In a typical Crimson championship meet, Taylor ran three individual events and one or two relays—and won nearly all of them. She graduates as the school record holder in the 400 hurdles, the 100-meter high hurdles, the 100-meter dash, the 60-meter high hurdles and the 60-meter dash.

“I guess I have been a two-year captain and a team player,” Taylor said. “I’m not like the typical athlete who focuses on their one event.”

One of the great ironies of Taylor’s career is that despite being the fastest 400 hurdler in the history of the Heptagonal Games Association, Taylor graduates with Navy’s Joanna Helm still holding the Heptagonal meet record at 58.44 seconds.

But that lack of a meet record is largely the result of the sacrifice she gave for her teammates.

In this year’s Outdoor Heptagonal Meet, Taylor ran in the 200-meter dash instead of the 400 hurdles because the Crimson had a greater chance of displacing meet favorite Brown in the 200-meter dash.

During the 2000 Outdoor Heptagonal meet, Taylor reaggravated her injured hamstring while running the 100-meter dash. Even with the pulled hamstring, she still ran the 400 hurdles, placed second behind Helm and earned eight points for her team.

The Honda Awards ceremony will be held on June 11 in Salt Lake City, where the Broderick Cup winner will also be announced.

—Staff writer David R. DeRemer can be reached at remer@fas.harvard.edu.