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2021-22 Track and Field Roster

Taran Taylor

  • Position Throws
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Arkansas City, Kan.
  • Highschool Arkansas City HS

Biography

Season and Career Results
WSU Javelin School Record Holder (after 2022)
78.76m/258'5" - 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships
First Team All-American
2022 Javelin (4th; 78.76m/258'5")
NCAA Outdoor West Preliminaries
2022 Javelin (2nd; 73.44m/240'11")
2021 Javelin (24th; 61.86m/202'11")
AAC Most Outstanding Field Performer
2022 Outdoor
3x Outdoor All-Conference
2022 Javelin (1st)
2021 Javelin (1st)
2018 Javelin (3rd)
Academic Honors
2x AD Honor Roll - Spring 2021, Fall 2019
USATF
2018 Junior Championships - Javelin 71.08m/233-2 (Champion)
2022: Indoor – Did not compete in a Shocker uniform. Outdoor – Placed top two in six of seven meets…Won the javelin at the John Jacobs Invitational…Won the javelin at the AAC Outdoor Championships, earning all-conference honors and scoring 10 points for the team…Finished second at the NCAA West Preliminaries with a throw of 73.44m/240’11” to qualify for the championship meet in Eugene, Ore…Placed fourth, earning First Team All-American honors, at the NCAA Championships at Hayward Field.

2021: Indoor – Did not compete in a Shocker uniform. Outdoor – Threw the javelin at seven meets … Qualified for the West Regional and finished 24th … Won the individual conference title in the javelin … Tallied two additional victories … Never finished worse than fourth in a regular season competition … Threw the javelin a season-best mark of 71.37m/234-2 at the KT Woodman Classic.

2020: Indoor - Did not compete. Outdoor - 2020 season canceled.

2019: Outdoor - Redshirted and did not compete.

Summer 2018: Won the USATF Junior Championships with a throw of 71.08m/233-2.

2018: Outdoor - Was part of the nation's No. 1 javelin group according to USTFCCCA...Competed in eight meets, finishing top-5 in seven...Recorded four regular season second place finishes, Arkansas Spring Invitational (67.23m/220-7), K.T. Woodman Classic (63.06m/206-11), Central Missouri Mule Relays (60.45m/198-4) and the Shocker Open (67.44m/221-3)...Earned all-conference honors finishing second at the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships with the second farthest throw in Shocker history of 74.26m/243-8.

High School: Lettered four years in track and field...Was the 2015 AVCTL Division II javelin champion...Finished third in the javelin at the 2016 KSHSAA 5A state track and field championships...Was a 2016 AAU Junior Olympics bronze medalist...Member of National Honor Society...Personal best - 186-4 in the javelin.

Personal: Son of Michael and Tara Taylor...Has one brother, Trevor...Majoring in computer science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

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  • 2018-19Sophomore

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  • 2019-20Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Junior

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  • 2021-22Sophomore

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