| Ryan Taylor |
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 | Class: Junior
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 | Hometown: Springfield, Mo.
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 | High School: Calibar
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 | Last College: Missouri State
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 | Event: Jumps
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 | Experience: SO
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Personal Bests
Long Jump: 24-6.25 (7.47)
Triple Jump: 53-0.75 (16.17)
On the National Stage ...
|| 2006 Outdoors || An NCAA regional qualifier in the long and triple jumps as a freshman at Missouri State ... Finished 11th in the triple jump, and 23rd in the long jump at the 2006 Mideast Regional Championships.
Before Penn State ...
|| At Missouri State || Competed for Penn State jumps coach Fritz Spence ... Finished second in both horizontal jumps at the 2006 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships ... Posted second-place finishes in both horizontals at the Tulsa Duals ... Finished second in the triple jump at the Jayhawk Invitational at Kansas.
|| High School ||
Finished third in the triple jump at 2005 Penn Relays, while competing for Calabar High ... Placed third in the triple jump at the 2004 Jamaican Boys and Girls National Championships.
|| Personal ||
Son of Nellie Blackwood and David Taylor ... Born November 4, 1986 ... Majoring in Mathematics.