Taylor Day
Taylor Day
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