TFRRS Bio
Cross Country:
2017
All-Region (20th, 21:00.40)
MVC Runner-Up (17:12.40)
Earned All-Region honors by finishing 20th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in the 6K race with a personal-best time of 21:00.40...Placed second at the MVC Championships in the 5K by clocking a career-best time of 17:12.40 for All-MVC honors...Finished second at the Indiana Intercollegiates with a 6K time of 22:25.00.
2016
Competed five times for the Sycamores...Finished 12th at the MVC Championships with a time of 18:15.90...Placed 67th at the Great Lakes Regional in the 6K at 21:34.40.
2015
All-MVC (10th place, 17:29.6)
Earned All-MVC honors for a 10th place finish at the MVC Championships, running 17:29.60...Finshed sixth in the 5K of the Indiana Intercollegiate Championships at 18:18.20...Placed 23rd at the Great Lakes Regional in the 6K with a time of 21:03.40.
2014
Competed in seven meets for the Sycamores...Finished 21st in the 3.1 mile at the MVC Championships at 17:55.10...Placed 57th in the 6K at the Great Lakes Regional at 21:24.
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Indoor Track & Field:
2018
MVC Champion (3000-Meters)
MVC Runner-Up (5000-Meters)
Claimed the MVC Championship in the 3000-meter run with a time of 9:35.94...Also earned All-MVC honors with a second place finish in the 5000-meters and a time of 17:16.63...Her time of 9:23.58 in the 3000-meters from the Meyo Invite is a school record...Ran a 4:48.29 mile at the Gladstein Invite, which is second in school history.
2017
All-MVC (5,000-Meters, third)
MVC Scorer (3,000-Meters, eighth)
Earned All-MVC honors with a third place finish in the 5000-meters and a time of 17:08.58...Finished eighth in the 3,000-meter run at the MVC Championships at 10:05.85.
2016
All-MVC (5,000-Meters, third)
MVC Scorer (3,000-Meters, sixth)
Earned All-MVC honors with a third place finish in the 5000-meters and a personal-best time of 16:49.84...Recorded a personal-best and fourth-best time in school history in the 3000-meter run at the MVC Championships at 9:48.36...Also recorded a personal-best in the mile at Hoosier Hills Invite with a time of 4:51.86.
2015
MVC Scorer (fifth, DMR)
Competed in seven meets for the Sycamores...Finished 5th at the MVC Championships in DMR with a time of 12:08.35.
2014 – Did not compete.
Outdoor Track & Field:
2018
NCAA East Regional Qualifier (3000 Steeple, 14th)
2X MVC Champion (3000 Steeple, 5000-Meters)
Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the 3000-meter steeplechase where she finished 14th overall with a time of 10:07.79...Won the MVC Championship in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:20.01...Won the MVC Championship in the 5000-meter run by crossing the line at 17:12.22...Ran the school record time of 9:54.01 in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Stanford Invite...Clocked the third-best time in school history in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:23.82 at the Tiger Track Classic...Finished second in the 5K at the Drake Relays with the school record time of 16:26.50.
2017
Honorable Mention All-American (3000 Steeple, 18th place)
National Qualifier (3000 Steeple)
NCAA East Regional Qualifier (3000 Steeple, eighth)
MVC Champion (3000 Steeple)
MVC Runner-Up (5000-Meters)
Earned Honorable Mention All-American honors after an 18th- place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:11.63...National qualifier in the 3000-meter steeplechase...Qualified for the East Regional in the 3000-meter steeplechase where she set a school-record and finished eighth overall with a time of 10:02.89...MVC Champion in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:19.00...Finished as the runner-up at the MVC Championships in the 5000-meters at 17:31.37.
2016
NCAA East Regional Qualifier (3000 Steeple, 19th)
MVC Champion (3000 Steeple)
MVC Scorer (5,000-Meters, seventh)
Qualified for regionals in the 3000-meter steeplechase, where she finished 19th at 10:18.66...MVC Champion in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a school-record time of 10:17.70...Finished in seventh in the 5000-meter run at the MVC Championships at 17:08.82...Recorded a personal-best in the 800-meter run at the Billy Hayes Invite with a time of 2:16.24.
2015
All-MVC (3000 Steeple, third)
MVC Scorer (1500-Meters, seventh)
Earned All-MVC honors with a third place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at 10:37.65...Placed seventh at the MVC Championships in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:53.56.
Before ISU
Lettered all four years at Griffith High School in cross country, basketball, and track & field … two time sectional champion and a regional champion at Griffith High School … state qualifier and all-state in cross country as freshman, junior, and senior … finished 24th as junior and 22nd as senior … ran personal best and school record time (18:44.8) at New Prairie Semi-State as junior to place seventh … state qualifier in track & field as junior (mile) and senior (mile and two-mile) … All-State in 1600 meters … placed ninth in 5:01.56 … member Indiana All-Star team … ran 3200 meters and placed eighth at the Midwest meet of champions (11:07.23) … named Cross Country MVP all four years … named Track & Field MVP three times … named captain and Athlete of the Year in 2012 and 2013.Â
Personal
Taylor Sue Austin was born March 26, 1994 in Munster, Ind., the daughter of Jeff and Leslie Austin … has one sibling, Trinity.
Major
Social Work
