The 5-foot-8 junior won the 100-meter dash at the Los Lunas Invitational in her only outdoor meet of 2020, continuing the momentum of an indoor season when she clocked a personal-best time of 7.60 seconds in the 60-meter dash at the Great Southwest Classic Invitational. That ranked as the nation’s No. 49 time amog indoor prep competitors in 2020. At the 2019 5A state meet, she swept the outdoor 100- and 200-meter dash events while also running legs for the winning 4x100 and 4x200 relay quartets to help the Matadors place second as a team. Her personal-best 100 dash clocking of 11.58 seconds, which earned her fourth at the Great Southwest Classic Elite Finals, ranked No. 22 nationally among 2019 prep competitors in the event. Running the final leg for the 4x100 and 4x200 foursomes a year ago, Tatum helped both squads set state records. The No. 44 recruit in the Class of 2021 as rated by MileSplit, she is a seven-time state champion across multiple track events.
Tatum has maintained a weighted 4.2 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.
A multi-sport athlete who helped Sandia to the 5A volleyball state final in 2018, Tatum helps organize, officiate and manage clean-up efforts at middle school school meets, and has served as a volunteer youth coach. A devotee to the art of ceramics, she has also donated her time as a peer tutor and has assisted in charitable donation drives for the Special Olympics, the National Bail Out fund and anti-racism social activism.
