2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

Taryn Bailey

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Desoto, Texas
  • High School Desoto HS

Biography

AWARDS
- UNLV Dean's List (Fall 2025, Spring 2026)

2025-26: Competed in 13 combined meets between the cross country and track & field season ... Made her collegiate debut in cross country at the Highlander Invitational, running a 6K time of 23:37.2 ... Ran a personal best mile time of 5:21.23 at the Silver State Invitational & Combined Events, placing sixth overall ... Helped the DMR team to a second place (12:38.92) finish at the same meet ... Placed second in the 1000m (2:57.05) at the UNR Invitational, and ran a personal best 600m (1:33.11) time at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational ... Competed in the Mountain West Indoor Championship, placing 24th in the 800 (2:15.03) ... Made her outdoor debut at the Ben Brown Invite, recording a third place time of 2:10.20 in the 800m and helped the 4x400m Relay team to a sixth place finish (3:53.38) ... Ran a personal best 400m time of 57.72 (15th place) at the UNLV Rebel ELITE ... Also ran personal best times of 4:43.18 in the 1500m (Bryan Clay Invitational) and 2:08.54 (Fresno State Invite) in the 800m ... Placed 15th in the 800m (2:11.14) at the MW Outdoor Championships. 

High School: Desoto High School's 800m record holder (2:09) and cross country's record holder (18:00) ... Earned bronze at the 6A Uil State championship ... Personal best 400m time of 56 seconds ... Has improved her 800m time every year at Desoto HS (2:14, 2:11, 2:10, 2:09) ...  A 4x Area, Regional, District and State (2021-2025) ... Earned DeSoto Mercury AAU Jr Olympics championship honors in 2024, finishing in 4th place.

Personal: Daughter of MarQuis and Tyler White ... Majoring in kinesiology.