Despite her solid performance in the 100-meter high hurdles, her focus is on winning an NCAA title in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles.

"The 100 is just a chance for me to evaluate my technique," Taylor said. "It tells me how fast I'm running. It also scores points for the team."

Taylor's 57.02-second run in the 400 hurdles at Rice last week earned her second place on the national performance lists. Rice freshman Allison Beckford, who beat Taylor in that race, is currently first with 56.58 seconds. Taylor ran as fast as 56.64 seconds at the Olympic Trials.

"Right now I'm going for number one," Taylor said. "The fact that I hadn't seen our 400 track here-since it was covered with snow-was a setback. And I ran the last stretch on my weak leg instead of my strong leg. I think I would have PRd had I run a smarter race."

Taylor chose not to compete in the 400 hurdles on Saturday. Sophomore Amanda Shanklin won the event in 1:04.73.

The team's only other win on the day came in the triple jump. Senior Dora Gyorffy and sophomore Helena Ronner finished one-two with performances of 12.02 meters and 11.42 meters, respectively.

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