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Illinois State University Athletics

2022-23 Track & Field Roster

Danielle Taets

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Orion, Ill.
  • Highschool Orion HS

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

2022-2023 OUTDOOR (Jr.) Competed in six meets during the indoor season where she finished second at the 2023 EIU Big Blue in the triple jump with 11.49m (37' 8.5")...Finished second at the Gary Wieneke Memorial in the triple jump with 11.96m (39' 3")...Set a personal-best at the Clark-Wood Open in the triple jump with 12.13m (39' 9.75") while placing third...At the 2023 MVC Outdoor Track & Field Championship she finished third in the triple jump with 12.13m (39' 9.75"). (CSC) Academic All-District Team

2022-2023 INDOOR (Jr.) Competed in six meets during the indoor season where she finished fourth in the triple jump with 11.30m (37' 1") at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup...Finished second at the Hoosier Hills in the triple jump with 11.85 (38' 10.5")...Finished third at the MVC Indoor Track & Field Championship in the triple jump with 12.00m (39' 4.5").

2021-2022 OUTDOOR (So.) Competed in four meets... Placed second at the Redbird Invite in triple jump... Jumped a season best at Clark Wood Invitational of 11.83 meter (38-9.75 ft.).

2021-2022 INDOOR (So.) Competed in right meets including the MVC Indoor Championships where she placed fourth in triple jump... Finished first in triple jump at the Illini Classic... Jumped a personal-best mark of 5.34 meter (17-6.25 ft.) in long jump at the Keck Select... Helped the Redbirds win their fourth consecutive Coughlan-Malloy Cup with a third-place finish in triple jump.  

2020-21 OUTDOOR (Fr.): Competed at five meets during her first outdoor season as a Redbird...Leaped to a personal-best mark of 11.75 meters (38-6.75 ft.) in the triple jump at the MVC Championships, scoring points for the 'Birds with a seventh-place finish...Placed third in the triple jump at the Redbird Invite, jumping 11.29 meters (37-0.5 ft.) (2.4w)...Took fourth in the triple jump at both the Illinois State Invite and the Clark-Wood Open during the 2021 outdoor campaign...Member of the ISU women's team that won their seventh-straight conference title and broke a Valley record for points scored with 232.

2020-21 INDOOR (So.): Competed at five meets during her second indoor season for the Redbirds...Opened the season with a second-place finish in the triple jump with a best leap of 10.90 meters (35-9.25 ft.)...Recorded a personal-best mark of 5.04 meters (16-6.5 ft.) in the long jump at the Don DeNoon Dual...Won the triple jump at the Don DeNoon Dual, posting a mark of 11.03 meters (36-2.25 ft.)...Leaped to a personal-best mark of 11.16 meters (36-7.5 ft.) to place fifth in the triple jump at the GVSU Big Meet...Helped the Redbirds to their fourth-straight MVC indoor title, scoring a point in the triple jump with an eighth-place finish (10.94 meters/35-10.75 ft.).

2019-20 OUTDOOR (Fr.): Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 INDOOR (Fr.): Competed at five meets during her debut season for the Redbirds...Recorded a personal-best 10.85 meters (35-7.25 ft.) to finish second in the triple jump at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup...Ran her best 60-meter hurdles time of the season at the adidas Classic in Lincoln, Nebraska, clocking in at 9.23 seconds.

ORION HS: A four-year letterwinner in basketball and track & field...State runner-up in the triple jump as a sophomore...Finished seventh in the 100m hurdles at state in 2017...A 4x conference champion with two titles in the 100mH and two titles in the triple jump...Crowned sectional champion in both the 100mH and triple jump as a sophomore, junior and senior...Finished third in the triple jump at state as a junior and senior...Place fourth at state in the 100mH as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Brandon and Mary Taets...Has two siblings: Devin and Delaney...Brother Devin played football at Iowa Central...Plans to major in speech language pathology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior