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2023-24 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Taylor James

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Cosby
  • Hometown Chesterfield, Va.

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS/RECORDS
  • Long jump: 5.28m
  • 100 hurdles: 15.82
  • 60 hurdles: 9.30
  • 300m: 43.28
  • Pentathlon: 3032
  • Heptathlon: 4115
2024 OUTDOOR
  • Finished fourth at the CNU Classic Heptathlon scoring 3,370 points
  • Threw a new personal best in the shot put, 9.68m at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship 
2024 INDOOR
  • Competed in the pentathlon twice in the season
  • Set a new pentathlon personal record scoring 3,032 points at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship

2023 OUTDOOR
  • Scored a career-best 4115 points in the heptathlon at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships, finishing 12th and setting personal records in three out of seven events 
2023 INDOOR
  • Set new personal bests in the 300 (43.28) and the long jump (5.28m) at the Virginia Tech Invitational 
  • Finished fourth in the 60 hurdles at the Patriot Games
  • Competed in the pentathlon at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship, establishing a new personal best of 2,920 points
2022 OUTDOOR
  • Competed in the heptathlon at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships
  • Set a personal best with 3,786 points in the heptathlon at the Duke Invitational
  • Placed fifth in the high jump at the Dan Stimson Memorial Invitational
  • Finished sixth in the 100 hurdles at the Fred Hardy Invitational
2022 INDOOR
  • Set a personal best with 2,790 points in the pentathlon at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships
  • Placed fourth as a member of the 4x400 relay at the Richard Drake Invitational
  • Placed seventh in the 60 hurdles at the Patriot Games
2021 OUTDOOR
  • Competed at the Atlantic 10 Championships, finishing 14th in the heptathlon
  • Placed eighth in the heptathlon at the Bobcat Invitational
2021 INDOOR
  • Placed seventh in the pentathlon at the Mason Winter Track Fiesta
  • Finished fourth as part of the 4x400 relay at the Virginia Tech Challenge
  • Earned top-10 finishes in the long jump and 200-meter dash at the Patriot Games
PRIOR TO VCU
  • Two-time VHSL all-state
  • 2019 VHSL Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field team runner-up
  • Fourth place at 2019 New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the sprint medley relay
  • Fourth place at 2019 VHSL Indoor State Championships in the 4x200 relay
  • 2018 VHSL 6A basketball state champion
PERSONAL
  • Daughter of Remus and Marcia James
  • Born on Dec. 15, 2001
  • Major: Exercise Science with a minor in Psychology, on the premed track
  • Father played football at Virginia State University
  • Volunteers at a local food bank
  • Plans to become a sports psychiatrist or physical therapist

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Multi
  • 2021-22Sophomore

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  • 2022-23Junior

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  • 2023-24Senior

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