Taylor James Season 2023-24
PositionMID. DISTANCE
ClassSophomore
HometownErie, Colo.
TFRRS Performance Profile
Career Accolades
- Two-time NCAA West Region XC team champions (2022, 2023)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic (T&F 2023)
- Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (T&F winter 2023; spring 2023)
Personal Bests (thru 2023 outdoors)
- 800: 2:04.90
- 400: 54.25
- 200: 24.61
- Mile: 4:49.75
- High jump: 5-8 1/4 (1.73m)
As a Junior (2023-24)
Cross Country * NCAA West Region Champions
- Did not compete
As a Sophomore (2022-23)
Outdoors
- Advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800
- Placed 20th overall at the NCAA Championships
- Placed 10th overall at the NCAA West Prelims in a personal best 2:04.90
- Earned a PB of 2:04.97 a day earlier
- Had three PBs in the 800 during the outdoor season
- Anchored Stanford to victory in the 4x400 relay at the Big Meet
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Indoors
- Made collegiate debut at the UW Indoor Preview in the 400 and 4x400
- Reached season 800 best of 2:07.22 at the Ken Shannon Invitational
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Cross Country * West Region Champions
- Did not compete
As a Freshman (2021-22)
Outdoors
- Did not compete
Indoors
- Did not compete
Cross Country
- Did not compete
Prior to Stanford
- Won seven Colorado 4A track titles despite 2020 season being canceled
- Fourth in 800 at 2021 Outdoor Nationals
- Triple winner at the 2021 Colorado 4A Championships, winning the 200, 400, and 4x100 relay, leading Niwot to the team title
- 2020 Gatorade Colorado Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year
- Outstanding range, from 100 to 5,000
- 2019 Colorado 4A Girls Athlete of the Year
- Broke the 4A state meet record in the 800 held by Stanford's Elise Cranny, running 2:08.29
- Clocked her best 800 of 2:05.83 in winning the Music City Distance Carnival in Memphis, Tenn.
- Four-time 4A champion at the 2019 state meet, winning the 200, 400, 800, and 4x400, repeating in the 800
- In cross country, was the runner-up at the 2018 4A State Championships while helping Niwot to the title
- Capped her sophomore campaign with 35th at Nike Cross Nationals
- Selected by the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation to compete with seven other American high school students in the Reykjavík (Iceland) International Games, winning silver in the 800
Personal
- Parents are Randy and Jana James
- Dual citizen of the U.S. and Czech Republic
- Grandmother Jana Veverkova (200, 4x100) and grandfather Zdenek Veverka (triple jump) were Czech track and field national record-holders
Career Results
| Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. | Region | NCAA |
| 2023-24 | Cross Country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022-23 | Outdoors (7) | 800 | 2:04.90 | 7 (2:07.10) | 10 (2:04.90) | 20 (2:06.25) |
| 400 | 56.41 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 4x400 | 3:39.03 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (4) | 800 | 2:07.22 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 400 | 56.48 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 4x400 | 3:41.09 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| DMR | 11:10.89 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross Country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2021-22 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Cross Country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |