Competing against the best of the best in collegiate high jumping, Murray State’s DiamonAsia Taylor won All-America Second Team honors Saturday at the NCAA Finals at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
Making her first two attempts at 1.79m, Taylor didn’t have a miss until she got to the 1.84m height, which would’ve tied the Murray State record by Meaghan Fletcher in 2024. Taylor’s final try of three was very close to tying the mark, but for a slight graze of the bar.
Taylor’s All-America finish makes it four-straight years in which the Racers have sent five student-athletes to the NCAA Finals. Among the 74 schools nationally that have also produced four-consecutive years, the Racers are in a group of only 20 mid-major programs that have done so. Only 21 percent of NCAA DI schools made it to the NCAA Finals four times in a row and only seven percent were mid-major teams.
The MSU competitors that have produced this run of four-straight years for the Racers include: Rachel Hagans (2022 Long Jump), Kayla Bell and Meghan Fletcher (2023 800m & High Jump) and Chelby Melvin and Fletcher (400, Hurdles & High Jump) and now DiamonAsia Taylor.
Making her first two attempts at 1.79m, Taylor didn’t have a miss until she got to the 1.84m height, which would’ve tied the Murray State record by Meaghan Fletcher in 2024. Taylor’s final try of three was very close to tying the mark, but for a slight graze of the bar.
Taylor’s All-America finish makes it four-straight years in which the Racers have sent five student-athletes to the NCAA Finals. Among the 74 schools nationally that have also produced four-consecutive years, the Racers are in a group of only 20 mid-major programs that have done so. Only 21 percent of NCAA DI schools made it to the NCAA Finals four times in a row and only seven percent were mid-major teams.
The MSU competitors that have produced this run of four-straight years for the Racers include: Rachel Hagans (2022 Long Jump), Kayla Bell and Meghan Fletcher (2023 800m & High Jump) and Chelby Melvin and Fletcher (400, Hurdles & High Jump) and now DiamonAsia Taylor.
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