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Taylor Quaye
Height:
5'4"
Year:
2024
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
High School:
Redondo Union
Position:
Sprints
Major:
Philosophy
Pronunciation:
TAY-lor KWAY
Bio
Link to TFFRS.org Career Statistics
Collegiate Career Honors:
2023 CSC Academic All-District
2x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2023, 2024)
2023-24:
Outdoor Track & Field:
Began the spring by placing 17th in the 100m event at the Emory Spring Break Classic (13.20)
Earned 15th in the 200m at the Coast Guard Invitational (27.78)
Ran a 27.60 in the 200m at the Silfen Invitational
Placed third in the 200m against Smith and Mount Holyoke (27.70)
Finished 16th in the 200m (26.89) and 19th in the 100m (13.30) at the NEWMAC Championships
Indoor Track & Field:
Opened the season with a seventh place finish in the 200m at the Mary Grinaker Invitational (28.45)
Runner-up in the 200m at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (27.49)
Set a personal-best time in the 60m at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (8.40)
Part of program record 4x200m Relay team at New England DIII Championships (1:48.64)
2022-23:
Outdoor Track & Field:
Placed 12th in the 100m (13.46) and part of third place 4x100m relay team at the Coast Guard Invitational (51.01)
Finished 17th in the 100m (13.34) and 20th in the 200m at the Silfen Invitational (27.70)
Earned second in the 100m dash (13.29), fourth in the 200m (27.55), and part of the winning 4x100m relay team at the Wellesley Tri-Match (51.43)
14th in the 100m (12.97), 19th in the 200m (27.48), and part of the seventh place 4x100m relay team at the NEWMAC Championship (50.35)
Indoor Track & Field:
Opened season with a fifth place finish in the 200m at the Mary Grinaker Invitational (28.98)
Season best in the 60m at the Branwen Smith-King Invitational (8.41), also part of then program record 4x200m team (1:50.10)
Third in 200m dash at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (28.02)
2021-22:
Outdoor Track & Field:
Finished first in the 4x100m with a time of 51.74 and third in the 200m with a time of 28.28 at the Wellesley Invitational
Had five top-five finishes
Indoor Track & Field:
Finished fourth in the 4x200m with a time of 1:55.67 at the Tufts Branwen Smith-King Invitational
Made two season bests in the 60m and 200m in collegiate debut at the Smith Winter Classic
2020-21:
Track & Field:
Did not participate due to Covid-19 Pandemic
Before Wellesley:
Attended Redondo Union High School, and graduated in 2020
Was a track and field athlete
Helped guide the Redondo Union team to a Bay League Championships as a junior in 2019
Earned a varsity letter in 2019
Was frosh/soph MVP in 2017
Made it to CIF prelims in 2019
Personal:
Daughter of Sheila Singleton and Nii Ayikwei Quaye
Has one younger brother, Julian
Father, Nii Ayikwei, participated in track & field and played soccer for Ottowa University
Born in Bethesda, Md.
Loves hippos, frogs, and hedgehogs
Why Wellesley:
Chose to attend Wellesley because of their emphasis on community