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Taylor Potter - Cross Country - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Taylor Potter

Class

Fr.

Hometown

Albuquerque, N.M.

Previous School

Eldorado HS

2017-18
2017 XC
: Competed at four meets … opened at the Lobo Invitational, placing sixth overall and third on the team with a time of 15:49.80 … finished sixth on the team and 154th overall at the Notre Dame Invitational (26:13.2) … UNM No. 7 at the Wisconsin Invitational (27:35.5) … placed eighth on the team at the Mountain West Championships (26:50.73).
2018 Indoors: Competed in three meets during the season… placed third in the 3000 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational (8:22.63)… competed in the mile at the New Mexico Team Invitational, placing fourth with a time of 4:12.01.
2018 Outdoors: Ran in four meets during the season… opened his season by placing first at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open in the 3000 (8:37.90)… placed second in the 1500 at Masked Rider Open with a time of 3:52.74.

2016-17
2016 XC
: Saw action at one meet, placing 16th overall and third on the team at the Lobo Invitational with a time of 16:22.2.
2017 Indoors: Competed at four meets … made his season debut at the New Mexico Team Invitational, placing seventh in the mile with a time of 4:17.65* … placed eighth in the 800 at the New Mexico Classic, running 1:56.58* … ran 4:10.70* in the mile at the Don Kirby Invitational, placing ninth … scored in the mile at the Mountain West Championships, running 4:10.10* to place eighth.
2017 Outdoors: Saw action at three meets … opened with a fourth-place time of 1:57.33* in the 800 at the Don Kirby Tailwind … posted a time of 3:55.82* in the 1500 at the Mountain West Championships, placing 14th

2015-16
2015 XC
: Competed four times … opened at the Texas Tech Double Duals, placing 17th (and second on the team) with a time of 21:50.05 … just missed scoring at the Notre Dame Invitational, running 25:36.8 to place 135th overall and sixth on the team … took 50th in the open race at the Wisconsin Invitational (26:01.7) … scored at the NCAA Mountain Regional, placing 91st overall (No. 5 on the team) in 33:30.50.
2016 Indoors & Outdoors: Did not compete

2014-15
2014 XC: Did not compete
2015 Indoors & Outdoors: Redshirted the 2015 season … ran three times unattached indoors, including at 4:27.37 raw time in the mile at the New Mexico Classic and a 1:56.43 in the 800 at the Don Kirby Open.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2014 graduate from Eldorado High School in Albuquerque … claimed second in the 1,600-meter run and third in the 3,200 at the 2014 New Mexico 5A State Championships, finishing in 4:25.76 and 9:48.75, respectively … won the 1,600 at the 2014 APS Metro Championships, while also placing fifth in the 800 (time of 1:58.49) … notched his 1,600-meter PR of 4:21.15 at the 2014 Rio Rancho Invitational, where he placed third … took fifth in the 1,600 at the 2013 New Mexico 5A State Championships, while also registering third at the 2013 APS Metro Championships … captured eighth in the mile run at the 2014 Great Southwest Classic … named the 2013-14 Albuquerque Journal All-Metro Athlete of the Year for boy’s cross country.

* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol