2016-17 (W) Track and Field Roster

Sun Belt Conference
Appalachian State Athletics

Taylor Drummonds

  • Position Pole Vault, Hurdles
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Boone, N.C.
  • High School Watauga

Biography

PR's:

Indoor:
55H - 8.31 ... 60H - 8.71 ... Pole Vault - 13-1.50 (4.00m)

Outdoor:
200m - 27.46 ... 100m hurdles - 14.59 ... Pole Vault - 12-7.5 ... Javelin - 110-4.00


2015-16

Indoor:

• Finished fourth in the pole vault with a season’s best clearance of 12-3 ½ (3.75m) and placed 14th in the 60H running a PR of 8.89 at the Sun Belt Conference Championships
• Won the pole vault at the Mountaineer Indoor Open Track Meet clearing 12-0 (3.66m) and finished second in the 55H (8.41)
• Placed second at the Chipotle Marshal Invitational in the pole vault matching her season’s best (12-3 ½/3.75m)
• Set a PR of 8.31 in the 55H to place fifth at the Appalachian Open Indoor Track Meet
• Earned eight top-10 finishes

Outdoor:

• Finished fifth in the pole vault (12-3 ½/ 3.75m) and 19th in the 100H (14.59/PR) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships
• Won the pole vault at the Charlotte Invitational clearing 12-3.5 (3.75m)
• Was runner-up in the pole vault competition at the Mountaineer Outdoor Open Track Meet producing a seasonal-best mark of 12-5 ½ (3.80m)
• Earned nine top-10 finishes

East Carolina (2013-15)

• Newcomer of the Year for her freshman outdoor season
• Set the program's school record for the outdoor pole vault as a sophomore (12-7.5)

High School PR's

Indoor:

• High Jump - 4-10
• Pole Vault - 10-0
• 55m - 8.14
• 55m Hurdles - 8.73

Outdoor:

• Discus - 74-1
• High Jump - 4-6
• Long Jump - 14-7.25
• Pole Vault - 11-6
• Triple Jump - 28-1
• 100m - 13.40
• 100m Hurdles - 15.37
• 200m - 28.94
• 300m - 46.24
• 300m Hurdles - 48.53

High School

• Won three letters for track & field and four as a softball player (shortstop)
• For track, named all-conference as a junior and senior for both indoor and outdoor
• Tabbed all-state as a senior when she was fourth in the pole vault
Finished her prep career as a 2013 New Balance National Qualifier in the pole vault
• Earned a qualifying mark in the 100-meter hurdles with a time 15.37
• 2013 Northwestern Conference Champion in the pole vault
• Indoor State Finalist in the pole vault and in the 55-meter hurdles
• Runner up in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles
• Placed 12th at the National Meet in the pole vault
• Voted Indoor and Outdoor Field MVP as a junior and senior
• Outdoor State Qualifier in the pole vault during her sophomore year

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Junior

    Pole Vault, Hurdles
  • 2016-17Senior

    Pole Vault, Hurdles