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 Taylor Wendler
Taylor Wendler

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Syracuse, N.Y.

High School:
Cicero-North

Event:
Distance


02/11/2012

Orta Leads UK Distance Runners at Day One of Husky Classic

Junior clocks fourth fastest 5,000m run in program history

02/11/2012

Tyson Runs Second Fastest 200m Dash in School History

Tyson breaks her own freshman record in the 200m dash in racing to a first-place finish

01/28/2012

Tyson Breaks Freshman Record on Day Two of Rod McCravy

Senior high jumper Terri-Ann Grant records second-best mark in program history

01/27/2012

Boyd Cracks UK Top-10 in Long Jump at Rod McCravy

Freshman ties seventh best long jump mark in program history

01/13/2012

Kennard Paces Wildcats in Opening Day of Kentucky Invitational

Kentucky opens season with three athletes finishing in top five of respective events

2010-11 (Freshman): Cross Country - Recorded her best time of the season in the 5K (17:43.11) at the Greater Louisville Invitational ... Had the best time on the team at the Greater Louisville Invitational, and finished in 28th place overall ... Crossed the finish line with the best time on the team at the Blue Ridge Open and finished in 15th place overall ... Had the best or second best time on the team in five of six races ... Finished in seventh place overall at the San Francisco Invitational and the Iona College Meet of Champions ... Finished the SEC Championship in 30th place with a time of 21:51.27, her top time on the season in a 6K race ... Had five top-30 finishes on the year. Indoor - Finished with Kentucky's second best time for the season in the one-mile run and 3,000m run ... Best run in the one-mile came at the Rod McCravy meet ... Best run in the 3,000m came at the Husky Classic. Outdoor - Led the Wildcats in the 3,000m run with a team season-best time of 10:15.04 ... Competed in the 800m, 1,500m, 3,000m and 5,000m runs ... Earned her fastest time in the 800m run at the Border Battle ... Competed at the Florida Relays, finishing with her season-best time in the 1,500m run ... Ran her season-best time in the 5,000m run at the Payton Jordan Invite.

High School
: A three time cross country league champion (2006, 2007, 2008) ... Led indoor track team to four straight league championships ... Led indoor track team to three section 3 championships (2007,2008,2010) ... a three time outdoor track league champion (2007,2008,2010) ... a three time outdoor track section 3 champion (2007,2008,2009) ... finished fifth in the indoor track 4xmile at NCIC National Championship (2009) ... named to the Footlocker cross-country All-Northeast regional team (2009) ... placed third in the state, fourth in the federation in the 3000 meter state championships (2010) ... finished first in DMR at NSIC National Championships (2010) ... placed third in the mile at the NSIC national Championships (2010) ... finished fourth in the outdoor track 4x mile at New Balance Nationals (2010) ... holds the indoor track school records for the 1500, 1600, mile, 3000, DMR (anchor), 4x800 (anchor) ... holds the indoor track section 3 record for DMR (anchor) ... holds the outdoor track school records in the 3000, DMR (anchor), 4xmile (anchor), SMR (anchor) ... holds the outdoor track section 3 records for SMR (anchor), 4xmile (anchor) ... honored with the NY State Scholar Athlete Award (for all 12 sports seasons participated in) for maintaining a 90% GPA during their sports seasons ... member of the Honor Society and the Math Honor Society.

Personal:
Full name is Taylor Marie Wendler ... born July 15, 1992 ... parents are Michael and Carol Wendler ... was coached by Curtis Merrick at Cicero-North Syracuse ... earned varsity letters from 9th grade onwards . Major is accounting.

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