2012 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Blanchard, Tara
Sprints
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
800m
/ Track & Field
800
/ Track & Field
Jumps, Heptathlon
/ Track & Field
Hurdles
/ Track & Field
Hammer
/ Track & Field
Hammer
/ Track & Field
Hurdles
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
Long Jump
/ Track & Field
Jumps
/ Track & Field
Jumps
/ Track & Field
Sprints, 4x100m
/ Track & Field
400m
/ Track & Field
Sprints
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
800m
/ Track & Field
Jumps
/ Track & Field
Javelin
/ Track & Field
1500
/ Track & Field
1500 / Mid-Distances
/ Track & Field
Throws
/ Track & Field
Jumps
/ Track & Field
Pole Vault
/ Track & Field
Javelin
/ Track & Field
Discus
/ Track & Field
400m, 800m
/ Track & Field
Hurdles and Jumps
/ Track & Field
Sprints
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
400m
/ Track & Field
400m
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
High Jump
/ Track & Field
Hammer
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
400m
/ Track & Field
Hurdles
/ Track & Field
Pole Vault
/ Track & Field
Heptathlon
/ Track & Field
Hammer
/ Track & Field
200m, 400m
/ Track & Field
Jumps/Sprints
/ Track & Field
400m and Relays
/ Track & Field
400m
/ Track & Field
Jumps/Hurdles
/ Track & Field
800m
/ Track & Field
Sprints
/ Track & Field
400m
/ Track & Field
Sprints
/ Track & Field
800m/1500m
/ Track & Field
Jumps, Sprints
/ Track & Field
Jumps
/ Track & Field
800m/Distances
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
400m
/ Track & Field
Sprints
/ Track & Field
400m, 200m, Relays
/ Track & Field
Throws
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
Pole Vault
/ Track & Field
Pole Vault/Long Jump
/ Track & Field
100m, 200m
/ Track & Field
Throws
/ Track & Field
Sprints/Hurdles
/ Track & Field
Hurdles, Sprints
/ Track & Field
Sprints
/ Track & Field
Sprints
/ Track & Field
Throws
/ Track & Field
400m
/ Track & Field
Jumps
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
Throws
/ Track & Field
Sprints
/ Track & Field
Sprints
/ Track & Field
Sprints
/ Track & Field
Throws
/ Track & Field
Javelin
/ Track & Field
Steeplechase/5000m
/ Track & Field
800m
/ Track & Field
Jumps
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
Jumps
/ Track & Field
Pole Vault
/ Track & Field
Jumps
/ Track & Field
800m, Distances
/ Track & Field
Jumps, Sprints
/ Track & Field
/ Track & Field
Hurdles
/ Track & Field
Throws
/ Track & Field
Sprints
/ Track & Field
High Jump
/ Track & Field
Hammer Throw
/ Track & Field
Sprints
/ Track & Field
800m/1500m
/ Track & Field
Throws
/ Track & Field
400m IH, Sprints
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
Pole Vault
/ Track & Field
800m
/ Track & Field
110m HH, TJ
/ Track & Field
Decathlon
/ Track & Field
400m
/ Track & Field
Distances
/ Track & Field
Hurdles/400m
/ Track & Field
Pole Vault
/ Track & Field
400m
/ Track & Field
Tara Blanchard
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- La Reina HS
- Hometown:
- Agoura, Calif.
Bio
AT USC:
Tara Blanchard begins her second season as part of the USC cross country team...2010: Redshirted with a foot injury. Was forced to miss both the cross country and track and field seasons due to the injury and enters this school year as a redshirt freshman in both sports.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Blanchard is a 2010 graduate of La Reina High in Thousand, Calif....Helped lead La Reina to the 2008 Section and State Division IV Cross Country Championships...Placed 66th at the 5K Nike Pre-Nationals with a time of 20:13.90...Injured her ankle in cross country in 2009 and missed the track and field season...Ran a 2:11.88 PR in the 800m in 2008 which was the top female time in Ventura County that year and fourth all-time...She has a best 1600m time of 5:06...Holds six individual La Reina track and field records...Named the Tri Valley League MVP and was the Ventura Country 400m and 800m champion...Was a National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL:
Tara was born on February 7, 1992 in Los Angeles....Ran in the AAU Junior Olympics in Orlando, Fla. as an eight year old...At the 2004 National Junior Olympics in Eugene, Ore., Blanchard was runner up in the midget girls 1500m race and fourth in the 800m race....Is a Human Performance major and Performing Arts minor...Says her favorite musician is Taylor Swift....Lists her favorite athletes as sisters Sasha Blanchard a hurdler at Notre Dame and Brianna Blanchard an All-American and professional triathlete...Her hobbies include outdoor and beach activities as well as owning a horse.
USC Track & Field - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships: Day 4 Highlights (6/14/25)
Saturday, June 14
USC Track & Field - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships: Day 3 Highlights (6/13/25)
Friday, June 13
USC Track & Field - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships: Day 2 Highlights (6/12/25)
Thursday, June 12
USC Track & Field - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships: Day 1 Highlights (6/11/25)
Wednesday, June 11
