WATCH: Harlan’s Tate Taylor sets national record in 100-meter at UIL state meet
San Antonio Harlan junior Tate Taylor made history at the UIL State Track and Field Meet at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Saturday.
He won the 100-meter dash with a phenomenal wind-legal time of 9.92, setting the United States high school national record.
Taylor is now No. 2 in the 100-meter under-20 list in world history and is behind Letsile Tebogo, and Olympic champion. Tebogo recorded a 9.91 time, which is 0.01 seconds faster than Taylor’s time at the UIL State track meet.
In the same heat as Taylor, Duncanville’s Brayden Williams recorded a strong time of 10.01, which surpasses the previous state record Matthew Boling set in 2019 (10.13).
Taylor also won the 200-meter with a 20.14 finishing time, setting a Texas state record. He fell 0.01 seconds short of Roy Martin’s national record (20.13) set in 1985.
This story was originally published May 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM.
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