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2018-19 Women's Track and Field Roster

Erik Schelkun
Michael Scott

Taylor Vernot

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  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Wauseon
  • Hometown Wauseon, Ohio
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Biography

Event Personal Record Date
5K 17:24.5 10/29/2016
6K 20:47.1 10/14/2017
 
Event Personal Record Date
Mile - Indoor 5:05.83 1/16/2016
3000m - Indoor 9:50.03 1/20/2017
5000m - Indoor 17:21.63 2/3/2017
800m - Outdoor 2:34.71 4/9/2016
1500m - Outdoor 4:33.18 4/8/2017
5000m - Outdoor 16:47.41 4/13/2017
10000m - Outdoor 36:03.66 5/6/2017

#4 All-Time in Dayton History- 3000M (Indoor)
#4 All-Time in Dayton History- 10000M (Outdoor)
#1 All-Time in Dayton History- 6K (Cross Country)
#3 All-Time in Dayton History- 5K (Cross Country)
2016 Atlantic 10 All-Conference - Cross Country
2016 Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team- Cross Country

2016 Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Rookie Performer - Outdoor
2016 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Champion - 5000m (Outdoor)
2015 Atlantic 10 All-Conference - Cross Country


2019 (Senior)
Indoor

• Finished 4th out of 58 for the 3000m at the Jim Green Invitational.
• Came in 3rd for the mile at the Akron Invitational and 4th at the Gladstein Invitational .
• Finished 3rd in the 5000m at the Spire Invitational.

2018 Cross Country (Senior)
• Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
• Named to the University of Dayton's Dean's List for Fall of 2018 with a 4.00 GPA

2017 Cross Country (Junior)
• Finished 4th with a time of 17:46.8 at the Queen City Invitational
• Placed 3rd at the A-10 Championship with a time of 17:53.9
• Placed 54th with a PR 20:47.1 at the Pre-National Invitational 10/14 which sets her as #1 all-time 6K finish in Dayton history
• Finished with a time of 21:05.9 placing her 23rd at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional
• Given Most Valuable Runner Award at End-Of-Season Banquet
• Named to 2017-18 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2017 Track & Field (Sophomore)
Indoor

• Placed third in the mile at the Buckeye Classic with a time of 5:06.70
• Set personal-best and fourth all-time mark in Dayton history with 9:50.03 in 3000M at the Gladstein Invitational
• Posted a personal-best time of 17:21.63 in 5000M at the Akron Invitational
Outdoor
• Finished first in the 1500m at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational, coming in at a personal-best of 4:34.26
• Followed up her performance in the 1500m a week before with another first place finish at the Redbird invitational, this time clocking in at another personal-best time of 4:33.18
• Finished first again the next week at the Bryan Clay Invitational, this time in the 5000m with a time of 16:47.41
• Set a personal-best and fourth all-time UD best in the 10,000m at the A-10 Championships at 36:03.66 - she finished third
• Placed third at the A-10 Championships in the 5,000m with a time of 16:58.39
• Nominated for the Enterprise Drive of a Flyer Award at the 2017 R.U.D.Y.S

2016 Cross Country (Sophomore)
• Top runner for the Flyers in the Great Lakes Regional with a time of 21:12.2
• Placed 2nd in the Flyer 5K with a time of 18:17.3
• Finished 5th out of 301 participants in the National Catholic Invite with a time of 17:52.1
• Placed 6th out of 267 runners at the Bradley Classic with a time of 21:00.7, the third-fastest 6K time in UD women's cross country history. 
• Fall 2016 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
•  Placed fourth and set a personal best in the 5000m at the A-10 Championships  after recording a score of 17:24.5 
• Placed 44th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a time of 21:12.2

2015-2016 Track & Field (Freshman)
• Earned Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Rookie Performer of the Year at the outdoor meet
• Won the gold medal at the outdoor conference championships in the 5000m
• Finished in the Top 10 in seven events
• Placed fourth and set a PR at the Beynon Classic in the 1500m
• Recorded a personal best in the 5000m at the Black & Gold Invite
• In her indoor season, she placed 12th and set a personal best in the mile at the Kentucky Invitational with a time of 5:05.83
• Finished fourth and set a personal best in the 3000m at the A-10 Championships with a time of 10:02.23
• Placed sixth and set a personal best in the 5000m at the A-10 Championships  after recording a score of 17:34.47 
• Recorded five Top 6 finishes throughout the season across the mile, 3000m, and the 5000m
• Spring 2016 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2015 Cross Country (Freshman)
• Recorded the fifth-best 5K and 6K times in school history
• Finished 10th at the Atlantic 10 Championships, earning All-Conference honors
• Set a PR at the A-10 Championships with a time of 17:38.7
• Finished 21st and set a personal best in the 6K at the Bradley Classic
• Placed second at the Friendship Invitational and 10th at the Flyer 5K
• Finished eighth at the All-Ohio Championships
• Fall 2015 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

High School
• Graduated from Wauseon High School in 2015
• Was a four-time state qualifer in cross country and three-time state qualifier in track
• Finished first overall at the state cross country meet in 2013 and third in 2014
• Received Academic All-Ohio honors for both cross country and track three times
• Named All-Ohio all four years in cross country and three years in track
• Finished runner-up at the state meet in 2014 in the 1600m and the 3200m in 2015
• Set personal best 5K time of 18:04

Personal
• Daughter of Sheila and Thomas Vernot
• Has two siblings, Kyle and Braden
• Majoring in Pre-medicine
• Career goal to be a pediatrician

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

  • 2016-17Sophomore

  • 2017-18Junior

  • 2018-19Senior