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University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

2017-18 Loper Men's Track & Field Roster

Tayler James

  • Hometown Scottsbluff, NE
  • Highschool Scottsbluff
  • Class Senior
  • Major Exercise Science/Physical Therapy
  • Position Distance

Biography

IN THE LOPER TOP 10
Indoors - 600 Meters (7th/1:22.53); 600 Yards (9th/1:14.37); DMR (1-th/10:13.69)

AS A SENIOR (2016-17)
MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... placed 12th at 1,500 meters at the MIAA outdoor meet ... ran a 3:59.80 ... career-best time in the event came at the Prairie Wolfe (3:59.57) ... ran on the fourth place DMR team at the KU Relays (10:30.84) ... helped that team place third at the league indoor championships ... third in a time of 10:17.52 ... individually, cracked the top 20 in the mile (4:31.01) ... ran a career-best of 4:24.27 at Concordia

AS A JUNIOR (2015-16)
Was 16th in the 1,500 (4:08.29) at the MIAA outdoor meet ... ran a season-best 4:02.99 a week earlier at NWU ... turned in a 1:59.73 in the 800 at the Jim Dutcher ... in the winter, was 14th in the 600 yard run (1:15.26) at conference ... top time in the 800 (1:58.73) came at SDSU ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll

AS A SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
Redshirt in the spring ... helped the DMR team finish second at conference (10:17.27) during indoors ... ran the third leg for a DMR team that cracked the UNK all-time top 10 (10:16.67) at UNL ... NCAA provisional qualifier ... ran a 1:24.03 in the 600 (m) at Concordia ... competed in the 600 yard run at conference  ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll

AS A FRESHMAN (2013-14)
At the MIAA outdoor championships, ran the a 1:56.19 in the 800 meter prelims ... top time was a 1:55.62 at NWU in Lincoln ... member of a 4x4 relay team at the Loper Invite (3:23.99) ... in the winter, seventh in the league at 600 yards (1:15.08) ... ran a season-best 1:14.37 in prelims ... at the Nebraska Tune Up, ran a 1:22.53 in the 600 meters

HIGH SCHOOL
Finished sixth in the 800 (1:57.49) at the 2013 Class B state meet ... also was sixth (1:57.95) as a junior

PERSONAL
Son of Nathan

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Middle Distance
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2015-16Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2016-17Senior

    Middle Distance
  • 2017-18Senior

    Distance