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  Taylor Smith
Taylor Smith

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

High School:
McCallie

Event:
Distance

PR- 3K: 8:38.70; 5K: 14:50.04; 8K XC: 24:55; 10K: 30:53.72


AT VIRGINIA: 2006-07-(XC): Was the fourth Cavalier finisher at Nationals, where he placed 165th overall and helped Virginia to a 14th place finish and upset of 14 ranked teams ... Placed 33rd at NCAA Southeast Regionals as UVa's fourth finisher in 31:51.75, helping Virginia to a fourth place team finish and at-large bid to the NCAA Championships ... Ran a huge personal best on the Panorama Farms course to place 22nd at the ACC Championships in 25:10.7, crossing the line as UVa's fourth man, and helped the Cavaliers to a third place team finish ... Was UVa's fifth man at Pre-Nationals, covering the 8K course in a personal best 24:55 ... Crossed the line 61st at the Roy Griak Invitational as UVa's fourth man in 25:55, helping lead Virginia to a third place finish ... 2005-06-(Out): Finished fifth in the 10,000 meters at the ACC Championships at Wake Forest in 31:18.88, capping off UVa's 1-3-5 finish in the event and earning 20 points towards the overall team score ... Ran 14:51.10 in the 5000 meters at the Duke Invitational ... Ran the 10,000 meters at Raleigh Relays and crossed the line in 30:53.72 ... Opened his outdoor season by getting seventh in the 3000 meters at the 49ers Invitational in 8:38.70 ... (In): Was one of five Cavaliers to compete in the 5000 meters at the ACC Championships in Blacksburg ... Ran the 5000 meters at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational in 14:50.04 ... (XC): Ran at ACC's, helping Virginia to win the conference title, placing 36th in 24:59.7 ... was the alternate on both the Cavaliers Regional and NCAA Championship squads ... also ran at Lou Onesty meet, where he finished 21st in 25:31.97 and finished as the sixth man, as well as the Great American Festival, where he finished 35th in 25:24.30 and was the team's seventh man ... 2004-05:-(In): Ran 5000m at ACCs ... runner-up in the 3000m at the Liberty Invitational. 2003-2004:-(In/Out): Redshirted.

Personal-Born May 1, 1985 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. ... son of Cynthia and Tim Smith ... one sister, Lindsey.

 

 

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