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2012-13 Track & Field

Taylor Cook

  • Position:
    PV
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Watauga H.S.
  • Hometown:
    Boone, N.C.

Summary

Biography

2012 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: Consistentperformer finished the Outdoor season with a top 10 showing in thepole vault in all six meets … Took eighth place at 2012 BigSouth Outdoor Championships, achieving a season best distance of3.55 m … Finished second (3.35 m) a the WinthropInvitational … Took third (3.37 m) at the Winthrop Twilightmeet … Rose up for a fourth place finish (3.35 m) at theCoastal Carolina Invitational … Earned a fifth place finish(3.35 m) at the Weems Baskin Invitational … Finished eighthbest (3.35 m) at the 49er Classic ... Member of the 2011-12 BigSouth Presidential Honor Roll.

2011-12 Indoor at Gardner-Webb: Set apersonal best height of 3.50 m, recording a fourth place finish inthe Pole Vault at the Niswonger Invitaional ... Finished in ninthplace in the Pole Vault at 2011-12 Big South Conference IndoorChampionships, vaulting to a height of 3.46 m ... Took seventhplace in the Pole Vault (3.46m) at the Tiger Paw Invitational ...Also competed in the Pole Vault at the Dick Taylor Invitational,finishing tenth (3.20 m) in the event.

2011 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: Finishedfifth in the pole vault event with a personal best height of 3.55meters at the 2011 Big South Outdoor Track & FieldChampionships ... Recorded a fourth-place finish with a height of3.40 meters in the pole vault event at the Carolina's Cup ... Alsopicked up a fourth-place finish in the pole vault event at theAsics/Winthrop Invitational with a mark of 3.40 meters ... Finishedtied for fourth overall at the 49er Classic with a mark of 3.35meters in the pole vault event ... Took sixth-place in the polevault event at the Terrier Relays, clearing the bar at 3.20 meters... Also competed at the Clemson Tiger Final Qualifier.

2010-11 Indoor atGardner-Webb: Earned an eighth-place finish inthe pole vault at the 2010-11 Big South Conference IndoorChampionships, clearing the bar at a height of 3.30 meters ...Recorded a personal record height of 3.35 meters in the pole vaultat the Niswonger Invitational en route to a 10th-place finish ...Came in fourth at the Appalachian Opener, vaulting to a height of3.21 meters ... Tied for eighth in the pole vault event at theTiger Paw Invitational (3.15 m) ... Finished seventh in the polevault at the Appalachian Collegiate Indoor (3.21 m) ... Placedeighth at the Liberty Open, recording a height of 3.15 meters inthe pole vault event.

2010 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: Set a newpersonal best height and finished in sixth-place in the pole vaultwith a height of 3.26 meters (10'8.25") at the 2010 Big SouthChampionships ... Won the pole vault event with a first-placeheight of 3.20 meters (10'6") at the 2010 Aggie Relays ... Finishedin a tie for second-place at the Charlotte 49er Classic with aheight of 3.20 meters (10'6") ... Too third-place overall at theInaugural Carolinas Cup, clearing the bar at 3.20 meters (10'6")... Placed sixth in the pole vault with a height of 3.08 meters(10'1.25") at the Orange & Purple Classic ... Finished inninth-place overall at the Asics Winthrop Invitational with aheight of 3.05 meters (10') ... Turned in a mark of 3.25 meters(10'8") in the pole vault event at the Jesse Owens Classic.

2009-10 Indoor at Gardner-Webb: Picked upa fifth-place finish in the pole vault event with a personal bestmark of 3.35 meters (10'11.75") at the 2010 Big South IndoorChampionships ... Took third-place at the Appalachian Open in thepole vault event, clearing the bar at 3.35 meters (10'11.75") ...Placed fifth overall in the pole vault event with a height of 3.22meters (10'6.75") at the Appalachian Mountaineer Open ... Finishedin seventh-place with a height of 3.20 meters (10'6") in the polevault at the Appalachian Invitational.

High School: Attended and prepped atWatauga High School in Boone, N.C. under head coach Daniel Isaacs... Was a four year letterwinner award winner ... Was named to theAll-Conference team in the high jump, long jump, triple jump andthe 100 meter hurdles as a senior ... Was a four-time IndoorNational Qualifier in the pole vault ... Was also named to theAll-State Indoor Team four times and the All-State Outdoor Teamthree-times in the pole vault event ... Was a four-timeAll-Conference selection in the pole vault event ... Was a two-timeregional champion and two-time conference champion in the polevault event ... Was the Outdoor State Champion in the pole vault asa junior, clearing the bar at 11 feet ... Was the Indoor StateChampion in the pole vault her senior season, clearing the baragain at 11 feet ... Was named the team's Indoor and Outdoor Trackand Field as both a junior and a senior ... Was a two-time captainfor both the Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Teams ... Wastagged the North Carolina All-Piedmont Field Athlete of the Year asa junior ... Won the Coach's Award as a sophomore and the MostImproved Field Athlete Award as a freshman ... Was a Wendy's HighSchool Heisman winner ... Also was a member of the National HonorSociety and the National Beta Club.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2010-11Sophomore

    PV
    5'6"
  • 2011-12Junior

    PV
    5'6"
  • 2012-13Senior

    PV
    5'6"