Taylor Fan - Sophomore Taylor
is a second year high school cross country runner
and two year Letterman.
Son of Tim and Jodi Fan. |
2018 & 2019 Letterman 400 Mile Club in 2019 2019 Most Improved Runner Award Winner 2019 Sportsmanship Award Winner 2018 Personal Best Time 19:42 2019 Personal Best Time 17:50 (17:49*) Fastest Top Sophomore Times List for the Springfield, PND, U-High & Metamora Invitationals & Conference Meet 2018 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October 2019 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September & October 2019 State Qualifier - alternate |
As
a freshman, Taylor joins our team with
junior high cross country and track
experience. Taylor has shown
himself to be very driven and
motivated. He started the summer
off with strong miles until he broke
his toes. He worked his way back
from this injury. We held him
out of the first meet to allow him to
get fully healed. Taylor opened
up his high school career with a solid
race. He did well coming off an
injury without having full
workouts. He broke 20 minutes to
run a 19:58 at the Monticello
triangular meet. He placed 31st
overall. Taylor had an
improvement at the Peoria Notre Dame
Invitational where he cut off 16
seconds. He ran a 19:42 to place
293rd in the fresh/soph race. He
helped his team place 15th in the
meet. Taylor earned a spot on
the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country
Leaders List in October. As a sophomore, Taylor had a great summer training year. He ran enough miles to earn a spot on our team's 400 mile club. Taylor's first race was at the Springfield Invitational. Despite it being a very challenging course he still managed to run a lifetime best. He ran a 19:40. This time was fast enough to earn him the 44th spot on our team's fastest top sophomore times list for the Springfield Invitational. He helped our varsity team place 6th out of 20 plus teams. He represented our varsity team well. Taylor had a major breakthrough at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational. He broke into the 18's for the first time. He had a major improvement of 1 minute and 31 seconds. His time was fast enough to earn him the 43rd spot on our team's fastest top sophomore times list for the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational. He helped our fresh/soph team place 16th out of 79 teams represented. Taylor earned enough varsity letter points after this meet to earn his 2nd Varsity XC letter. Taylor ran fast enough to earn a spot on the News Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September. Taylor ran a lifetime best at the Normal U-High Invitational. He cut off 9 seconds to run a 18:00. His time was fast enough to earn him the 21st spot on our team's fastest sophomore top times list at the U-High Invitational. Taylor cut another 11 seconds off at the Metamora Invitational. He broke into the 17s for the first time with a 17:49. Taylor earned the 33rd spot on our team's fastest sophomore top times list for the Metamora Invitational. Taylor had an amazing Conference meet. He ran 9th for the team and ran a lifetime 3 mile best on our very challenging course with a time of 17:50. He earned a spot on our team's fastest sophomore times list at the conference meet. He earned a spot on the News-Gazette's leaders list in October. He earned a spot on our team's State series roster. Taylor earned our team's most improved runner award. He cut off 1 minute and 53 seconds in a year. Taylor won our team's sportsmanship award. |