Charisma Taylor breaks 60-meter hurdle Tennessee school record

Charisma Taylor has etched her name in Lady Vols’ indoor track and field history.

Taylor, a graduate transfer from Washington State, broke a Tennessee school record in the 60-meter hurdles at Clemson’s Bob Pollack Meet Friday.

She finished in 8.01 seconds, breaking Cleriece Law’s mark of 8.04 set in 2009.

Taylor qualified for the finals with a time of 8.06 seconds in the preliminaries, her previous personal best time.

Taylor, a native of Nassau, Bahamas, has the 10th best time in the world in the 60-meter hurdles. She is tied for third in the Southeastern Conference and tied for fifth in the NCAA.

Washington’s Charisma Taylor, center, wins the women’s 100 meter Hurdles ahead of Oregon’s Alexa Webster, left. and teammate Mackenzie Fletcher, right, at The Hayward Premiere. Syndication: The Register Guard

Mia O’Neil posted a personal best in the 400-meter run as she crossed the finish line in 54.94 seconds.

Callie Tucker had a personal best mark in the women’s mile as she finished the race in 5:06.25

Tennessee’s Chandler Hayden finished second in the weight throw with a mark 20.39 meters, she was the top collegiate finisher at Clemson.

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