

  • Position:
    Mid-Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Culdesac HS
  • Hometown:
    ,

Summary

Biography

2015 Outdoor: Hewett ran a season-best 59.95 in the 400m at the WSU Cougar Invitational and earned a first place finish in the event… Hewett also set a career-best in the 800m and secured a third place finish at the Sasquatch Carnival 2015 with a time of 2:14.22… Hewett ran the 1500m at the Mike Keller Invitational for the first time in her collegiate career and placed tenth with a time of 5:13.00.

2015 Indoor: Hewett had her best finish on the season come in the 800m at the Idaho Vandal Indoor Invitational where she took third place with a time of 2:19.95… Hewett contributed to a sixth place finish at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships in the Distance Medley Relay with a time of 12:40.52.

2014 Outdoor: Hewett was a member of the 2014 Outdoor Western Athletic Conference Championship team…earned Second-Team All-WAC honors for her fourth-place finish in the 800m with a career-best time of 2:14.39... was also a member of the seventh-place 4x400m relay team…finished second in the 800m at the Sam Adams Classic with a time of 2:18.60 and also at the WAR VII with a time of 2:16.70… and ran a career-best time of 59.48 in the 400m at the Vandal Jamboree.

2014 Indoor: Hewett finished seventh in the 800m at the Western Athletic Conference Championship meet…ran her first sub-minute mile at the Runners Soul Open with a career-best time of 59.23…also ran a career-best time in the 600m at the WSU Open with a time of 1:37.71.

2013 Outdoor: Did not compete due to injury.

2013 Indoor: 
Did not compete due to injury.

2012 Outdoor:
 Hewett redshirted the 2012 outdoor season while rehabilitating a knee injury.

2012 Indoor: Hewett performed well in the multi-events as a true freshman before sustaining a season-ending knee injury at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 … finished fourth in her first career indoor pentathlon at the Cougar Indoor with a score of 3,251 on Jan. 27 … cleared a career-best 5-2.5 (1.59m) and finished seventh in the high jump at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 … also ran a career-best 9.57 and finished 11th in the 60m hurdles at the Vandal Indoor.

High School: Hewett was a five-time Idaho state champion at Culdesac High School … honored as the North Idaho Female Athlete of the Year in 2010 … took third in the high jump (5-0) at the 2011 Idaho 1A State Championships … as a junior in 2010, she won the 800m (2:21.88) and long jump (16-1.5), took second in the 200m (27.92) and finished fifth in the 400m (1:03.16) to help CHS to an eighth-place finish at the Idaho 1A state meet … she claimed the Idaho 1A state title in the 800m (2:22.28) as a sophomore in 2009, in addition to runner-up finishes in the 200m (26.69) and 1600m (5:38.78) and a third-place finish in the high jump (5-0) and led her team to a seventh-place state finish … won the Idaho 1A title in the 800m (2:25.36) as a freshman in 2008 and also took third in the 1600m (5:42.64) and high jump (5-0) … won the 2008 Idaho 2A state title in cross country and was a four-time Idaho 2A state placer in cross country after taking 11th in 2007, 17th in 2009 and 15th in 2010 … also competed in volleyball and basketball for the Wolves … was also a six-time USA Track & Field Junior Olympics qualifier and finished as high as seventh (2007) and ninth (2003) in the high jump at the national meet.

Personal: She is the daughter of Chad and Kelley Hewett … has one sister, Shelbey … her mother was a track and field athlete at Idaho … was Valedictorian of Culdesac High School in 2011 … intends to major in Nutrition at Idaho.

Indoor Career Bests:
200m: 28.45
400m: 59.23
600m: 1:37.71
800m: 2:21.48
60m Hurdles: 9.46
High Jump: 5-2.5 (1.59m)
Long Jump: 16-3.75 (4.97m)
Shot Put: 29-3.75 (8.93m)
Pentathlon: 3,251

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Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Redshirt

    Multi-Events
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Multi-Events
  • 2013-14Junior

    Mid-Distance
  • 2014-15Senior

    Mid-Distance
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