Iowa State’s Sanderson has record-setting performance
Redshirt Junior Taylor Sanderson runs toward the bar in the pole vault portion of the heptathlon at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championship. Sanderson tied for fourth place with a jump of 4.48 meters at Lied Recreation Athletic Center on Feb. 28, 2015.
April 16, 2015
Taylor Sanderson made his mark on the ISU men’s track and field leaderboards, finishing second all-time on Iowa State’s top-ten performers list in the decathlon with his 7,360 mark in the Mt. SAC Relays in California. It was also good for fifth in the nation.
Sanderson, a Bondurant, Iowa, native, set personal records in the 100-meter race (11.12 seconds), long jump (23-0.375), javelin throw (166-03) and the 1,500-meter race (4:58.53 minutes) on his way to the best finish in his career.
In the 110-meter hurdles, Sanderson also managed to grab a first-place finish, crossing the line at 14.91 seconds. The Redshirt Junior also had a record-setting heptathlon during the indoor season earlier this year.
Last season, Sanderson finished fifth at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship and seventh in the ISU history books with a score of 6,925 in the decathlon. He said that his goal this season is to get a score between 7,400 and 7,500 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship, which he believes will be enough to qualify him for the NCAA Outdoor Championships come June.
Sanderson will take a break from the Drake Relays to recover but may be back in action in the following weeks.
