University of South Alabama Athletics

2018: Outdoor— Recorded a season-best triple jump mark of 11.56m at the Tiger Track Classic … Helped the 4 x 100m relay team to a fourth-place, 47.08-second finish at the Jaguar Classic; ran her best 100m hurdles time of the year at the same meet (15.05 seconds). Indoor— Finished fifth in the triple jump at the Jaguar Invitational (11.56m) and the Commodore Invitational (11.32m).
 
2017: Outdoor— Finished seventh in the Sun Belt Championships triple jump (12.23m) and 19th in the long jump (5.49m) ... Placed first in the triple jump at the Jaguar Opener with a 11.69m mark … Finished third in the Samford Track Challenge long jump, matching a personal-best mark of 5.64m … Finished 15th in the Tiger Track Classic 100m dash (15.00 seconds) and ninth in the triple jump (11.84m). Indoor— Placed in the top 20 at the Sun Belt Championships with a 5.61m effort in the long jump and a season-best 11.79m triple jump ... Placed eighth in the triple jump at the Samford Invite with a 11.39m effort and sixth in the long jump with a 5.64m mark ... Was a member of the 4 x 400m relay team which finished sixth (3:56.01) at the Samford Invite ... At the South Alabama Invitational, placed fifth in the triple jump (11.67m) and participated in the 4 x 400m relay and the 60m hurdles ... Placed 18th in the indoor pentathlon at the Samford Multis with a total of 2,319 points.

2016: Outdoor— Placed sixth in the triple jump (12.24m) and 11th in the heptathlon (4,371 points) at the Sun Belt Championships … Recorded a mark of 5.50m for third place in the long jump and a mark of 11.57m in the triple jump for fourth at the Jaguar Opener ... Placed second in the triple jump (11.36m) and sixth in the long jump (5.39m) at the Louisiana Classic … Captured top-10 performances at the South Alabama Invitational and the Jace Lacoste- Mississippi State Invitational in the long jump and the triple jump. Indoor— Placed third in the Jaguar Invitational long jump with a mark of 5.50m and fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 11.57m … Earned 3,009 points in the Samford pentathlon, including a fourth-place finish of 9.13 seconds in the 60m hurdles.

High School: Was a member of the Altamont High School in Birmingham, Ala., track team for six years, also lettering in basketball and volleyball ... Helped the Knights to the state 2A outdoor championship as a senior ... Won 21 individual state titles during her prep career while setting state records in the indoor and outdoor triple jump, the indoor long jump, and the outdoor 100m and 300m hurdles.

Personal: Full name is Taylor Nicole Young … Born Sept. 21, 1996, in Birmingham, Ala. … Daughter of Cedric Young and Nicole Shelton ... Cousin, Charlton Young, played basketball at Georgia Southern from 1990-93 and was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 2008 ... Favorite movies are "The Book of Eli" and "Coming To America" ... Favorite book is "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" ... Favorite team is the Golden State Warriors ... Favorite athletes are Lolo Jones and Serena Williams ... Favorite musical artist is Kanye West ... Favorite subjects are math, psychology and history ... Would like to attend medical school and become a psychiatrist … Enjoys reading and listening to music in her spare time.

Major: Interdisciplinary Studies