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2023-24 Men's Indoor Track & Field Roster

Taye Lynch

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  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Clearfield, Pa.
  • High School Clearfield

Biography

Career Highlights
• Eight-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier
• One-Time All-PSAC
• One-Time USTFCCCA All-Region

Personal: The son of Dan and Phyllis Lynch ... Majoring in Public Health

2024 (Outdoor): Competed at four meets primarily in the triple jump … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, placing fifth with a season-high mark of 14.21 meters … Won the triple jump at the Dave Labor Invite following a top mark of 13.52 meters before recording back-to-back third place finishes at the Westminster Invite (13.65) and the John Papa Invite (13.59) … Also took part in the high jump on two occasions with season-best clearance of 1.83 meters coming at the John Papa Invite … A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

2024 (Indoor): Competed at six meets in the triple jump … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, placing sixth with a season-best mark of 14.22 meters … Took second at the Mount Union Wuske Open following a jump of 14.05 meters … Won the triple jump with a mark of 14.00 meters at the Ashland Invitational … Also registered a 13th-place finish in the long jump at Ashland (6.38 meters) … Opened season by hitting 14.00 meters to finish sixth at the YSU Icebreaker.  

2023 (Outdoor): Competed at eight meets primarily in the triple jump … Qualified for the PSAC Championships and placed fifth at the conference meet with a season-best mark of 14.48 meters … Produced marks above 14 meters on two other occasions at the John Papa Invite (14.32 / second) and the SRU Last Chance Meet (14.15 / first) … Also competed in the high jump at four meets with season-best clearance of 1.83 meters coming as part of a third-place finish at the SRU Last Chance Meet.

2023 (Indoor): Competed in the triple jump at two meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships and placed ninth with a mark of 13.63 meters … Opened year by finishing fifth at the YSU Icebreaker following a jump of 13.96 meters ... A PSAC Scholar-Athlete. 

2022 (Outdoor): Competed at six meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the triple jump, placing fourth following a season-best mark of 14.34 meters … Also posted top-five finishes in the triple jump with a mark of 14.04 meters at the Dave Labor Invitational to finish second and 13.96 meters as part of a third-place showing at the Red Flash Open … Also placed sixth in the high jump at the Shamrock Invitational following a season-high clearance of 1.83 meters ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2022 (Indoor): Competed at seven meets, primarily in the triple jump … A USTFCCCA All-Region selection … Earned All-PSAC honors after finishing third at the conference championships with a mark of 14.38 meters … Took second place at the YSU Mid-Major Invitational with a mark of 14.10 meters … Earned victories at both the Edinboro Invite (14.04m) and the YSU Icebreaker (13.84m).  

2021 (Outdoor): Competed in the triple jump at five meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the triple jump … Posted a season-high mark of 12.76 meters to win the SRU Invitational … Placed second at the Penn State Behrend Invite and third at the Mountain Cat Last Chance meet with respective marks of 12.60 meters and 12.55 meters.

2019-20 (Indoor): Competed in the triple jump at three events … Placed eighth at the PSAC Championships with a mark of 13.31 meters … Produced a season-best mark of 13.46 meters to place 14th at the Doug Raymond National Qualifier … Opened year with a 12th-place finish courtesy of a 13.17 meter mark at the YSU Mid-Major Invite.

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