Kolton Taylor

Height:
6-0
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Cleveland, Okla.
High School:
Cleveland HS

Personal Bests
Indoor: 60m: 7.13, Long Jump, 6.66m, Shot Put: 10.40m, High Jump: 1.75m, 60m Hurdles: 8.46, 1,000m: 2:54.67, Heptathlon: 4,599
Outdoor: 100m: 10.92, Long Jump: 6.73m, Shot Put: 10.73m, High Jump: 1.84m, 400m: 53.02, 110m Hurdles: 15.03, Discus: 29.89m, Pole Vault: 2.90m, Javelin: 42.00m, 1,500m: 5:08.78, Decathlon: 6,050

2011-12: (Indoor) Placed fourth at the Conference USA Championship in the heptathlon with 4,599 points . . . the point total was third-best in school history . . . earned a second-place finish in the 60m hurdles during the heptathlon at the league meet with a season-low mark of 8.46, which was the fourth-fastest in school history . . . finished third in the 60m dash in 7.19 . . . (Outdoor) Left the team prior to the outdoor campaign.

2010-11: (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . recorded the fifth-fastest time in the 60m hurdles in school history during the heptathlon at the Conference USA Championship . . . finished 10th in the heptathlon at the conference meet with 3,985 points, which was the fourth-most in school history . . . also posted top-five finishes in both the 60m and the 60m hurdles during the heptathlon . . . (Outdoor) Saw action in five meets . . . placed fifth in the decathlon at the Conference USA Championship with 6,050 points, the third-highest total in school history . . . during the decathlon, Taylor finished second in the 100m and the 110m hurdles, and third in the high jump . . . won the 110m hurdles at the Tulsa Duels . . . twice ran the fifth-fastest 110m hurdles in school history of 15.03.

2009-10: (Indoor) Competed in four meets . . . participated in the heptathlon at the C-USA Championship, earning a fifth-place finish in the 60m dash with a time of 7.22 . . . had a season-best throw in the shot put at the Sooner Open (8.65m) . . . ran a personal-best 60m hurdles of 8.88 at the Razorback Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Participated in six meets . . . was part of the 4x100m relay team that finished fifth at the C-USA Championships . . . won the javelin at the John Jacobs Invitational with a season-best throw of 41.29m . . . competed in the decathlon at the Oklahoma Christian Invitational, winning the 100-meter dash and finishing in the top three in three other events . . . won the long jump at the Tulsa Duels with a jump of 5.72m.

High School: A three-year letterman in track at Cleveland High School . . . also a three-year letterman in football and basketball . . . placed second in both the 110m hurdles and 100m at the Class 3A state championships as a senior . . . set school record in the 110m hurdles . . . earned all-district cornerback of the year honors in football as a senior . . . named all-conference in basketball.

Personal: Majoring in psychology . . . older brother, Kyle, attended TU . . . son of Keith and Kelly Taylor.