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Taylor Moore-Willis
Taylor Moore-Willis

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Southfield, Mich.

High School:
Detroit Country Day

Event:
Multi-Events

Elig. (In/Out):
SO/SO


Freshman (2011) ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award winner.
Outdoor
Placed 17th in the javelin (25.90 meters, 85-00) at the Big Ten Championships (May 14) ... Finished runner-up in the javelin (35.48 meters, 116-05) and recorded a season-best mark of 5.19 meters (17-00 1/2) in the long jump at the EMU Twilight (April 22-23) ... Placed 12th in the 100-meter hurdles (18.75) at the UCF Black and Gold Challenge (March 19).

Indoor
Placed 14th in the pentathlon (2,934) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26) ... Finished seventh in the long jump (5.16 meters, 16-11 1/4), 10th in the 60-meter hurdles (9.50) and 12th in the high jump (1.45 meters, 4-9) at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 19) ... Placed ninth in the pentathlon (3,058 points) at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 11) ... Set new personal bests in the 60-meter hurdles (9.60) and the long jump (5.26 meters) at the Indiana Relays (Jan. 28-29) ... Ran a 9.73 in the 60-meter hurdles and recorded a mark of 9.14 meters in the shot put at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 22) ... Competed in the long jump (5.13 meters) and the 60-meter hurdles (9.75) against No. 23 Ohio State (Jan. 15).

Prep ... Graduated from Detroit Country Day High School (2010) ... Community Service Club ... Student Leadership Team ... Destination Imagination ... Four-year varsity letterwinner ... Two-time team captain (2009-10) ... Also ran cross country as a senior (2009) ... All-State in the 4x200 and 4x800-meter relays as a freshman (2007).

National ... AAU National qualifier and ESPN Rise Games participant in the javelin (2010) ... Placed 11th in the heptathlon (3,618) at the USATF World Youth Trials (2009) ... Finished eighth in the heptathlon (3,941) at the 2007 AAU Junior Olympics.

Personal ... Enrolled in the School of Music, Theater and Dance ... Born on October 14, 1992 ... Daughter of Dartis Willis Sr. and Jacqueline Moore-Willis.

Personal Bests
# Converted Time
Pen. = Pentathlon

Event Time/Mark Date
60m Hurdles (I) 9.15 (Pen.) 2-24-12
200m (I) 27.04 # (27.54) 1-14-12
Long Jump (I) 5.26m (17-3 1/4) 1-28-11
Shot Put (I) 9.49m (31-1 3/4) 2-11-11
Pentathlon (I) 3,058 pts. 2-11-11
High Jump (I) 1.49m (4-10 1/2) 2-11-11
800m (I) 2:31.44 (Pen.) 2-10-12
100m Hurdles (O) 18.05 4-22-11
200m (O) 27.85 4-22-11
Javelin (O) 35.48m (116-05) 4-22-11
Long Jump (O) 5.19m (17-00 1/2) 4-22-11
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