| Hill Taylor |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Birmingham, Ala.
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| High School:
Mountain Brook
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| Height:
5-10
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| Event:
Fly/Back
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| Experience:
3L
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• Seven-time All-American
• American record holder (200y medley relay)
• Big 12 Champion
• 2009 Big 12 Championships Men's Swimmer of the Meet
2009 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
• placed 11th in the 100m butterfly (53.09) and 23rd in the 200 backstroke (56.87)
2008 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
•placed 22nd in the 100m butterfly (53.80) and 47th in the 100m backstroke (57.15)
AS A JUNIOR (2008-09)
• teamed up with Agustin Magruder, Ricky Berens and Dave Walters to place fourth in the 400 medley relay (3:03.92) at the NCAA Championships; led off the relay in 45.17
• joined Scott Jostes, Magruder and Jimmy Feigen to set a new American record and place fifth in the 200 medley relay (1:23.97) at the NCAA Championships; split 20.12 on the butterfly leg
• placed third in the 100 backstroke (45.41), fifth in the 100 butterfly (45.48) and sixth in the 200 backstroke (1:40.54) at the NCAA Championships
• teamed up with Magruder, Berens and Feigen to win the 200 medley relay (1:24.23) at the Big 12 Championships; led off in 21.46
• teamed up with Magruder, Berens and Feigen to win the 400 medley relay (3:06.40) at the Big 12 Championships; led off in 46.03
• won the 100 butterfly (45.57) and the 100 backstroke (45.65) and took second in the 200 butterfly (1:44.27) at the Big 12 Championships
• took second in the 100 backstroke (48.88) against SMU
• claimed the 100 butterfly (48.16) against Texas A&M
• placed second in the 100 backstroke (48.66) against Arizona
• claimed the 100 butterfly (48.22) at Georgia
• placed third in the 200 backstroke (1:48.48) at Auburn
• won the 100 backstroke (46.41) and took third in the 100 butterfly (46.69), third in the 200 backstroke (1:42.80) and seventh in the 200 butterfly (1:46.40) at the Texas Invitational
• placed second in the 100 backstroke (49.13) against Indiana and Michigan
AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08)
• earned his first career All-America honors by placing sixth in the 100 butterfly (46.07) and seventh in the 100 backstroke (47.02) at the NCAA Championships; clocked career best of 46.98 in 100 backstroke preliminary round
• placed 17th in the 200 backstroke (1:43.72) at the NCAA Championships
• split 45.43 on the butterfly leg during the preliminary round of the 400 medley relay at the NCAA Championships
• placed second in the 100 butterfly (46.92), second in the 100 backstroke (47.28) and fourth in the 200 backstroke (1:45.53) at the Big 12 Championships
• placed seventh in the 100 backstroke (48.07), fifth in the 200 backstroke consolation final (1:46.13) and second in the 100 butterfly consolation final (47.63) at the Texas Invitational
• took second in the 100 backstroke (48.88) against Texas A&M
• placed third in the 100 backstroke against Georgia (50.47), Arizona (49.04) and SMU (49.21)
AS A FRESHMAN (2006-07)
• placed 17th in the 100-yard backstroke (47.58) and 20th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:44.17) at the NCAA Championships
• swam the backstroke leg (22.25) of UT's first-place 200-yard medley relay (1:26.47) at the Big 12 Championships
• placed second in the 100 backstroke (47.88) and fourth in the 200 backstroke (1:45.88) at the Big 12 Championships
• took sixth place in the 100 backstroke (50.22), seventh in the 200 backstroke (1:50.04) and fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (49.75) at the Texas Invitational
• tied with classmate Ricky Berens for first in the 100 backstroke (49.54) against Texas A&M
• posted NCAA provisional-qualifying marks in the 100 backstroke (47.41, 47.88) at the Big 12 Championships nationally
• placed 28th in the 100-meter backstroke (57.60) and 38th in the 100-meter butterfly (55.08) at the 2007 USA Swimming National Championships
HIGH SCHOOL
• six-time state high school champion
• state record holder in the 100 butterfly (formerly held by Texas-Ex Rainer Kendrick) and 100 backstroke
• held the fastest 100-yard backstroke time among high school seniors, nationally, with a time of 48.56
• placed 18th at the 2004 summer nationals in the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 56.18
• placed 32nd and 37th in the 100-meter backstroke (58.93) and 100-meter butterfly (56.85) respectively at the 2005 world championship trials
PERSONAL
Born on Aug. 6, 1987 in Birmingham, Ala. ... son of Chip and Louise Taylor... has one brother, Conrad, 20 ... his uncle, Mike Fuller, played football at Auburn and for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals and San Diego Chargers in the 1970s and 1980s ... a finance major.
