Taylor Carlson

Class: Sophomore Hometown: San Antonio, Texas High School: Winston Churchill

Position: Distances Experience: SQ

2011-12 (Cross Country): A consistent presence in Washington's top-seven during a solid sophomore season ... began the year with an eighth-place finish at the Sundodger Invite, a ten spot improvement from the previous year, and fourth among Huskies ... finished 56th at the inaugural Pac-12 Championships in Arizona, running 24:57 to finish sixth on the team ... sixth on the team again at NCAA West Regionals, placing 126th ... also ran sixth on the squad at the Roy Griak Invite in 118th-place ... ran in the B-race at the Wisconsin Invitational, finishing 38th overall.

2010-11: Ran the mile up through the 5,000-meters in first full track season ... placed fourth in the 3,000m at the UW-WSU dual meet in a time of 8:23.58 ... ran 3:55.43 in the 1,500-meters at the Oregon Relays ... indoors, finished with a strong mile time of 4:12.09 at the UW Final Qualifier ... ran a 5k PR of 14:32.36 at the MPSF Championships, 24th overall ... season-best 3k time of 8:23.21 at the Husky Classic ... (Cross Country): Made major strides during his second full season on the squad, and first official season in the UW jersey ... scored for the Huskies for the first time at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing 95th overall ... ran at his first Pac-10 Championships, placing seventh on the team and 54th overall at Jefferson Park Golf Course ... ran in UW's top seven again at NCAA West Regionals, placing 77th overall in his first career 10k, helping the team to a sixth-place finish ... at the Sundodger, placed 18th, an improvement of over thirty spots from the previous year and nearly 90-seconds faster ... was 11th overall, fifth among Huskies, at the first UW-WSU dual meet, helping the Huskies to the win.

2009-10: 2010: Showed great progress during the course of the indoor season ... cut more than 40 seconds off his 3,000-meter time in just two weeks, running a personal-best time of 8:31.75 at the Husky Classic ... dropped more than five seconds off his previous mile time at the UW Final Qualifier with a 4:19.82 effort ... redshirted the outdoor season, competing three times unattached ... (Cross Country): Redshirted the season to preserve a year of eligibility, competing three times unattached ... finished 49th at the Sundodger in his first college meet ... was ninth at the Emerald City Open, the fifth-finisher from UW ... placed 41st at the Mike Hodges Invite in 21:15 for four-miles.

High School and Personal: Born in Cleveland, Ohio ... parents are Susan and Jon Carlson ... has one older brother, Nick ... mother Susan and brother Nick both attended Washington, Nick graduating in 2006 ... an All-District cross country selection as a senior after placing fifth at the district meet ... was second in the 3200 and fourth in the 1600 at the track district meet and qualified for regionals ... was 11th in the '09 Woodlands Regional Qualifier 1600m in 4:20.22 and finished 10th at the Schrader 1600 in 4:20.35 ... ran at the Nike Cross Nationals South Region meet in 2008, placing 8th in the open 5k ... ran mile PR at Congress Avenue Mile in 2009, taking 13th in 4:15.55 ... graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA ... was an eagle scout and vice president of the national honor society and member of PALs outreach program for low-income kids.

Major Meets
2010 Pac-10 XC - 54th (7th UW)
2010 Regional XC - 77th (7th UW)
2011 MPSF TF - 29th, 3000m; 24th, 5000m
2011 Pac-12 XC - 56th (6th UW)
2011 Regional XC - 126th (6th UW)

Collegiate Best Marks
1500m.......3:55.43
Mile.......4:12.09
3000m.......8:23.21i / 8:23.58
5000m.......14:32.36i / 14:50.04