NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Dates: June 11-14 (Wednesday-Saturday)
Location: Hayward Field - Eugene, Oregon
NCAA Championship Central

IRVINE, Calif. - Junior Zharia Taylor will represent UC Irvine at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships this weekend at Hayward Field. Taylor is set to compete in the women's high jump on Saturday, June 14, at 5:30 p.m.

Taylor is the Anteaters' first NCAA Championship qualifier on the women's side since 2009. She joins Hall of Famer Lauren Collins as the only 'Eaters to advance to NCAAs in the women's high jump.

"I'm just taking it one day at a time and hope that whatever happens is a good close to my season," Taylor said about her upcoming NCAA appearance. "I'm not too worried about going out there and winning, just going out there to execute. If I can PR, I'll take that and go. I would like to make first-team All-American, but if it doesn't happen, I know I've still had a really good season."


ZHARIA TAYLOR // High Jump // Junior // 5-8 // Long Beach, Calif. // Major: Urban Studies
• Zharia Taylor tied for ninth in the high jump at the NCAA West First Round to advance to nationals.
• Taylor did not miss at her first three heights, with her final clearance being a PR 1.81m (5-11.25).
• Her mark at the regional meet ranks second in program history.
• She was also the Big West runner-up with a height of 1.78m (5-10) at the conference championships.
• Her points at the conference meet helped the Anteaters win the program's first Big West Women's Track & Field Championship.
• Taylor placed among the top-10 in all five of her high jump competitions with two wins this season.
• She had an NCAA regional qualifying mark of 1.79m (5-10.5) in an individual victory at the Challenge Cup.
• Taylor is in her first year at UC Irvine after transferring from Cerritos College.
• She was a junior college All-American in the heptathlon and high jump with the Falcons in 2024.
• An injury suffered in practice earlier this season kept her out of the multis during the outdoor campaign.
• She finished fourth in the pentathlon at the MPSF Indoor Championships with a PR 3,785 points.