Michael Taylor

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Career Accolades

2018-19 (Sophomore)

2017-18 (Freshman)
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

SEC Championships

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

Regular Season

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:

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.