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Talia Marquez - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Talia Marquez

Position Combined Events
Class Junior
Hometown Arvada, Colo.
High School Arvada West HS
Position Combined Events

Career Results

2016 OUTDOOR (RSo.)
Won the 800 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/23) with a time of 2:25.74 … Took third in her sole heptathlon of the season with a score of 4,550 at the Kansas Relays … Personal-best javelin throw of 29.98 meters (98-4.0 ft.) came at the Mesa Classic (4/8), good enough for 17th overall … Runner-up in the long jump with a mark of 5.24 meters (17-9.5 ft.) at the Kansas Relays … Claimed 26th in the 100-meter hurdles with a wind-aided time of 15.36 at the Sun Angel Classic (4/9).

2016 INDOOR (Jr.)
Took third in the 60-meter hurdles at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a time of 9.43 … Personal-best shot put throw of 10.08 meters (33-1.0 ft.) came at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) and earned her 10th place overall … Claimed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.21 at the Bob Timmons Challenge … Finished sixth at the Bill Easton Classic after a high jump mark of 1.50 meters (4-11.0 ft.) … Placed seventh at the Bill Easton Classic with a shot put throw of 9.77 meters (32-0.75 ft.).

2015 OUTDOOR (RFr.) 
Competed in three heptathlons during her first outdoor season with the Jayhawks, improving her personal-record score in each of those outings … Top heptathlon of the year came at the Big 12 Championship (5/17) when she amassed 4,807 points and finished seventh overall … Finished sixth in the heptathlon at the Kansas Relays (4/17), tallying personal bests in three of the seven events to claim a score of 4,688 points … Opened the outdoor season with by competing in her first-career heptathlon, ending the two-day event with a score of 4,679 points and a final standing of 16th … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2015 INDOOR (So.)
Turned in a new personal record in the pentathlon en route to an 11th-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (2/28) with her score of 3,582 points … Her score at the Big 12 Championship ranked her No. 6 on KU’s all-time pentathlon chart … Tallied personal bests in four of the five pentathlon events at the conference meet: 60-meter hurdles (9.06), high jump (1.63 meters), long jump (5.36 meters) and 800 meters (2:21.51).

2014 OUTDOOR (Fr.) 
Utilized redshirt season.

2014 INDOOR (Fr.) 
In her first-career pentathlon, finished 12th at the Jayhawk Classic (1/24) with a score of 2,310 … Best long jump of the season came at the ISU Classic (2/15) with a leap of 5.05 meters (16-7 ft.), earning her an 18th-place finish … Tallied a 12th-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles at the Bill Easton Classic (1/10) with a season-best time of 9.77.

HIGH SCHOOL
Boasted school records in the 100-meter hurdles and the long jump … Claimed back-to-back regional titles in the 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles as well as the 2013 long jump title … Career-best long jump of 5.48 meters (18-0 ft.) came at the Cherry Creek/Grandview Invitational en route to a runner-up finish … Posted a third-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2013 Colorado Junior Olympic Championships with her time of 15.97.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Michael and Cindi Marquez … Has two brothers, Jordan (24) and Ryan (15) … Father, Michael, and brother, Jordan, played football at the University of Colorado … Majoring in journalism with an emphasis in sports broadcasting.