Taylor rewrote the school record book during her time at Harvard, setting new marks in the 60-meter dash, 60-meter high hurdles, 100-meter high hurdles, 400-meter intermediate hurdles and the 100-meter dash. She broke Rainey-Valmon's school record in the latter event at 2000 Outdoor Heps.

Taylor was an Olympic Trial semifinalist last summer in her premier event-the 400-meter intermediate hurdles.

When she began her outdoor season this spring, she took her performance to a new level, winning the Penn Relays with a nation-best time of 56.11 seconds.

Taylor won her third consecutive ECAC title in the 400 hurdles on May 19. She was in Oregon this past weekend seeking her first NCAA title.

Taylor will not be easily replaced next season. Someday, promising sophomores Amanda Shanklin and Ashley Furst-who both scored at Heps this year-might combine to score a significant fraction of the Taylor's typical point total.

While Taylor was preparing for the upcoming season in Cambridge, Gyorffy was in Sydney representing Hungary in the 2000 Olympics. Although Gyorffy's performance of 1.89 meters at Sydney was far from her best, she soared to fifth in the world at the 2000 Indoor World Championships at Lisbon in March.

Because the Lisbon trip conflicted with the NCAA Indoors, Gyorffy was unable to defend her title, leaving the door open for someone else to win. That winner happened to be Harvard sophomore Kart Siilats, an Estonian transfer student. Siilats won the title in dramatic fashion, clearing the winning height of 1.86 meters while facing elimination.