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Michael Taylor
- Position:
- Back
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Alpharetta, Ga.
- High School:
- Johns Creek
Career Accolades
NCAA Championships
Career-Best Times at Florida:
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
- All-American
- 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2018 First Team All-SEC
- 2018 All-SEC Freshman Team
- UF Records Held:
- 200 MR - 1:22.23 - 2018 NCAA Championships
- Redshirt
NCAA Championships
- Qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championships in the 100 back, 200 back and 200 MR
- Earned All-American honors after the Gator 200 MR placed third overall at the Meet (1:22.23 - a UF record)
- Finished 24th in the 100 back with a time of 46.23 and 34th in the 200 back with a time of 1:43.10
- Member of the 2018 SEC Championship-winning team
- Earned First Team All-SEC honors and All-SEC Freshman accolades for his performance at the SEC Championships
- Took gold in the 200 MR (1:22.94) after a 21.11 backstroke split
- Swam in the first A-final of his Gator career, finishing fifth overall in the 100 back with a time of 46.60
- Also earned valuable points in the 200 back, winning the consolation final with a time of 1:41.52
- Placed 28th in the 100 fly with a career-best time of 47.90
- Totaled four individual and six relay wins in the 2017-18 season
- Posted three career-best times at Florida’s Last Chance Meet: 200 free (1:39.09), 100 back (46.16) and 200 back (1:40.28)
- Recorded three B-cuts during the season: 100 fly (47.90), 100 back (46.16) and 200 back (1:40.28)
Career-Best Times at Florida:
| 50 Free | 20.29 | Purdue Invitational | Nov. 16-18, 2017 |
| 100 Free | 46.21 | Purdue Invitational | Nov. 16-18, 2017 |
| 200 Free | 1:39.09 | Last Chance Meet | Feb. 23-25, 2018 |
| 100 Fly | 47.90 | SEC Championships | Feb. 14-18, 2018 |
| 200 Fly | 1:51.59 | FSU | Jan. 5, 2018 |
| 50 Back | 21.49 | FAU | Jan. 6, 2018 |
| 100 Back | 46.16 | Last Chance Meet | Feb. 23-25, 2018 |
| 200 Back | 1:40.28 | Last Chance Meet | Feb. 23-25, 2018 |
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
- 2016-17 USA Swimming National Team member and member of the National Junior Team for three years
- 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualifier, finishing fifth in the 100 back finals (54.04) and seventh in the 200 back finals (1:57.86)
- Earned gold medals in the 100 back (54.21), 200 back (1:57.39) and 400 medley relay (54.21 back split) at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships
- Placed second in the 200 back (1:58.10) at the 2015 Phillips 66 National Championships
- Earned two silver medals in the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships, one in the 100 back (54.64) and the other in the 200 back (1:58.39)
- Holds the Georgia high school record in the 100 back (47.17), which he set at the 2016 6A state championships
- 2014 and 2015 Speedo Winter Junior champion in the 200 back.
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Friday, October 24
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Friday, October 24
Game Time presented by Tower Hill Insurance (October 24, 2025)
Friday, October 24
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