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2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Taylor French

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Plainfield East
  • Hometown Romeoville, Ill.

Biography

Career Bests
Javelin Throw -- 43.05m, 141'3" (May 13-14, 2026, Midwest Twilight Final Qualifier)

Conference Awards
All-CCIW (2026)
All-CCIW Outdoor
  • Javelin - 41.42m, 135'11" - 2nd (2026)

National Awards
USTFCCCA All-Region (2026)
  • Javelin - Outdoor (2026)
USTFCCCA All-American (2026)
  • Javelin - Second Team -12th (2026)

2025-26: Currently sits fifth on the program's all-time top-10 list for the women's javelin with a best throw of 43.05m ... Qualified for the 2026 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... Finished 12th at the NCAA Championships to earn Second Team All-American honors ... Placed second at the CCIW Outdoor Championships in the javelin to earn All-CCIW honors outdoors ... Did not compete during the indoor season ...

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Plainfield East High School …  Three-year letterwinner in volleyball … Four-year letterwinner in basketball … Recipient of the Junior National Volleyball Championship AAU All-Star Award in 2019 and 2021… Named an AAU Academic All-American in 2019 for volleyball … Named to the JVA watch list in 2019 and 2020 … Named to the AVCA phenom list in 2019 and 2020 … Selected to the Under the Dome all-tournament team in 2020 and 2022 … Earned all-conference honors once for volleyball and twice for basketball … Named volleyball team’s MVP senior year …  Named basketball team’s MVP twice … Earned all-area honorable mention for basketball in 2021 and 2022 … Named the most improved player in basketball in 2020 … Member of National Honors Society and the Bengal Athletic Leadership Committee  … 2022 Southwest Prairie Conference scholar athlete … Recipient of President’s Education Awards for Outstanding Academic Achievement … Named to the high honor roll all four years … Helped lead the volleyball team to two regional championships … Named Wilco for CNA student of the semester in 2022 … Southwest Prairie Conference Scholar Athlete … Recipient of President’s Education Awards Program Award for outstanding academic achievement straight A award … Earned high honors all four years … 

PERSONAL: Majoring in elementary education at Illinois Wesleyan … Four-time AVCA All-American on the IWU women's volleyball team where she set the program record for kills, aces and points... Other interests include basketball, soccer, volleyball and fishing…