2020 Women's Track & Field Roster

Taisyn Crutchfield

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Corona, Calif.
  • Highschool Eleanor Roosevelt HS

Biography

2020 (Senior)
• Did not compete in the Anteaters’ only meet before the season was canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2019 (Junior)
• Ran her first 100m race in nearly three years at the Beach Invitational (12.85)
• Registered a wind-aided season-best 12.82 at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Made her season debut in the 4x100 at the UCR Spring Track Classic (47.21)
• Earned Big West All-Academic honors

2018 (Medical Redshirt)
• Did not compete

2017 (Redshirt)
• Did not compete

2016 (Sophomore)
• Member of the Big West champion 4x100 relay team
• Quartet ran the second-fastest time in meet history with a school-record 44.51
• It was the Anteaters' first Big West victory in the 4x100 since 1992
• Advanced to the NCAA West Preliminaries where they placed 20th overall
• Also took 10th in the 100m (11.91w) and 14th in the 200m (24.66w) at the conference championships
• Registered wind-legal personal bests of 12.01 in the 100m at the Steve Scott Invitational and 24.67 in the 200m at the Beach Invitational

2015 (Freshman)
• Scored at the Big West Championships in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays
• Also a conference qualifier in both short sprints
• Notched season-bests of 12.12 in the 100m and 25.14 in the 200m at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Clocked in with a personal-record 58.78 to come in third in the 400m at the Anteater 4-Way Meet
• Helped the 4x100 relay to a season-best 46.59 at the UCLA Legends Invitational

High School
• Graduated from Eleanor Roosevelt High School in 2015
• Lettered two years in track & field with the Mustangs after transferring from Ayala HS
• Two-time CIF State Championship qualifier and league champion in the 4x100 relay
• Finished third as a junior and fifth as a senior at the state meet
• Won the 4x100 at the CIF-Southern Section Divisional Finals as a freshman
• Named her team's Best Sprinter
• Registered high school bests of 12.00 in the 100m, 24.76 in the 200m and 58.22 in the 400m

Personal
• Majoring in criminology, law & society
• Claimed the 4x100 title and took home runner-up honors in the 4x400 at the 2010 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships
• Also won the 100m and 200m at the USATF Region 15 Junior Olympic Championships
• Parents are Kathy and Tony Crutchfield
• Siblings are Tony Jr. and Tahj

TOP MARKS AT UCI
100m = 11.91w (2016 Big West Championships) / 12.01 (2016 Steve Scott Invitational)
200m = 24.66w (2016 Big West Championships) / 24.67 (2016 Beach Invitational)
400m = 58.25 (2016 UC Irvine Spring Break Invitational)
4x100m Relay = 44.51 (2016 Big West Conference Championships)
4x400m Relay = 3:50.61 (2016 Big West Challenge)

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2017Junior

    Sprints
  • 2018Senior

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2019Senior

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2020Graduate Student

    Sprints
    5'3"