Personal Records
Indoor
60 Meter Hurdles: 8.40 (2019 MEAC Indoor)
Outdoor
100 Meter Hurdles: 13.48 (2017 MEAC Outdoor)
Career Statistics
2020-21: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Competed in two meets … Was sixth in the 100 hurdles at the Virginia Grand Prix … Placed sixth at the conference meet in 14.32.
2019-20: Did not compete.
2018-19: Indoor: Placed in the top five in the 60-meter hurdles in every meet in which she competed … Placed first at the JDL DMR Invitational (8.53), second at Liberty (8.60), fourth at VMI (8.71 finals time) and fifth at Penn State (8.63) … Set a new PR with her MEAC Indoor Championships time of 8.40 seconds, which was good for fifth place … Also helped the NSU 4x400 relay team take fourth place at conference.
Outdoor: Redshirted the season.
2017-18: Indoor: Opened up her indoor season with a time of 8.61 seconds, good for third place, in the 60m hurdles at the Keydet Invitational … Clocked a PR of 8.50 seconds while finishing fourth at the Penn State National … Won the 60 hurdles at the VMI Winter Relays … Ran prelim times of 8.52 and 8.57 before clocking an 8.58 in the finals … Finished fifth at the MEAC Indoor Championships with a time of 8.51.
Outdoor: Competed in sprints and relays earlier in the season … Aided the 4x100 relay team in its first-place showing at the Colonial Relays … Won the 100 hurdles in back-to-back meets, running a time of 13.60 at the Charlotte Invitational and 14.34 at the VSU Trojan Invitational … Helped the 4x100 team win at the Virginia Grand Prix, and also took third in the 100 hurdles (13.55) at the meet … Was fifth in the 100 hurdles at the MEAC Outdoor Championships, while also running a leg on the bronze medal-winning relay at the meet.
2016-17: Earned the Coaches Award for the women’s track and field team.
Indoor: Took a pair of top-10 finishes at the Art & Linda Maillet UNC Open … Was the runner-up in the 60-mter hurdles in 8.74 seconds … Placed eighth in the 60 meters (7.81 seconds in prelims, 7.87 finals) … Clocked a PR of 8.60 seconds in her fifth-place finish in the 60 hurdles at the MEAC Indoor Championships.
Outdoor: Took first-place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles at the Fred Hardy Invitational hosted by Richmond (14.20) and the Charlotte Invitational (13.87) … Placed fifth at the Virginia Grand Prix where she again lowered her PR (13.80 seconds) … Finished as MEAC runner-up in the 110 hurdles in a new PR of 13.48 seconds after running 13.67 in the prelims … Advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the hurdles, posting a prelim time of 13.68.
2015-16: Indoor: Took first-place finishes in two meets in the 60-meter hurdles … Won the gold medal in her first meet at NSU, taking the 60m hurdles crown at the CNU Holiday Open in 8.80 seconds … Also won the event at the Art & Linda Maillet UNC Open (8.77) … Posted her season-best time of 8.72 seconds in the finals of the MEAC Indoor Championships, where she placed sixth.
Outdoor: Seventh-place finisher in the 100 hurdles at the MEAC Outdoor Championship … Ran a time of 14.14 in the finals after clocking a personal-best 13.81 in the prelims … Earlier in the year, ran a wind-aided time of 13.79 to place as runner-up at Morgan State … Was also runner-up at the Hampton Relays (14.25) … Also contributed to NSU’s 4x100 meter relay team, which advanced to the college finals of the Penn Relays and ran a season-best time of 46.90 in the finals.
High School: Was state runner-up as a senior as a senior in the 300 hurdles … Also ran legs on Whitehaven’s state champion 4x200 and 4x400 relay team, helping Whitehaven win the state AAA championship … As a junior, placed third in the state AAA outdoor championships in both the 100 and 300 hurdles … Was sectional champ in the 100 hurdles and runner-up in the 300 hurdles.
Personal: Taejah Cierra Denise Robertson was born on Sept. 23, 1996 … Daughter of Rickey Robertson and Mae Jackson … Majoring in mass communications.
