Patience Sakeuh

Bio

2021-22 at Taylor:

Indoor: Automatically qualified for NAIA Nationals in the 60-meter hurdles … Won the 60-meter hurdles at each of the IWU Invite, Trojan Invite, and IWU Midwest Classic … Won the 60-meters at the Trojan Invite … Earned All-American Honors clocking a career-best time of 8.68 second to finish in fifth place in the 60-meter hurdles … Posted a season-best time of 7.87 seconds in the 60 meters at the IWU Invite … Jumped a team-best distance of 5.2 meters in the long jump at the IWU Classic.

Outdoor: Automatically qualified for NAIA Nationals in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.36 to win the event at the Emory Invite … Provisionally qualified for the 4x100 meter relay … Competed in the 4x100 meter relay at NAIA Nationals … Finished third at the Crossroads League Championships in the long jump … Posted a team-best jump of 5.5 meters in the long jump at the Indiana Tech Invite … Ran a team-best time of 25.57 seconds in the 200 meters at the Emory Invite … Named All-Crossroads League in the long jump.

2020-21 at Taylor:

Indoor: Earned All-American honors at her NAIA National Championships debut, finishing eighth place in the 60-meter hurdles and recording a season-best mark of 8.88 … Finished second in the 60-meter dash and third in the 60-meter hurdles at the Crossroads League Championships, claiming All-Crossroads League honors … Ended fourth place overall in the long jump at the CL Championships … Posted a season-best leap of 5.55-meters in the long jump at the Indiana Tech Invite … Won the 60-meter hurdles at the IWU Invite.

Outdoor: Finished eighth place with All-American honors in the 100-meter hurdles at the NAIA Outdoor National Championships and recorded the second-fastest time in TU history with a mark of 14.08 … Also competed in the 100-meter dash and long jump at NAIA Nationals … Placed 15th and posted a career-best time of 12.00 in the 100-meters, claiming the second-fastest time in Taylor program history … Ended 19th overall in the long jump at nationals … Named three-time All-Crossroads League with her second-place finishes in the 100-meter dash, 100-meter hurdles and long jump … Logged the second-best long jump in Taylor history at the Huntington Invite with a mark of 5.78-meters … Won the long jump and 100-meter hurdles at the IWU Polar Bear Invite … Won the 100-meter hurdles at the George Glass Invite and the Little State Championships … Won the long jump and 4x100-meter relay at the Huntington Invite … Named Crossroads League Field Athlete of the Week March 15 through 21.

Prep: Ran track and field for Bill Coggins at Pendleton Heights High … Specialized in the long jump, 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles … Three-time Indiana All-State athlete … Broke two records at Pendleton Heights.

Personal: Daughter of Neplenseh Sakeuh … Brother, Matthew, currently runs track and field at Taylor … Sisters, Plenseh-Tay and Princess, formerly ran for Taylor track and field … Majoring in global studies.