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2013 Outdoor Roster

Taylor Purdue

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-0
  • Hometown Highland Lakes, NJ
  • High School Vernon Twp.

Biography

2013 Outdoor: finished ninth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:16.62) at the NCAA Division III Championships (May 23)… a member of the winning 4x400 meter relay (3:15.20) at the conference meet to earn New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) All-Conference first team honors… placed second in the 400 (48.55) and third in the 200 (22.40) meters at the NJAC Championships (May 5) to earn All-Conference second team and honorable mention, respectively… captured fourth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:18.13) and 21st in the 400 meters (50.01) at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships (May 16)... named to the Capital One/College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America second team… received United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors… a member of the Philadelphia Inquirer Men's Track and Field Academic All-Area Team… qualified for the NJAC All-Academic second team… a Rowan Scholar-Athlete

2013 Indoor: posted a third place finish in the 400 meters (49.64) and the 4x400 meter relay (3:23.61) at the NJAC Championships (Feb. 22) to earn All-Conference honorable mention… placed fifth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:20.24) and 10th in the 400 meters (49.74) at the ECAC Championships (Mar. 2)… came in fourth in the 400 meters (51.43) at the Thomson Invitational (Jan. 26)

2012 Outdoor: ran the second leg of the national champion 4x400 meter relay (3:10.56) at the NCAA Division III Championships for All-America honors… a member of the first place 4x400 meter relay (3:17.29) at the NJAC Championships (May 5) for All-Conference first team honors… ran a top time of 50.40 in the 400 meters at the conference championships… produced a career best in the 800 meters (2:03.19) at the Danny Curran Invitational (Mar. 31)… on the first place 4x400 meter relay at the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet (May 14) (3:12.94), ECAC Championships (May 17) (3:14.73), Penn Relays (Apr. 27) (3:15.62) and University of Pennsylvania Invitational (Apr. 7) (3:15.90)… inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society… earned NJAC All-Academic honorable mention… named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America and All-District II first teams… chosen the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year and to the Academic All-Area Team… selected to the USTFCCCA Division III All-Academic Track & Field Team… a Rowan Scholar-Athlete

2012 Indoor: was on the third place All-America 4x400 meter relay that ran 3:19.20 at the NCAA Division III Championships (Mar. 9)… ran second on the winning 4x400 meter relay (3:18.55) at the NJAC Championships (Feb. 24)… was the third leg of the 4x200 meter relay that came in second with a time of 1:30.21 at the conference championships… received NJAC All-Conference first (4x400 meter relay) and second (4x200 meter relay) team honors… was on the 4x400 meter relay that took second place (3:16.34) at the ECAC Championships (Mar. 2)… ran on the first place 4x200 (1:32.47) and 4x400 (3:22.73) meter relays at the Collegiate Track Conference Championships (Feb. 11)… season best of 52.17 in the 400 meters came at the Princeton Invitational (Feb. 18)

2011 Outdoor: the second leg of the national championship 4x400 meter relay (3:11.45) at the NCAA Division III Championships (May 28) for All-America honors… the third leg of Rowan’s 29th place 4x200 meter relay at the Penn Relays (Apr. 29)… produced a season best time of 11.69 in the 100 meters at the Rowan Open (Apr. 8)… posted a career best time of 49.51 in the 400 meters at the University of Pennsylvania Invitational (Apr. 2)… earned NJAC All-Conference second team honors as part of the first place 4x400 meter relay (3:15.14) at the conference championships (May 7)… received NJAC All-Academic honorable mention… named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team… a Rowan Scholar-Athlete

2011 Indoor: ran a season best 51.54 in the 400 meters at the NJAC Championships (Feb. 20)… at the Frank Colden Invitational (Feb. 5) was on the winning 4x400 meter relay (3:31.50)… at the CTC Championships (Feb. 12) was on the winning 4x400 meter relay (3:26.93)… at the NJAC Championships (Feb. 20) was on the winning 4x400 meter relay (3:22.28)… finished second in the 400 meters (52.14) at the Frank Colden Invitational (Feb. 5)… at the Thomson Invitational (Jan. 29) was on the third place 4x400 meter relay (3:34.54)… finished third at the CTC Championships (Feb. 12) in the 400 meters (51.97)… a member of the 4x400 meter relay named to the NJAC All-Conference First Team

2010 Outdoor: ran a season best of 23.55 in the 200 meters at the Lions’ Invitational (Apr. 24)… had a season top time in the 400 meters (50.63) at the NJAC Championships (May 8)… member of the 4x100 (43.29) and 4x400 (3:26.25) meter relays at the conference championships… competed in the 200 (23.56) and 400 meters (50.79) at the Lions’ Last Chance Meet (May 20)… part of the 4x400 meter relay that had a time of 3:25.06 at the Princeton Elite Meet (May 1)… Rowan Scholar-Athlete

HS: a graduate of Vernon Township High School… lettered in outdoor track and field for four years and football for three… captain of the track and field team his senior year… Viking Club award winner for track