Taylor has the chance to support not only her American teammates—including fellow 400-hurdlers Tonja Buford-Bailey and Sandra Glover who both made the finals but failed to medal—but also her former Harvard teammate Dora Gyorffy ’01-02, whose high jump preliminaries begin tonight.
Gyorffy, ranked third on the world high jump performance list at the Hungarian national record height of two meters, will have her chance to deliver another medal-worthy performance in the finals on Sunday. If she succeeds, Harvard track and field will once again be in the international spotlight.
Although Taylor and Gyorffy closed out their careers by leading the Crimson to an Ivy-record performance at NCAAs last June, the honors for themselves and for their school seem destined to continue for years to come.
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