2012-2013 Women's Track and Field Roster

Taryn Shank

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hagerstown, Md.
  • Events Distance
  • High School North Hagerstown
  • Major Mathematics

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2013 Outdoor Bests (Senior):
5000m: 19:49.27, 4/6/13 at Millersville Metrics
10,000m: 41:06.83, 5/2-5/4/13 at MAC Championships

2012-13 Indoor Bests (Senior):
Mile: 5:44.62, 1/18/13 at Collegeville Indoor Classic
3000m: 11:10.00, 1/26/13 at Bison Open & Multi
5000m: 19:00.95, 2/2/13 at Haverford Seamus McElligott Invitational

2012 Outdoor Bests (Junior):
3000m: 10:52.59, 4/28/12 at Shippensburg Paul Kaiser Classic
5000m: 18:35.35, 5/3-5/5/12 at MAC Championships
10,000m: 40:52.78,
5/3-5/5/12 at MAC Championships

2011-12 Indoor Bests (Junior):
Did Not Compete

2011 Outdoor Bests (Sophomore):
Did Not Compete

2010-11 Indoor Bests (Sophomore):
5000m: 17:50.66, 12/11/10 at Haverford Holiday Meet
4x400m Relay: 4:41.86, Lehigh Mountain Hawk Invite & Multi

2010 Outdoor Bests (Freshman):

5000m: 18:12.84, 4/24/10 at Shippensburg Paul Kaiser Classic
10,000m: 37:22.71, 3/26-3/27/10 at W&L Track & Field Carnival

2009-10 Indoor Bests (Freshman):
1600m: 5:38.03, 1/30/10 at Haverford Seamus McElligott Invitational
3000m: 10:48.90, 1/9/10 at Bucknell Gulden Relays
5000m: 18:21.90, 2/13/10 at Susquehanna Indoor Invitational
4x400m Relay: 4:56.76, 1/30/10 at Haverford Seamus McElligott Invitational



2013 MAC Outdoor Championships (at Lebanon Valley):
5000m: 20:21.46, 11th place
10,000m: 41:06.83, 5th place, All-MAC Second Team

2013 MAC Indoor Championships (at Lehigh):
5000m: 19:18.19, 6th place, All-MAC Second Team

2012 MAC Outdoor Championships (at Elizabethtown):
5000m: 18:35.35, 3rd place, All-MAC First Team
10,000m: 40:52.78, 5th place, All-MAC Second Team

2012 MAC Indoor Championships (at Lehigh):
Did Not Compete

2011 MAC Outdoor Championships (at Messiah):
Did Not Compete

2011 MAC Indoor Championships (at Lehigh):
Did Not Compete

2010 MAC Outdoor Championships (at Widener):
5000m: 18:22.07, 1st place, All-MAC First Team
10,000m: 39:49.30, 1st place, All-MAC First Team

2010 MAC Indoor Championships (at Lehigh):
5000m: 18:25.27, 1st place, All-MAC First Team



Career Highlights: Seven-time All-MAC performer...Took home a gold medal in the 5000m (18:25.27) at the 2010 MAC Indoor Championships and then two more at the 2010 MAC Outdoor Championships in the 5000m (18:22.07) and the 10,000m (39:49.30)...Also won bronze in the 5000m (18:35.35) at the 2012 MAC Outdoor Championships...Fourth on the all-time indoor list in the 5000m with a time of 17:50.66, set at the Haverford Invitational on December 11, 2010...Ranks seventh in the indoor 3000m (10:48.90), outdoor 5000m (18:12.84), and 10,000m (37:18.45), and eighth in the outdoor 3000m (10:52.59).


High School: Two-sport athlete at North Hagerstown High School that competed in cross country and track and field...All-Monocacy Valley Athletic League (MVAL) Piedmont Conference First Team cross country selection as a senior...Second Team All-MVAL Antietam Conference in cross country as a sophomore...On the track, placed eighth in the 3200 as a senior at the 2A West Regional Championship with a personal best time of 12:32.66...Finished third in the 3200 and fourth in the 1600 at the 2009 Heurich Invitational...Invited to Washington County Public Schools' Celebration of Excellence for completing high school career with a GPA over 3.70.

Personal: Born Aug. 18, 1991...Daughter of Ted and Debbie Shank...Mathematics and computer science major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-2010Freshman

    Distance
  • 2010-2011Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2011-2012Junior

    Distance
  • 2012-2013Senior

    Distance