Taylor Bluemel

Bio

2018 at Taylor: Continued as a top-five competitor for the Trojans during junior season … Raced in all six meets … Broke the 19:00-minute mark six times … Posted a personal-best time of 18:05.4 at NAIA Nationals … Finished top-10 overall for every regular season race … Named Crossroads League Runner of the Week … Logged four of the top-15 times for the Trojans during the 2018 season … Finished third place at league meet and named to All-Crossroads League Team for the third year … Finished 31st at NAIA National Championships … Named NAIA Scholar-Athlete … Selected First-Team CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District and All-American.

2017 at Taylor: Took the next step as a top performer for the TU squad … Competed in all seven contests … Logged six sub-18:54 times, including a season-best time of 18:28.0 at the Bethel Invite … Landed in the top three Taylor finishers at each race … Raced to five top-10 placements … Turned in the eighth, ninth, and 12th best times for the Trojans during the 2017 season … Took 48th place at NAIA Nationals, finishing third among TU’s competitors … Named to the All-Crossroads League Team … Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honor … Selected First-Team CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District and All-America.

2016 at Taylor: Made immediate contribution during rookie season and improved as year advanced … Raced in all seven competitions … Posted improved times in each of final four showings of the regular season… Ran season-best mark of 18:42.3 at Crossroads League Championships in final performance of regular season … Time at league meet was the ninth-fastest of the season for TU and ranked 15th on the program’s all-time list … Cracked the 19:00 minute mark in each of final three races … Scored in all seven meets for Trojans … Finished inside TU’s top-three in each of final four competitions … Picked up four top-20 overall finishes and pair of top-10 efforts … Placed second among all Taylor individuals and seventh overall at Crossroads League Championships for best finish of season … Earned All-Crossroads League honors … Finished 117th at NAIA National Championships.

Prep: Excelled in cross country and track during standout prep career at Brodhead High … Three-time team Most Valuable Player in cross country … Earned trio of All-Rock Valley Conference nods … Served as team captain during two seasons … Set program record for fastest cross country time at Brodhead … Claimed RVC South Division Championships … Wisconsin State Championships Qualifier … Also set Brodhead records on the track in the 1,600-meter run and 3,200-meter relay … Won RVC Championships in each event … Logged three top-six showings at Wisconsin State Division II Championships … Four-time member of Academic Honor Roll … Four-time recipient of Rock Valley Conference Academic Top-10 Award … Named Academic All-Wisconsin as a senior … Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Kevin and Heather Bluemel … Parents both graduated from Taylor University … Majoring in elementary education.