Taylor Lawson Class: RS Freshman Hometown: El Sobrante, Calif. High School: St. Mary's HS Event: 400-800 Experience: RS

Freshman (2011): Redshirted. High School: A three-sport athlete at St. Mary's HS, competing in cross country, basketball and track & field ... named the Cal-Hi Sports 2010 Division IV Athlete of the Year ... placed second at the Division IV NCS cross country meet and was the No. 1 runner on state qualifying teams three times ... finished 17th at the state Division IV meet as a senior ... in track, recorded her best 300m hurdles at NCS Meet of Champions (43.79). ... helped her school's 4x100m relay finish sixth at the state meet, while the 4x400m was 12th at the state championships ... has a career best of 56.77 in the 400m ... started at point guard on the St. Mary's basketball team that finished as the state runner-up in 2010 ... received the Sportsmanship Award for the championship game. Personal: Born June 15, 1992, in Berkeley, Calif. ... mother is Gia Kramer and father is James Lawson ... mother was a gymnast at UC Davis, while her father ran track and played football for the Aggies ... has four younger siblings ... undeclared major.