Taylor Reynolds Class: Junior Hometown: St. Louis, Mo. High School: Webster Groves Height: 5-10 Position: Freestyle

2011-12: Limited by injury during the fall season ... Competed only in the preliminary heats of the 50 breast at Northwestern's own eight-team TYR Invitational ... After her full return in the winter, finished the season ranked first in the 50 and 100 freestyle races on NU's top times list for 2011-12 ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships, competing in the 50 free (36th) and the 100 free (48th) ... Despite the short training season, had the best Big Ten Championships of her career ... Qualified for the championship final of the 100 free, placing sixth after a career-best and NCAA `B' provisional qualifying time of 49.30 in the prelims and a 49.33 in the finals ... The 49.30 ranks her third in the event in Northwestern history ... In the 50 free, first qualified for the consolation final with a `B' time of 22.99 before crushing the field to win that heat in a then-career-best 22.68 ... Later lowered that 50 free time with a 22.46 in a time trial ... Further lowered her 50 free time to a career-best 22.42 at the Boiler-Make-It meet (2/25) ... Swam with Northwestern's 200 free, 400 free, 200 medley and 400 medley relays at the Big Ten Championships, earning NCAA `B' cuts with all four ... The 200 medley relay ranks second in NU history while the 200 free is fourth, the 400 medley is fifth and the 400 free is sixth ... Out of six total dual meet races on the year, Reynolds earned three first places, a second and a third, sweeping the 50 and 100 freestyle races against Iowa and Harvard.

2010-11: Ranked as Northwestern's top swimmer in the 50 free, second-fastest in the 100 free and fourth-quickest in the 200 free during the year ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Swam career-best times in all three of her Big Ten Championships events ... Scored a point with a 16th-place overall finish in the 50 free after a career-best and NCAA `B' provisional qualifying time of 23.00 during the preliminary heats ... That time placed her seventh on NU's all-time top times list in the event ... Qualified for the bonus final of the 100 free with a career-best 50.43 in her morning swim, eventually coming in 19th overall ... Her preliminary 100 free time was good for eighth on NU's all-time top times list in that event ... Also swam a career-best 1:50.79 while taking 34th in the 200 free at the conference meet ... Swam with NU's 200 free, 400 free, 200 medley and 400 medley relays at the Big Ten Championships, earning NCAA `B' cuts with all four of them ... The 2011 400 medley relay squad ranks second on NU's all-time top times list while the 200 medley is fifth and the 200 free is sixth ... Won the 50 free and finished second in the 100 free at Northwestern's own six-team TYR Invitational (11/19-11/21) ... Also qualified for a pair of consolation finals at the TYR, placing 11th overall in the 50 fly and 15th in the 100 fly ... Earned a first-place tie in a dual meet with Indiana to open the year (10/22) ... Won the 50 free outright at Iowa (01/22) and was third in the event at the five-team Shamrock Invitational (01/28) ... Had eight total top-three dual meet finishes during the regular season.

2009-10: Ranks second in the 50 free and is tied for third in the 100 free on Northwestern's top times list for the year ... Competed with Northwestern's top 200 and 400 free relays, earning NCAA `B' times in both at the Big Ten Championships ... Swam career-best times in all of her events at the Big Ten Championships ... Qualified for the bonus final in the 50 free and 100 free at the conference meet ... Swam a career-best 23.12 to take 18th overall in the 50 free and also earn the No. 9 spot on NU's all-time top performers list in the event ... Had a career-best 50.71 in the 100 free prelims before coming in 20th overall with a 51.14 ... Also competed in the 200 free at the Big Ten meet ... Anchored NU's 200 free relay that earned an NCAA `B' cut at the TYR Invitational ... Finished fourth in the 50 free and sixth in the 100 free at the six-team TYR Invite ... Made the consolation finals in the 200 free and 50 back at the TYR ... Won the 50 free at the FAU Quad dual (12/18) ... Had three other top-3 dual-meet finishes on the year.

High School: Has spent her swimming career competing with the Clayton Shaw Park Tideriders club since 2000 ... Junior National Qualifier every year since 2005 ... Ranked as a two star recruit by Swimmingworldmagazine.com... Does not swim for her high school team, playing basketball instead ... All-Suburban South honorable mention as a freshman, second-team as a sophomore and first-team as a junior for her basketball prowess ... Team won the Suburban South conference championship the past three seasons ... Statesmen Award winner ... USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... Webster Grove scholar athlete, Renaissance Award winner, honor roll and National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born Taylor Nichol Reynolds ... Daughter of Chuck and Laura Reynolds ... Earned a 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials cut in the 50-meter freestyle ... Major is english.

REYNOLDS' PERSONAL BESTS

Event	Personal Best
50 freestyle	22.42
100 freestyle	49.30
200 freestyle	1:50.79

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