2015-16 Women's Track and Field Roster

Laurence Johnson
Rob Knox
Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson
Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson
Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson
Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson

Tanaya Yarde

Tanaya Yarde

  • Position:
    sprints
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Mount Vernon, NY

Summary

Biography

2014-15 Indoor: Earned All-MEAC honors after helping the 4 x 400-meter relay team finish second overall at the championship meet (3:50.45). She also helped the 4 x 400 run the third fastest time in school history in the event at the ECAC/IC4A championships (3:45.13). They finished sixth overall in the 4 x 4 at the ECAC Championships. Also ran the 200-meter dash in the MEAC and ECAC championship meets. Yarde finished second in the 200-meter dash at the Collegeville Invitational and Christopher Newport Holiday Open. She won the 400-meter dash at the Collegeville Invitational.
 
2014-15 Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Preliminary East Region Championships in the 400-meter hurdles. Yarde earned All-MEAC honors. She won the MEAC championship in the 400-meter hurdles in a school record time of 58.18 seconds. Yarde competed in the 4 x 400 and 4 x 100-meter relays at the MEAC Championship meet. Overall, Yarde set a school record in the 400-meter hurdles four different times during the outdoor season. Yarde won the 400-meter hurdles at the UMBC Big Dawg Invitational, Savannah State Twilight and Morgan State Legacy Meet. She competed in the Penn Relays in the 400-meter hurdles where she won her heat and finished ninth overall. Yarde also ran on the 4 x 100-meter relay team at the Penn Relays.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Junior

    sprints
    5'6"
  • 2015-16Senior

    sprints
    5'6"