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Taylor Potts

Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
High School:
Fishers High
Hometown:
Fishers, Ind.

Potts' Career Best Performances
Event	Mark (Date)
*Indoor*
Shot Put	15.53m (50-11.5) (2/29/16)
*Outdoor*
Shot Put	15.44m (50-8) (5/15/16)
Discus	36.25m (118-11) (4/4/15)

As a junior (2015-16)
Indoor Track & Field

Competed in seven regular-season meets and the American Indoor Championships
Earned a silver medal and set a school record and personal best at the American Indoor Championships
Posted the top eight marks on the team in the shot put
Top-five finishes in seven of eight meets
Won the event title at both the LSU Twilight (15.13m/49-7.76, 2/19) and the LSU Purple Tiger (14.61m/47-11.25, 1/8)
2^nd at the Samford Invitational (15.10m/49-6.5, 2/12), the UAB Blazer Invitational (14.97m/49-1.5, 1/15) and the Vulcan Invitational (14.40m/47-3, 1/16)

Outdoor Track & Field

Competed in eight regular-season meets, the American Outdoor Championships and the NCAA East Regionals
Posted results in the shot put and discus
Broke the shot put school record for the second time in her Tulane career at the American Outdoor Championships (15.44m, 5/15) for a fourth-place finish
27^th at the NCAA East Regionals (15.23m, 5/28)
Nine consecutive top-ten finishes
Ten of the top eleven shot put marks for Tulane
Title finish at the Tulane Twilight Invitational (14.68m, 3/4)
2^nd at the Victor Lopez Relays (14.79m, 3/26)
3^rd at the Florida Relays (14.67m, 4/2)

As a sophomore (2014-15)
Indoor Track & Field

Competed in six regular-season meets and the American Indoor Championships
Broke a school record at the UAB Blazer Invite (15.08m/49-5.75, 1/10)
1^st at the UAB Green and Gold Invite (15.06m/49-5, 1/24)
2^nd at the LSU Twilight (14.52m/47-7.75, 2/20)
3^rd at both the Samford Multi Invitational (14.81m/48-7.25, 2/14) and the UAB Vulcan Invite (14.33m/47-0.25, 1/23)
7^th at the American Indoor Championships (13.89m/45-7, 2/28)

Outdoor Track & Field

Competed in eight regular-season meets, the American Outdoor Championships and the NCAA East Regionals
Posted results in the shotput and discus
Career-best 15.27m (50-1.25) in the shot put and 36.25m (118-11) at the LSU Battle on the Bayou (4/4) for the shot put title
8^th place at the LSU Alumni Gold (14.99m/49-0.25, 4/18)
Won the shot put event title at both the South Alabama Invite (14.96m/19-1, 4/10) and the McNeese Cowboy Relays (14.64m/48-0.5, 3/14)
7^th in the shot put at the American Outdoor Championships 14.94m/49-0.25, 4/10)

As a freshman (2013-14)
Indoor Track & Field

Competed in five regular-season meets and the Conference USA Indoor Championships
Earned the C-USA Bronze Medal in the shotput at conference championships (3/1) with a personal best 14.66m (48-1.25), the second-highest in school history
3^rd at the LSU Twilight (13.98m/45-10.5, 2/21)

Outdoor Track & Field

Third Team All-Louisiana team member in the shot put
Competed in nine regular-season meets, the Conference USA Outdoor Championships, the NCAA East Regionals and the USATF Junior Championships
7^th at the C-USA Outdoor Championships (14.18m/46-6.25, 5/18)
Qualified for the NCAA East Regionals with a title finish at the Southern Miss Black and Gold Invitational (14.88m/48-10, 5/3)
33^rd at NCAA East Regionals (5/31) with a personal-best 14.93m (48-11.75)
3^rd at the Seminole Twilight (14.82m/48-7.5, 5/9)
2^nd at the Southern Miss Invitational (13.71m/44-11.75, 4/18)
Won the event title at the Tulane Team Challenge (13.59m/44-7, 3/29)

About Taylor Potts

Prep: A two-time letterwinner in the shot put at Fishers High School and Anderson High School in Fishers, Ind....tossed a school record 42' 9.75" in the shot put at the Indiana State meet during her junior year of high school...also owns the country and sectional records in the shot put...also posted a career best 104' 0" in the discus in May 2012...earned All-State honors in track and field while also earning First Team All-Conference honors...named the Madison County Champ in both 2012 and 2013...also lettered four years in basketball as a small and power forward, earning All-Conference honors for that sport.

Personal: ...Father was a running back for the Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Ravens...has one younger brother.