2018 Track & Field Roster
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Taylor, Jaylen
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Jaylen Taylor
- Position:
- Jumps
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lacey, Wash.
- High School:
- Timberline
Bio
2019 Pac-12 Triple Jump Third-Place
2022: Managed nagging injuries in final season, competing twice outdoors and four times indoors … traveled to a final Pac-12 Championships but was unable to get a fair mark in the triple jump … indoors, had a season-best triple of 47-9 ¼ at the Pac-12 Invitational … was second at the UW Invitational, going 47-7.
2021: Season-best triple jump mark outdoors was 46-6 set in a victory in the UW-WSU Dual Meet … took second at the Jim Bush Legends Invite with a best of 45-9 … indoors, won all three triple jump competitions, with a best mark of 47-3 ½ at the UW Invitational.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Had three wins on the season in the triple jump and increased his personal-best once again … notched the No. 7 mark in school history at the UW Indoor Preview, going 49-7 1/4 to get the win … was fourth in the triple jump at the MPSF Championships with a best of 49-2 1/4 … another win at the UW Invitational, going 49-6 1/2.
2019: Upped his personal-bests indoors and out in the triple jump, making the podium at the Pac-12 Championships and advancing to NCAA West Prelims … was the third-place finisher at Pac-12s in the triple jump, going 49-feet and 1-inch … was 40th at West Prelims in Sacramento … set a PR of 49-5 1/2 to take fourth at the Stanford Invitational … a wind-aided leap of 49-11 to take sixth at the National Relay Championships in Arkansas … won the UW-WSU Dual with a mark of 48-2 1/2 … long jump season-best was a wind-aided 22-2 1/4 at the Stanford Invite … indoors, went 49-4 1/4 to finish fifth at the MPSF Championships and set a new indoor PR and the No. 8 mark in school history … won the Last Chance Elite Meet with a then-PR of 49-1 … opened his season taking second at the UW Indoor Preview with a best of 48-2.
2018: Scored at the Pac-12 Championships in his first year as a Dawg in the triple jump and qualified for the U.S. Junior Championships … leaped his best triple jump mark of the season at Pac-12s, a wind-aided 49-9 as he took sixth-place for three team points … at the U.S. Junior meet in Indiana, took fifth in the triple jump going 48-2 … wind-legal PR was 48-6 ¾ (+2.0) at the Trojan Invitational to take third … second in the triple jump at the UW-WSU Dual with a mark of 47-5 and third in the long jump at 21-10 ¾ … third in the triple at the Pepsi Team Invite with a mark of 47-10 ½ … indoors, was 10th at the MPSF Championships in the triple jump with a season-best mark of 46-7 ¼ … also went 46-5 ¼ at the UW Invitational.
High School and Personal: Born in Lacey, Washington … parents are Rebecca and Richard Taylor … has one younger sister, Makayli … Mother Rebecca and Aunt Joanne both attended UW … one of the top horizontal jumpers in Washington as a senior, earning runner-up honors in the triple jump at the 4A State Championships and seventh in the long jump … triple jumped 47-6 at state into a -2.4 headwind, just off his PR … personal-best in the triple jump of 47-8 despite only taking up the event in 2015 … won the South Sound Conference triple jump title as a senior … sixth in the triple jump at the state meet as a junior in 2016 … took eighth in the triple jump at the 2017 Arcadia Invite at 45-4 … won the triple jump at the 2017 Oregon Relays at 46-9 … set his PR of 47-8 with a ninth-place finish at 2017 Junior Olympic Nationals.
Major Meets
2018 MPSF - 10th, Triple Jump
2018 Pac-12 - 18th, Long Jump | 6th, Triple Jump
2018 U.S. Juniors - 5th, Triple Jump
2019 MPSF - 5th, Triple Jump
2019 Pac-12 - 3rd, Triple Jump
2019 NCAA Prelims - 40th, Triple Jump
2020 MPSF - 4th, Triple Jump
2022 Pac-12 - Foul, Triple Jump
Outdoor Bests
Triple Jump.......49-9w / 49-5 1/2
Long Jump.......22-2 1/4w / 21-8
Indoor Bests
Triple Jump.......49-7 1/4
2022: Managed nagging injuries in final season, competing twice outdoors and four times indoors … traveled to a final Pac-12 Championships but was unable to get a fair mark in the triple jump … indoors, had a season-best triple of 47-9 ¼ at the Pac-12 Invitational … was second at the UW Invitational, going 47-7.
2021: Season-best triple jump mark outdoors was 46-6 set in a victory in the UW-WSU Dual Meet … took second at the Jim Bush Legends Invite with a best of 45-9 … indoors, won all three triple jump competitions, with a best mark of 47-3 ½ at the UW Invitational.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Had three wins on the season in the triple jump and increased his personal-best once again … notched the No. 7 mark in school history at the UW Indoor Preview, going 49-7 1/4 to get the win … was fourth in the triple jump at the MPSF Championships with a best of 49-2 1/4 … another win at the UW Invitational, going 49-6 1/2.
2019: Upped his personal-bests indoors and out in the triple jump, making the podium at the Pac-12 Championships and advancing to NCAA West Prelims … was the third-place finisher at Pac-12s in the triple jump, going 49-feet and 1-inch … was 40th at West Prelims in Sacramento … set a PR of 49-5 1/2 to take fourth at the Stanford Invitational … a wind-aided leap of 49-11 to take sixth at the National Relay Championships in Arkansas … won the UW-WSU Dual with a mark of 48-2 1/2 … long jump season-best was a wind-aided 22-2 1/4 at the Stanford Invite … indoors, went 49-4 1/4 to finish fifth at the MPSF Championships and set a new indoor PR and the No. 8 mark in school history … won the Last Chance Elite Meet with a then-PR of 49-1 … opened his season taking second at the UW Indoor Preview with a best of 48-2.
2018: Scored at the Pac-12 Championships in his first year as a Dawg in the triple jump and qualified for the U.S. Junior Championships … leaped his best triple jump mark of the season at Pac-12s, a wind-aided 49-9 as he took sixth-place for three team points … at the U.S. Junior meet in Indiana, took fifth in the triple jump going 48-2 … wind-legal PR was 48-6 ¾ (+2.0) at the Trojan Invitational to take third … second in the triple jump at the UW-WSU Dual with a mark of 47-5 and third in the long jump at 21-10 ¾ … third in the triple at the Pepsi Team Invite with a mark of 47-10 ½ … indoors, was 10th at the MPSF Championships in the triple jump with a season-best mark of 46-7 ¼ … also went 46-5 ¼ at the UW Invitational.
High School and Personal: Born in Lacey, Washington … parents are Rebecca and Richard Taylor … has one younger sister, Makayli … Mother Rebecca and Aunt Joanne both attended UW … one of the top horizontal jumpers in Washington as a senior, earning runner-up honors in the triple jump at the 4A State Championships and seventh in the long jump … triple jumped 47-6 at state into a -2.4 headwind, just off his PR … personal-best in the triple jump of 47-8 despite only taking up the event in 2015 … won the South Sound Conference triple jump title as a senior … sixth in the triple jump at the state meet as a junior in 2016 … took eighth in the triple jump at the 2017 Arcadia Invite at 45-4 … won the triple jump at the 2017 Oregon Relays at 46-9 … set his PR of 47-8 with a ninth-place finish at 2017 Junior Olympic Nationals.
Major Meets
2018 MPSF - 10th, Triple Jump
2018 Pac-12 - 18th, Long Jump | 6th, Triple Jump
2018 U.S. Juniors - 5th, Triple Jump
2019 MPSF - 5th, Triple Jump
2019 Pac-12 - 3rd, Triple Jump
2019 NCAA Prelims - 40th, Triple Jump
2020 MPSF - 4th, Triple Jump
2022 Pac-12 - Foul, Triple Jump
Outdoor Bests
Triple Jump.......49-9w / 49-5 1/2
Long Jump.......22-2 1/4w / 21-8
Indoor Bests
Triple Jump.......49-7 1/4
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