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| Year: | Sr. |
| Hometown: | Cornelius, N.C. |
| High School: | Hopewell |
2013 Outdoor
Track
Set a personal-record in the mile at 4:29.27 at the
High Point VertKlasse Meet (March 22-23) … Posted the
team’s top 3,000-meter steeplechase time of the season at
9:52.52 at the Duke Invitational (April 5-6) … Ran the
1,500-meter race at the Wake Forest Open (March 15-16) in a time of
4:05.51.
2012-13 Indoor
Track
Notched a personal-best time of 16:03.68 in the
5,000-meter race at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 8-9)
… Member of the Distance Medley Relay Team that placed third
at the Hilton Garden Invitational (Feb. 1-2) with a time of
10:36.52 … Posted a season-best time of 4:33.64 in the mile
run at the SoCon Championships (Feb. 22-23) … Added a time
of 9:16.07 in the 3,000-meter race at the Hokie Invitational (Jan.
25-26).
2012 Cross
Country
Turned in a season-best time of 26:53.56 in the
8,000-meter race at the Greater Louisville Classic (Sept. 29)
… Posted a career-best time of 33:48.76 in the 10,000-meter
race at the NCAA Southeast Regionals (Nov. 9) … Placed
seventh at the Elon Invitational (Sept. 15) in a time of 26:54.
2012 Outdoor
Track
In his first meet of the outdoor season, ran a time of 10:00.26 in
the 3,000m steeplechase to finish 14th overall (Mar
16) … ran a season best time in the 1,500m at the Duke
Invitational, crossing the line in 4:07.23 to finish in
47th overall (April 6) ... SoCon Academic Honor
Roll … recipient of the Commissioner’s
Medal.
2011-12 Indoor
Track
Began with a season best performance in the 3,000m at the
Dick Taylor Invite crossing the line in a time of 9:02.11 to finish
eighth overall (Jan 13) … ran a season best time of 4:27.69
in the mile run at the Fast Track Invite (Feb 11) … In his
only attempt at the 5,000m, ran a personal best time of 16:09.88 at
the Hokie Invitational (Jan 21) … SoCon Academic
All-Conference.
2011 Cross
Country
Recorded a 28th-place finish to start the 2011
season at the Elon Invitational, completing the 8,000 meter course
in 27:02 (Sept 17) … finished 12th overall at the
Hagan Stone XC Classic in a time of 27:31 (Oct 1) … ran a
personal-best time of 26:17 en route to a 54th place
overall finish at the Southern Conference Championships (Oct 29)
… earned Academic All-Conference honors.
2011 Outdoor
Track
Earned SoCon Academic All-Conference honors for the outdoor
track season … set a new personal-best in the 1,500 meters
at the Wake Forest Open with a time of 4:04.93 to finish in
15th place … ran a 9:39.10 to
finish in 13th place in the 3,000
meter steeplechase at the Southern Conference Championship …
completed the steeplechase at the Raleigh Relays in a time of
9:53.30.
2010-11 Indoor
Track
Finished in 17th place at the
Niswonger Invitational in the mile after running at 4:30.52, which
was less than a second off his personal-best … ran a 9:11.28
in the 3,000 meters to set a new personal-best in his only attempt
in the event all season.
2010 Cross
Country
Set a new personal-best in the 8k at the Royal Cross
Country Challenge after running a 26:43.5 … previously set a
new personal-best earlier in the year at the Elon Invitational
after running at 27:22 … finished in 14th place
at the Greensboro XC Invitational after running a 28:03.2 …
ran a 29:05.70 at the Southern Conference Championship.
2010 Outdoor
Track
Earned SoCon Academic All-Conference honors for
the outdoor track season … set a new personal-best in the
1,500 meters at the Wake Forest Open with a time of 4:04.93 to
finish in 15th place … ran a 9:39.10 to
finish in 13th place in the 3,000 meter
steeplechase at the Southern Conference Championship …
completed the steeplechase at the Raleigh Relays in a time of
9:53.30.
2009-10 Indoor
Track
Set a personal-best in the mile at the SoCon
Championships with a time of 4:29.72 … posted a 4:36.10 at
the Tiger Paw Invitational in the mile … also ran the mile
in 4:48.69 at the Mountaineer Open … ran the third leg of
the distance-medley relay team that ran a season-best time of
10:35.58 at the SoCon Championships … clocked a 2:01.63 in
the 800 meters at the Niswonger Invitational in his try in the
event.
2009 Cross
Country
Ran a season-best 27:51.4 at the Charlotte Invitational
… also ran a 27:54.50 at the Blue Ridge Open …
completed the 8k course at the SoCon Championships in 28:42.37
… clocked a 29:14.30 at the Lou Onesty Invitational.
High
School
Ran track & field for two seasons and cross country
for one year for coach LaPointe at Hopewell High School in
Huntersville, N.C. ... was a state qualifier and all-conference
performer as a senior on the cross country team ... also named the
team MVP of the cross country team in his final season ...won the
Titan Award as a member of the track & field team ... was a
member of the 4x800 team that ran a 8:01.50 to finish in fifth
place at the state championship meet ... has the school record in
the 1,600 meters (4:32) and the 3,200 meters (10:09) ... was a
member of the National Technical Honor Society and the soccer team
as well.
Personal
Taylor James Day ... born February 26, 1991 in Plano,
Texas ... son of Jim and Kathy Day ... majoring in kinesiology with
a concentration in sports medicine at UNCG.
Top
Performances
Cross Country
8k: 26:17.03 (Southern Conference Championships -
10/29/11)
10k: 33:48.76 (NCAA Southeast Regional - 11/9/12)
Indoor
800m: 2:01.63
Mile: 4:29.72
3000m: 9:11.28
5000m: 16:03.68 (Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational, 2/8/13)
Outdoor
Mile: 4:29.27 (High Point VertKlasse, 3/23/13)
800m: 2:01.64
1,500m: 4:04.93
3,000m: 9:23.37
3,000m steeplechase: 9:39.10
