2025 USC Track & Field Roster
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Banks, Taylor
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Taylor Banks
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Miami Gardens, Fla.
- High School:
- Miramar High
Bio
THIS YEAR:
Graduate transfer Taylor Banks is in his first season as a sprinter on the USC track and field team, after competing at Florida State from 2020-23.
BEFORE USC:
Banks is a sprinter who competed from 2020-23 at Florida State where he posted PRs of 10.08 in the 100m, 20.81 in the 200m and 6.61 in the 60m dash. He earned 2023 Outdoor Second-Team All-ACC Honors in the 100m dash. He set his 100m PR of 10.08 (+1.7) in the first round of the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds. He placed sixth in the 100m at the 2023 ACC Championships and 15th in the event at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds. He earned first-team All-American honors with Florida State’s 4x100m relay at the 2023 NCAA Championships, finishing third with a time of 38.29. He was a 2021 first-team All-American in the 100m, finishing eighth in the final. Banks also earned first-team All-America honors in 2021 in the 4x100m relay, placing third with a time of 38.60. He reached the semifinals in the 100m dash at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. He was selected to the ACC Honor Roll and to the ACC All-Academic Team.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Banks is a 2019 graduate of Miramar High in Miramar, Fla. Banks swept the 2019 Florida district, region and state titles in the 100m and 200m. As a junior, Banks placed third in the 100m and 200m at the Florida 4A state meet. He also ran a high school PR of 10.26 to place second in the 100m at the Great Southwest Meet and then won the 100m at the Brooks PR Invitational with a time of 10.48. Later in the summer he won the AAU Club Nationals with a meet-record time of 10.39. He had a best in the 200m of 20.99. He was an honor roll student and also played on the football team.
PERSONAL:
Taylor was born on Oct. 10, 2000 in Miramar, Fla..…His parents are Theron and Valencia Banks … His hobbies include fishing and going to the beach…Lists his favorite musical artist as Drake and sports hero as LeBron James…Soul food is his favorite, especially chicken wings, candied yams, mac and cheese, cornbread and a corner of banana pudding…Someday would like to visit Dubai…After graduation would like to run professionally and compete in the 2028 L.A. Olympics…Banks is working on a Master’s of Public Administration major at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 60m – 6.16 100m – 10.08 200m – 20.81
Graduate transfer Taylor Banks is in his first season as a sprinter on the USC track and field team, after competing at Florida State from 2020-23.
BEFORE USC:
Banks is a sprinter who competed from 2020-23 at Florida State where he posted PRs of 10.08 in the 100m, 20.81 in the 200m and 6.61 in the 60m dash. He earned 2023 Outdoor Second-Team All-ACC Honors in the 100m dash. He set his 100m PR of 10.08 (+1.7) in the first round of the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds. He placed sixth in the 100m at the 2023 ACC Championships and 15th in the event at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds. He earned first-team All-American honors with Florida State’s 4x100m relay at the 2023 NCAA Championships, finishing third with a time of 38.29. He was a 2021 first-team All-American in the 100m, finishing eighth in the final. Banks also earned first-team All-America honors in 2021 in the 4x100m relay, placing third with a time of 38.60. He reached the semifinals in the 100m dash at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. He was selected to the ACC Honor Roll and to the ACC All-Academic Team.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Banks is a 2019 graduate of Miramar High in Miramar, Fla. Banks swept the 2019 Florida district, region and state titles in the 100m and 200m. As a junior, Banks placed third in the 100m and 200m at the Florida 4A state meet. He also ran a high school PR of 10.26 to place second in the 100m at the Great Southwest Meet and then won the 100m at the Brooks PR Invitational with a time of 10.48. Later in the summer he won the AAU Club Nationals with a meet-record time of 10.39. He had a best in the 200m of 20.99. He was an honor roll student and also played on the football team.
PERSONAL:
Taylor was born on Oct. 10, 2000 in Miramar, Fla..…His parents are Theron and Valencia Banks … His hobbies include fishing and going to the beach…Lists his favorite musical artist as Drake and sports hero as LeBron James…Soul food is his favorite, especially chicken wings, candied yams, mac and cheese, cornbread and a corner of banana pudding…Someday would like to visit Dubai…After graduation would like to run professionally and compete in the 2028 L.A. Olympics…Banks is working on a Master’s of Public Administration major at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 60m – 6.16 100m – 10.08 200m – 20.81
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