Jaabir Taylor
Jaabir Taylor
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- Height:
- 6'0
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- Hometown:
- Plymouth, Tabago
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- Year:
- So
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- High School:
- Scarborough Secondary
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- Team:
- Indoor/Outdoor
Bio
College Bests
- Indoor 400M – 51.47 (Celebration Pointe Classic, February 3, 2024)
- Outdoor 200M – 22.66 (PURE Athletics Spring Invitational, April 20, 2024)
- Outdoor 400M – 50.21 (East Coast Relays, April 27, 2024)
2024
- Competed in four indoor track & field meets, primarily in the 400M event
- Competed in eight outdoor track & field meets running primarily the 200M and the 400M events
- Feb. 8, 2024 – Named NJCAA Track & Field Athlete of the Week, first in program and Region 8 history
- February 2024 Lakehawk of the Month
- Earned the Lakehawk Academic Award
- 2023-24 Sun-Lakes Conference Academic Team (3.00-3.29 GPA) – Cross Country / Track & Field
- 2023-24 FCSAA All-State Academic Team (3.30-3.59 GPA) – Cross Country / Track & Field
- 2023-24 NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.60+ GPA) – Cross Country / Track & Field
- Member of the 2023-24 NJCAA All-Academic Team Award (Team GPA of 3.00) – Cross Country / Track & Field
Personal
- Majoring in exercise science with plans to transfer to a university after Lake-Sumter
- Chose to run at the collegiate level to use this time as a pathway to eventually run professionally
- Off the course, he enjoys listening to music
- Son to Hazel and Vaughn Taylor
News mentions
First national recognition for Taylor and LSSC Track & Field
Four Lakehawks recorded PRs from previous meet
Five Lakehawks recorded PRs from previous meet
Five Lakehawks competed in the program’s first team meet