Taylor Weiss - Swimming & Diving - Arkansas Razorbacks

Taylor Weiss

Sr | 5-6 | Fly / IM | Woodstock, Ga. | Etowah HS / Stingray Aquatics

Senior (2017-18)
>> 2018 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
>> 2017-18 Winter SEC Honor Roll
>> 2017 Fall Academic Champion
>> 2018 Spring Academic Champion

Clocked a B-cut time and a personal best in the 200 Fly (1:59.39) at the Art Adamson Invite … recorded season-bests at the SMU meet in the 200 Free (2:03.98) and at the SEC Championships in the 100 Fly (55.23) … finished fourth in the 200 Fly in the meet against Kansas with a time of 2:04.74.

Junior (2016-17)
» 2017 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll selection

Recorded lifetime bests in the 50 free (24.29) at the Georgia Tech Invitational and in the 100 free (52.48) at the SEC Championships … tallied two additional season bests at the Georgia Tech Invitational in the 200 free (2:01.07) and the 200 fly (2:03.68) … swam a season-best 55.51 at the SEC Championships in the 100 fly.

Sophomore (2015-16)
Recorded two lifetime bests at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational in the 50 free (24.66) and 100 fly (54.86) … set a lifetime best against Illinois in the 200 fly (1:59.47) with a first place finish … made the finals in 100 fly and 200 fly at the Georgia Tech Invitational … made NCAA B cut in 200 fly with a time of 1:59.47 against Illinois … named to the Chancellor’s List in fall 2015 and Dean’s List in spring 2016.

Freshman (2014-15)
Concluded her rookie campaign as a member of Arkansas’ 2015 SEC Championship team … took sixth in the championship final of the 200 fly at the Georgia Tech Invite with a time of 2:00.75 after logging a career-best time of 2:00.10 in prelims … earned a spot in the B final of the 100 fly at the Georgia Tech Invite where she clocked a time of 55.14, good for 13th place … nabbed a second-place finish in the 100 butterfly (56.59) and a third-place finish in the 200 butterfly (2:05.33) at Florida … after her performance at Florida, Weiss shaved almost two seconds of her 200 butterfly time for a second place finish against Texas A&M (2:03.46) … took second in the 100 butterfly with a time of 56.62 against the Aggies (56.62) … claimed her first collegiate event win in the 200 butterfly against Missouri with a time of 2:03.40 … took third in the 100 butterfly (56.81) against the Tigers.

High School/Club
Part of four straight Cherokee County championship teams at Etowah High School … four-time All-state and All-county selection … holds the school record in the 100 fly and 200 IM … three-time county champion in the 100 fly … finished third in the 100 fly at the Georgia Short Course State Championships in the 18U division competing for her club team, the Stingrays.

Personal
Born Aug. 9, 1995 … daughter of Kim and Steve Weiss … has a younger brother, Ben … majoring in marketing, minoring in Management.

2017-18 Season Bests

EventTimeMeetDate
200 Free2:03.98SMU09/16/17
100 Fly55.23SEC Championships02/16/18
200 Fly1:59.39 (B)Art Adamson Invite11/18/17

2016-17 Season Bests

EventTimeMeetDate
50 Free24.29Georgia Tech Invitational11/17/16
100 Free52.48SEC Championships02/18/17
200 Free2:01.07Georgia Tech Invitational11/18/16
100 Fly55.51SEC Championships02/16/17
200 Fly2:03.68Georgia Tech Invitational11/19/16

Lifetime Bests

EventTimeMeetDate
50 Free24.29Georgia Tech Invitational11/17/16
100 Free52.48SEC Championships02/18/17
200 Free1:53.00GA Senior Short Course12/06/13
100 Fly54.86Georgia Tech Invitational 11/19/15
200 Fly1:59.39Art Adamson Invite11/18/17