Sarah Tait (runner)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 March 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Steeplechase |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 3000m: 8:59.73 (Boston, 2025) 3000m s'chase: 9:27.80 (Eugene, 2025) |
Sarah Tait (born 26 March 2001) is a Scottish steeplechase runner.[1]
Early life
[edit]She is from Fairmilehead. She graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Sports Studies in 2023 from the University of Stirling before later studying at the University of West Virginia.[2]
Career
[edit]She is a member of Lasswade athletics club where she is coached by Linda and Kirk Smith.[3]
In June 2021 she broke her personal best three times for the 3000 metres steeplechase and had a victory at the England Athletics Under-23 Championships.[4] She was subsequently selected for the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, placing fifth in the final of the 3000 metres steeplechase.[5][6]
She won the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) title in 2023. That year, she also won the Scottish Student Sport (SSS) title, as she also had in 2020 and 2022.[2] She finished sixth in the final of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.[7]
She had a fourth-place at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in the 3000m steeplechase, with a personal best time of 9:49.88.[8]
Competing in the United States, she set a 3000 metres indoors personal best in Boston, Massachusetts in February 2025, running 8:59.73 to move to eleventh on the Scottish all-time list.[9] She set a new personal best of 9:37.62 for the 3000m steeplechase in 2025 at the Bryan Clay Invitational and later qualified for the 2025 NCAA Championships.[10][11] She lowered her personal best to 9:37.06 in qualifying for the final of the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[12][13] In the final, she ran a new personal best of 9:27.80 to place fourth overall.[14]
She was selected for the British team to compete at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sarah Tait". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Team GB athlete takes time off the track to graduate". Midlothian View. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "How Sarah Tait went from commentary box to top of the podium . . ". Scottish Athletics. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ MacLean, Ian (23 June 2021). "Lasswade's Sarah Tait misses Euro selection by agonising half second". Edinburgh News. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ MacLean, Ian (30 June 2021). "Lasswade athlete Sarah Tait in Team GB for European under-23 Championships in Estonia". Edinburgh News. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "Erin lands brave 1500m bronze at Euro U23s – with Sarah fifth in steeplechase". Scottish athletics. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ Smith, Joseph (29 June 2024). "WVU redshirt senior Sarah Tait falls heartbreakingly short of UK Olympic Team in 3,000-meter steeplechase". hailwvu. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "Record breaker! Brodie brings down Men's Indoor mark over 400m . . . after 37 years". Scottish Arhletics. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "LOUISVILLE'S GEOFFREY KIRWA MOVES TO NO. 2 ON NCAA ALL-TIME STEEPLECHASE LIST AT BRYAN CLAY". Runnerspace. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "PREVIEW - 10 STORYLINES TO WATCH AT THE WOMEN'S NCAA D1 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". Runnerspace. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ Hutchinson, Emma (13 June 2025). "JaMeesia Ford, Anthaya Charlton Have Historic Times In 100m Dash At NCAAs". Flotrack. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "Women 3000 M Steeple Semis" (PDF). ncaa.com. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "Sarah Tait earns All-American honor in 3000 meter steeplechase". wowktv.com. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "GB&NI Team for European Team Championships Announced". Fast Running. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.