Tai McDonald Season 2020-21

Honors & Awards
· USTFCCCA Outdoor Honorable Mention All-American (2021: 4x100m Relay)
· Mountain West Outdoor Champion (2021: 4x400m Relay)
· All-Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Team (2021: 4x400m Relay)

Collegiate Bests
60 Meters (Indoor): 7.62 (Feb. 1, 2020, at NAU Mountain T's Invitational - Flagstaff, Ariz.)
100 Meters (Outdoor): 12.09 (March 27, 2021, at Aztec Invitational - San Diego, Calif.)
200 Meters (Indoor): 24.82 (Jan. 31, 2020, at NAU Mountain T's Invitational - Flagstaff, Ariz.)
200 Meters (Outdoor): 24.63 (May 14, 2021 at MW Outdoor Championships - Clovis, Calif.)

NCAA Outdoor Championships
2021: DQ (4x100m Relay)

NCAA Outdoor West Preliminary Round
2022: 12th (44.60 - 4x100m Relay)

Mountain West Indoor Championships
2020: 11th (7.63 - 60 Meters) | 18th (24.96 - 200 Meters)
2019: 11th (7.69 - 60 Meters) | 15th (24.87 - 200 Meters)

Mountain West Outdoor Championships
2022: 12th (12.10 - 100 Meters) | 15th (24.68 - 200 Meters)
2021: 1st(44.15 - 4x100m Relay) | 15th (12.16 - 100 Meters) | 15th (24.63 - 200 Meters)

2021-22
Outdoor: Finished 12th at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 4x100m relay (44.60)... Placed 12th in the 100 meters (12.10) and 15th in the 200 meters (24.68) at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships... Competed in five meets... Took second in the 4x100m relay at the Desert Heat Classic with a time of 44.32, eighth in school history.

Indoor: Competed in the Texas Tech Open in the 60 meters (7.964), 200 meters (26.242), and 4x400m relay (3:49.27).

2020-21
Outdoor: Part of 4x100m relay team that won the Mountain West Outdoor Championships (44.15) and advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships… Placed 15^th in both the 100m (12.16) and 200m (24.63, PR) at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Had personal best time of 12.09 in the 100m at the Aztec Invitational (March 27).
 
2019-20:
Indoor: Competed in four meets, running the 60m and 200m dash… Took 11^th in the 60m dash at the Mountain West Championships (7.63) and 18^th in the 200m dash (24.96)… Had a career-best time in the 60m (7.62) and 200m (24.82) at the NAU Mountain T’s Invitational (2-1-20).

Outdoor: Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19:
Indoor: Competed in three meets… Placed 11^th at the MW Championships in the 60m dash with a personal best time of 7.69 and 15^th in the 200m dash (24.87, PR).

Outdoor: Competed in five meets… Set a PR in the 100m dash at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 12.11… Ran a 25.04 in the 200m dash at the Aztec Invitational… Helped the Aztecs take first place in the 4x100m relay at the Jim Bush Legends Invite (44.85) and at the MW Challenge (45.64).
 
High School
Attended Sheldon High School and ran for the Gold Rush Track Club… Set school record in the 100m (11.86)…Two-time Delta League champ in the 100m & 200m… Helped her team finish third in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays at the California State Meet… Named to the River Cats all-city team twice… 2017 Elk Grove Citizen Female Track Athlete of the Year… Team MVP in 2016 and 2017… Named Outstanding Single-Sport Athlete for the 2017-18 school year… Named a 2017-18 Sheldon Scholar…

Personal
Born in Sacramento, Calif. to Thresa McDonald, who ran track at Fresno State… Her aunt Michel ran track and long jumped at the University of Colorado…Hopes to become a sports broadcaster or journalist… Favorite athlete is Allyson Felix… Played soccer for nine years before switching to track.