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2010-11 Track and Field Roster

La'Taish Brown

  • Position Sprints/Jumps
  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Garden City, Kan.

Biography

WSU All-Time Top 10 Lists

  • #1 in outdoor long jump (20' 10 1/2")
  • #1 in indoor long jump (21' 0")
  • #7 in indoor high jump (5' 7")

NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier

Missouri Valley Conference Champion (2010, Indoor Long Jump)

Missouri Valley Conference Champion (2011, Indoor Long Jump)

All-Missouri Valley Conference


2011 (SENIOR): INDOOR - Won four long jump titles during the season including the Missouri Valley Conference's top award with a Shocker record leap of 21' 0"...Set a personal best in the high jump at the Air Force Invitational with a mark of 5' 7", slotting her in a tie for seventh all-time in school history...Was ninth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the long jump (19' 11 1/2")...OUTDOOR - Captured the long jump title at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge with a leap of 19' 11 3/4"...Finished third in the long jump at the MVC Championships...Advanced to NCAA West Preliminary round where she placed 23rd (19' 2 1/4").

2010 (JUNIOR): INDOOR - Moved into WSU all-time list in both the long jump (20' 5 3/4") and high jump (5' 7"), winning the WSU Invitational title in the long jump and coming in third to receive all-conference accolades in the high jump at the MVC Championships...Had a top jump of 19' 4 3/4" in the long jump at the Shocker Quad to finish first...Garnered another all-conference award in the long jump with a distance of 20' 5"...Personal best triple jump of 35' 4" at the Air Force Invitational to come in 16th...Personal best time of 7.87 in the 60m dash at the WSU Invitational (7th place finish)...OUTDOOR - Won four straight long jump titles with the first coming at the KT Woodman (19' 9")...Set the WSU record in the long jump (20' 10 1/2") at the Sooner Invitational...Won the Oregon Relays and MVC Championships long jump titles with marks of 20' 5" and 20' 1/4", respectively...Set a personal best in the high jump (5' 3 3/4") at the Oregon Relays.

2009 (SOPHOMORE): INDOOR - Won the long jump title at the WSU Invite hitting a distance of 19’ 2 1/2”...Came in second in the long jump at the Kansas State Open (19’ 4 3/4”) and the MVC Championships (19’ 11 3/4”)...Finished fourth with a personal best time of 1:00.53 in the 400m dash...Tied for sixth in the high jump at the MVC Championships with a personal best height of 5’ 4 1/4”...OUTDOOR - Won three individual awards during season...Captured long jump title at UTA Bobby Lane Invite with a distance of 18’ 3/4”...Won long jump title at KT Woodman Classic (19’ 6 1/4”) and at the Nebraska Quad with a personal best jump of 20’ 5”...Set personal best in 200m dash with a time of 25.57 to place 13th...Came in fifth in high jump with outdoor personal best of 5’3”.

Garden City [Kan.] CC: Placed fourth at NJCAA national meet in the long jump.

Garden City HS: Three-time state champion...Owns the GCHS school record in the long jump...Earned all-area and all-WAC honors...Was named GCHS MVP.

Personal: Born June 3, 1988...Daughter of Floyd and Mary Brown...Plans to major in broadcasting...Has one brother, Steven, and two sisters, Christy and Shantelle.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09Junior

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2009-10Junior

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2010-11Senior

    Sprints/Jumps