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2018-19 Women's Track and Field Roster

Taye Dairo

  • Class Freshman
  • Events Jumps
  • Hometown Harrisburg, Pa.
  • High School Central Dauphin
  • Major Pre-Med

Biography

(pronounced Tie yay Die ro)

Career Honors 

2019 PSAC Champion (High Jump)
All-PSAC (High Jump)
All-Atlantic Region (High Jump)
2x Dean's List Honors

PSAC Championship Performances
2019 Indoor - High Jump (1st), 200m (7th)

2019 (OUTDOOR): 

2018-19 (INDOOR): USTFCCCA All-Atlantic Region in the high jump (2/27)...Became a PSAC champion by winning the high jump at a mark of 1.69m (5-6.50) at the 2019 PSAC Indoor Championships (2/23)...Earned a PR in the 200m at the Fastrack National Invite (2/8)...Ran a new PSAC-Qualifying time of 26.28 in her first collegiate 200m at the NYC Gotham Cup (1/18)...Cleared a PSAC-mark (16-09.25) in her first long jump at the Golden Bear Invitational (1/11)...Won the high jump in her first collegiate meet at a PSAC-Qualifying mark of 5-5, which ranks fifth all-time in KU history, at the Fast Times Before Finals (12/8).

TFRRS Performance List
Personal Bests
Event Indoor Outdoor
100m -- 12.41
200m 25.62 --
High Jump 5-6.50 --
Long Jump 16-09.25 --

The Dairo File
Nickname: Taye Dairo
Why Kutztown: Close to home and good academics
Favorite Place on Campus: Science building
Place I’d like to visit: Paris
I spent the summer: Training and taking care of my twin sister
Greatest Non-Sports Accomplishment: National Honors Society
Favorite Show to Binge Watch: The Office
Best Advice Ever Received: “Keep working, not until its perfect but until you can’t get it wrong”
Goal for 2018-19: Jump 5-8
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