Taylor Bryson Class: RS Senior Hometown: Costa Mesa, Calif. High School: Newport Harbor HS Experience: 1V

Cross Country: Competed in the first three races of the season last fall, with a best of 10th at the Sac State Jamboree ... also 69th at the Stanford Invitational and 54th at the USF invite ... as a sophomore in 2009, didn't get onto the course until NCAA regionals, where she was 112th ... also took 38th at the USATF meet in San Francisco ... redshirted in 2008 after running as a true freshman in 2007 ... 14th in her opening race at the USF Invitational and 11th at the San Francisco State Invitational ... finished 62nd at the '07 Pac-10 Championships. Track: An NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the 3000-meter steeplechase last spring ... posted a PR of 8:40.76 at the meet for the No. 4 mark in Cal history, finishing 38th ... 13th in the steeple at the Pac-10 Championships (11:18.41) ... top steeple time in 2010 was 11:01.19 ... eighth in the mile at the 2009 MPSF championships (4:55.32) ... ran the 1500 meters at the Pac-10 outdoor meet, where she finished 15th (4:40.60) ... redshirted in 2008. High School: Had a best of 4:58 in the 1600 meters ... placed sixth in the 1600 at the CIF meet in both 2006 and '07 ... first-team All-CIF for cross country as a senior ... part of the Newport Harbor HS team that was second at the state meet in 2005 and '06 ... 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 in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization ... one of four siblings ... brother, Trent, was a steeplechaser at UC Santa Barbara and ran for the Nike Farm Team ... interdisciplinary studies major.