Kellyn Taylor
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July 22, 1986
.jpg) Taylor at the 2017 London Marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Kellyn Johnson July 22, 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 5000 meters, Marathon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hoka One One Northern Arizona Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Wichita State Shockers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kellyn Taylor (née Johnson; born July 22, 1986) is an American long distance runner.
Kellyn graduated from Sussex Hamilton High School in Wisconsin where she was a state 1600 meter champion as a senior. Kellyn earned District Runner of the Year honors and was a four-year Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state qualifier in both cross country and track. Kellyn lettered in cross country, basketball, and track.[citation needed]
NCAA
In 2009, she finished 3rd at the NCAA indoor championships in the mile for the Wichita State Shockers.[1]
Johnson, a 2006 graduate from Cloud County, is an aspiring Olympian and was a perennial All-American during her college career as a cross country and track athlete in Concordia for the Cloud County Thunderbirds for the Cloud County Community College and at Wichita State University. "She had an outstanding career when she was here. She ran everything from the 4X400 relay clear up the longest distance races like the 5,000-meter," said Cloud County head women's track coach, Ted Schmitz. "She was a driven athlete that hated to lose. She'd do anything to win a race. I hope our kids take away that hard work gets you places. Sometimes you might have to face adversity, but if you have a goal you need to stay with it and pursue your dream." Taylor, who met her husband Kyle Taylor while in Concordia, still owns the school records at Cloud County in the indoor distance medley relay (12:38.22), 1,000-meter run (2:57.9), mile run (4:59.5), and outdoor 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:25.9).[2]
Her success continued at Wichita State where Taylor finished third at the 2009 indoor NCAA Championships in the mile, and 10th in the 5000-meter outdoor championships.
| Representing Wichita State University | ||||||
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| School Year | Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championship | NCAA Cross Country Championship | Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track Championship | NCAA Indoor Track Championship | Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track Championship | NCAA Outdoor Track Championship |
| 2009 Senior | 3000 Meters, 1st, 9:24.33 5000 Meters, 1st, 16:11.77 | Mile, 3rd, 4:34.41 | 1500 Meters, 1st, 4:20.82 5000 Meters, 1st, 16:32.56 | 5000 m, 10th, 16:45.34 | ||
| 2008 Junior | 1st | 5000m 1st, 17:06.99 | ||||
| 3000m 2nd, 9:53.57 | ||||||
| Mile, 3rd, 4:55.42 | ||||||
| 2007 Sophomore | 5000m 1st, 16:51.32 | 5000m 26th, 16:45.82 | ||||
| 1500m 1st, 4:30.00 | ||||||
| Representing Cloud County Community College | ||||||
| School Year | Cross Country Championship | NJCAA Cross Country Championship | Indoor Track Championship | NJCAA Indoor Track Championship | Outdoor Track Championship | NJCAA Outdoor Track Championship |
| 2006 Freshman | 3000 M steeplechase 2nd, 11:26.55 | |||||
| 2005 Freshman | Mile 2nd, 5:07.23 | |||||
