The 5-foot-10 senior won the 100-meter high hurdles and the 300-meter intermediate hurdles at the Division 4 state meet this past season, leading the Bulldogs to a seventh straight state championship as a team. Bonds also placed second in the high jump. Her state-winning 100 hurdles time of 13.86 seconds ranked as the nation's No. 32 clocking among prep competitors this spring at the time of her selection and is No. 2 all-time in Nevada behind her older sister Tiana, who was the 2013-14 Gatorade State Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Bonds ranked among the nation's top 50 in the 300 hurdles as well this spring with a personal-best time of 42.88. She also won the heptathlon at the Great Southwest Classic.
Bonds has maintained a weighted 3.72 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to compete on an athletic scholarship at Utah State University beginning this fall.
She has volunteered locally at a hospice center and with a support group for underprivileged teens. "Talie Bonds is one of the hardest-working, most determined athletes I have ever worked with," said Roy Session, head coach of Centennial High. "She is an amazing young lady."