Derek Taylor
Distance 0
Ht
5'
9"
Class
Junior
Hometown
Portland, 
Roster Years
2005-2007


Personal

Born March 1983 in Portland, Ore. ... parents are Kelly and Susan Taylor ... served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico City ... majoring in physics and minoring in mathematics, philosophy and military science.

Before BYU

Lettered four times in both track and cross country, once in wrestling and once in marksmanship at Rogers High School ... member of the National Honor Society.

Stats

BEST TIMES: 3000m steeplechase - 9:02, 3000m - 8:24, mile - 4:15.40

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2005

Competed in the BYU Invitational and the Robison Invitational in the steeplechase.

Sophmore Year 2006

Finished fourth in the mile at the Mt. States Indoor Games with a time of 4:17.20 ... competed in the mile (4:15.40) at the Husky Indoor Classic ... placed fourth in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:30.01 at the ASU Invitational ... won the 3,000m steeplechase at the BYU Invite (9:31.16) and Robison Invitational (9:15.74) ... finished sixth in the 3,000m steeplechase at the MWC Outdoor Championships with a time of 9:28.81 ... completed the season with a 10th-place finish in the steeplechase (9:30.86) at the NCAA West Region Championships.

Junior Year 2007

Placed second in the 3,000 meters at the Cougar Indoor Invitational ... competed in the 3,000 meters at the Dan DeHart Invitational ... ran a season-best time in the 3,000 meters (8:24.22) at the Husky Classic ... ran a season-best time of 9:02.26 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational ... ran in the steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays ... placed seventh in the steeplechase at the Robison Invitational ... took fourth in the steeplechase at the MWC Championship meet ... competed in the steeplechase at the West Region meet.

Senior Year

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year