Taylor Bluemel

Bio

2017-18 at Taylor:

Indoor: Earned NAIA All-American Honors in the distance-medley relay after a seventh-place nod in the event with a time of 12:18.67 … Had a mile time of 5:18.82 to garner first at the UIndy Invitational … Ran a time of 3:09.27 in the 1,000-meters at the Crossroad League Championships to finish second to earn All-CL Honors … Member of the All-CL second-place 4x800-meter relay team at the league championships.

Outdoor: Part of the Crossroads League and Taylor record-breaking 4x800-meter relay squad that ran a time of 9:10.14 and won first place at the CL Championships … Ran in the 800 and 1,500-meters for the Trojans … Named to the CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-America Second-Team and USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

2016-17 at Taylor:

Indoor: Helped the Taylor 4x800-meter relay team to a second place finish at the Crossroads League Meet … Clocked a ninth-place finish in the mile run with a season-best time of 5:31.28 at the Crossroads League Meet … Posted a season-best time of 3:12.92 to take third place in the 1,000-meters at the Taylor Invitational.

Outdoor: Competed in the NAIA Outdoor National Championships as part of TU’s 4x800-meter relay team that finished 12th … Helped the TU 4x800-meter relay team to a victory at the Crossroads League Championships … Earned All-Crossroads League honors in the 4x800-meter relay … Added an eighth-place finish in the 1,500-meters with a time of 5:05.35 at the Crossroads League Championships … Posted a season-best time of 5:01.82 in the 1,500-meters at the Tennessee Rust Buster … Earned All-Indiana Little State honors in the 4x800-meter relay and the 1,500-meters … Part of TU’s record setting 4x800-meter relay team at the 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 Championship … 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.