2017 Women's Track and Field Roster
Roster

Tara Smart
- Position:
- Sprints
- Indoor:
- Freshman
- Outdoor:
- Fr.
- Hometown:
- Glenview, Ill.
- High School:
- New Trier HS
Smart's Performance History & Personal Bests
2016-17 SEASON
Indoor (Freshman): Placed 8th in the 400m dash at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Clocked a season-best 400m dash time of 56.89 at the season-opening Dakota Classic on Dec. 2 … Also finished 15th in the 200m dash at the conference meet … Season-best 200m time of 25.49 at Nebraska’s Adidas Classic on Jan. 28 … Ran the 400m leg on NDSU’s distance medley relay that clocked 11:47.26 at the Bison Open on Feb. 3 to rank 6th-fastest in school history.
Outdoor (Freshman): Posted times of 1:00.32 in the 400m and 26.06 in the 200m at the Husker Spring Invite on Apr. 8.
High School: Clocked 57.72 in the 400m dash at the USATF National Junior Olympics as a sophomore in 2014 … Ran an indoor 400m in 57.96 in January 2016 … Also posted a time of 26.25 in the 200m dash … Finished 9th in the 400m dash at the Illinois 3A state meet her senior year and ran on the New Trier HS 4x400m relay team that placed 3rd.
Personal: Daughter of Steve and Karen Smart … Has one older sister, Amie, and two older brothers, Dan and Brian … Majoring in French … Father, Steve, played football at Harvard from 1977-81.
2016-17 SEASON
Indoor (Freshman): Placed 8th in the 400m dash at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Clocked a season-best 400m dash time of 56.89 at the season-opening Dakota Classic on Dec. 2 … Also finished 15th in the 200m dash at the conference meet … Season-best 200m time of 25.49 at Nebraska’s Adidas Classic on Jan. 28 … Ran the 400m leg on NDSU’s distance medley relay that clocked 11:47.26 at the Bison Open on Feb. 3 to rank 6th-fastest in school history.
Outdoor (Freshman): Posted times of 1:00.32 in the 400m and 26.06 in the 200m at the Husker Spring Invite on Apr. 8.
High School: Clocked 57.72 in the 400m dash at the USATF National Junior Olympics as a sophomore in 2014 … Ran an indoor 400m in 57.96 in January 2016 … Also posted a time of 26.25 in the 200m dash … Finished 9th in the 400m dash at the Illinois 3A state meet her senior year and ran on the New Trier HS 4x400m relay team that placed 3rd.
Personal: Daughter of Steve and Karen Smart … Has one older sister, Amie, and two older brothers, Dan and Brian … Majoring in French … Father, Steve, played football at Harvard from 1977-81.
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