Taylor Cates Class: RS Senior Hometown: Bartlesville, Okla. Event: Multi-Events Birthdate: 01/20/1980

Career Bests: Javelin: 115-0; Long Jump: 18-6; Shot Put: 38-0; 200 meter: 25.8; 100-meter hurdles: 15.8; High Jump: 5-5.75; 800 meter: 2:30.0; 400 meter: 57.9

In 2001: Will compete as unattached athlete this year ... transferred from Oklahoma State to compete train under OU co-head coach Jill Lancaster, a former Drake Relays multi-event champion ... won the KSU Winter Pentathlon in December competing unattached.

At Oklahoma State/Southwest Missouri State: Placed 12th at the Big 12 Outdoor in the hepathlon ... school record holder for OSU in the heptathlon with 4,442 points ... member of the 1998 indoor champion team at SMS and 1999 outdoor second-place team ... finished eighth in the 400 meter and long jump at the 1999 outdoor meet while competing for SMS ... finished 10th in the javelin ... named to the Dean's Honor Roll twice at OSU ... received the student-athlete award for GPA.

In High School: Competed in basketball, soccer, track and cross country at Girard High School ... two-time league team champion in track ... led team to second-place finish in state as a junior ... a three-time conference champion in the 300 hurdles and the long jump ... had the second longest long jump in the state in 1998 ... finished second in the long jump and 300 hurdles as a junior ... finished third at the KU Relays in the long jump in 1998 ... played on the conference basketball team champion in 1997 ... also ran for two-time cross country league champions ... named to the Southeast All-Star team in basketball.

Other: Competed in the 1997 Junior National Olympics ... placed 12th in the heptathlon.

Personal: Daughter of Kevin and Leslie Cates ... born 1/20/80 ... majoring in health and sport science ... father a former baseball player at KU ... would like to continue competing as long as possible, then become a track coach to give back to the sport ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the fall 2000 semester.