Cox sparks another huge day for UC at Arcadia Invitational
Taylor Cox sparked another huge charge by the Union Catholic girls on Saturday night when she burned the second fastest time in NJ history in the high hurdles and running on a relay squad came close to breaking another state record on Saturday night at the Arcadia Invitational in California.
A day after she ran on UC's NJ record and U.S. No. 2 all-time SMR that won in 3:48.83, Cox came very close to breaking another NJ record and was part of another relay that just missed a state record.
The University of Georgia-bound Cox, a 3-time national champ in the hurdles, narrowly missed breaking the NJ record in 100 hurdles when she finished third in 13.35, just .01 off the state record of 13:34 set by the legendary Sydney McLaughlin of Union Catholic when she placed second as a freshman at the 2014 New Balance National Championships. Cox's previous PR of 13.38 came when she placed first at the New Balance National Championships last June.
Cox also ran the second leg on UC's fourth-place 4x100 relay that ran a NJ No. 2 all-time 45.71. That's just behind the NJ record of 45.45 that UC ran to finish second at the New Balance Nationals last year. Cox was joined on the 4x100 by freshman Maya Wyche, sophomore Sydney Chadwick, and senior Taylor Aska.
Another big record that almost fell came in the mile where UC's Paige Sheppard (4:43.61) and Sophia Thompson (4:43.73) finished fifth and sixth with the No. 2 and No. 3 fastest times ever run by a sophomore. The state sophomore record is 4:43.07, set in 2005 by the great Danielle Tauro of Southern Regional. Tauro also holds the overall state record in the mile of 4:39.25, which she ran to finish first at the 2007 Nike Nationals.
