Taylor Bryson Class: RS Senior Hometown: Costa Mesa, Calif. High School: Newport Harbor HS Height: 5-7 Event: 1500-3000-3000SC Experience: 3V

• Cal's top returning steeplechaser who has a best of 10:40.76 in the event
• Helped Cal's cross country team to an 18th-place NCAA finish in the fall
• Part of Cal's school-record-setting DMR during the 2010 season

Junior (2011): Best 3000m steeplechase time (10:40.76), set at the NCAA West Preliminary meet, puts her fourth on the school's all-time performer list ... took 13th in the 3000m SC at the Pac-10 Championships in 11:18.41 ... during the indoor campaign, placed 13th in the 3000m at the MPSF meet. Sophomore (2010): Ran a season-best 11:01.19 in the steeple at the Big Meet ... outdoor bests were 4:34.43 in the 1500m at Stanford and 2:20.25 in the 800m at Tucson ... did not compete at Pac-10s due to injury ... indoors, led off Cal's school-record-setting DMR that finished in 11:19.93. Freshman (2009): Set her PR in the 1500m at the Pac-10 Championships, where she finished in 4:40.60 (15th place) ... eighth in the indoor mile at the MPSF meet (4:55.32) ... also led off Cal's third-place distance medley relay at MPSFs, helping Cal to a time of 11:41.10. Freshman (2008): Redshirted. Cross Country: Helped Cal's cross country squad to an 18th-place national finish in the fall as the Bears' third runner across the line at the NCAA meet ... placed 43rd at the Pac-12 Championships ... competed in Cal's first three meets of 2010 with a best of 10th at the Sac State Jamboree. High School: PRed in the 1600m with a time of 4:58 ... placed sixth in the 1600m at the CIF finals in 2006 and 2007 ... a first-team All-CIF selection for cross country in 2006 ... part of the Newport Harbor HS team that placed second at the state meet in 2005 and '06 ... a member of the California Scholarship Federation. Personal: Born July 19, 1989, in Long Beach, Calif. ... parents are Richard Bryson and Cameron Williams ... father played baseball at Long Beach State and minor league baseball in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization ... one of four siblings ... brother, Trent, was a steeplechaser for UC Santa Barbara and ran on the Nike Farm Team ... hopes to work in business or sports medicine ... interdisciplinary studies major.

Career Best Marks
Event        Mark   Date
800       2:20.25   April 3, 2010
1500      4:40.60   May 16, 2009
Mile     4:53.13i   Feb. 26, 2011
3000m    9:40.27i   Feb. 12, 2011
3000SC   10:40.76   May 27, 2011
5000m    16:50.78   March 25, 2011