Sarah Tait (runner)
Scottish athlete
Sarah Tait (born 26 March 2001) is a Scottish steeplechase runner. In 2025, she broke Eilish McColgan's Scottish record for the 3000 metres steeplechase and represented Great Britain at the 2025 World Championships.
Early life
Tait is from Fairmilehead. She graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Sports Studies in 2023 from the University of Stirling before later studying at the University of West Virginia.
Career
Tait is a member of Lasswade Athletics Club where she is coached by Linda and Kirk Smith.
In June 2021, she broke her personal best three times for the 3000 metres steeplechase and had a victory at the England Athletics Under-23 Championships. She was subsequently selected for the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, placing fifth in the final of the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Tait won the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) title in 2023. That year, she also won the Scottish Student Sport (SSS) title, as she also had in 2020 and 2022. She finished sixth in the final of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.
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