Britt Taylor

Position:
Jumps
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Burr Ridge, Ill.
High School:
Hinsdale South

Junior Year: Finished third in the triple jump to earn All-ACC recognition at the indoor ACC Championships • Also scored points in the long jump, finishing sixth • Recorded fifth-place finishes in both the long jump and the triple jump to score points at the ACC Outdoor Championships • Runner-up in the long jump at the Penn Relays.

Sophomore Year: Scored in the indoor triple jump at the ACC Championships with a seventh-place finish • Also finished ninth in the indoor long jump • Scored in the outdoor long jump at the ACC Championships with a sixth-place finish • Also finished ninth in the outdoor triple jump.

Freshman Year: Won the outdoor long jump at the 2004 Tar Heels Opener.

Prep: All-state in the long jump and triple jump • Triple jump state runner-up and conference champion • Sectional champion in the long jump and triple jump • Four-year letterwinner in golf, three-year letterwinner in basketball • MVP of golf team for all four years • Holds school record in nine holes of golf with a low score of 32 • Named all-area in basketball by the Chicago Sun Times • All-state and all-conference in basketball.

Personal: Majoring in communications • Admires athlete Tiger Woods • "The Partner" is his favorite book • Lists his dad as the who has had having the greatest influence on his athletic career • His father, Bruce Taylor, played football in the National Football League for 9 years • Britt Lawrence Taylor is the son of Bruce and Terry Taylor • Born September 7, 1984, in Seattle, Wash.