Personal Bests
Indoors
Long Jump: 24-3.50 (7.38)
Triple Jump: 51-7.25 (15.73)
Outdoors
Long Jump: 24-4.25 (7.42)
Triple Jump: 51-9.25 (15.65)
On the National Stage ...
|| 2008 Outdoor || Competed in the long and triple jumps at the NCAA East Regional, finishing 15th in the long jump and 23rd in the triple jump. || 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.
At the Big Ten Championships ...
|| 2008 Outdoor || Took third in the triple jump and seventh in the long jump. || 2008 Indoor || Finished third in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump in his first Big Ten appearance.
In the Field ...
|| 2008 Outdoor || Won the long jump at the Bucknell Team Challenge, finished fourth at the Oregon Pepsi Challenge, and sixth at the Sun Angel Classic ... Finished third in the triple jump at Penn Relays and second at the Bucknell Team Challenge. || 2008 Indoor || Placed second in the triple jump and third in the long jump at the Penn State Open ... Jumped a personal-best and NCAA provisional qualifying 51-7.25 (15.73) in the triple jump to finish second at the Virginia Tech Last Chance.
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.