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2018-19 Track and Field Roster

Taylor Kracher

  • Position Mid-Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Frederick, Md.
  • Highschool Frederick

Biography

CAREER HONORS:
• UVM Record Holder (800-meter - 1:50.46; 4x400m - 3:15.23)
• 2018 America East All-Conference Indoor (800-meter)
• TD Bank Student-Athlete of the Week (April 17, 2017)

PERSONAL BESTS:
400     50.06s      Middlebury Winterfell (1/19/19)
500     1:04.06     IC4A/ECAC Championship    (3/3/17)
600     1:22.32     Middlebury Winterfell    (1/21/17)
800     1:50.46     NEICAAA Championships    (5/11/19) 
1000     2:28.53     Valentine Invite    (2/11/17)
1500     4:00.61     Minuteman Invite    (4/6/19)
MILE     4:25.67     UMass Lowell Invitational    (3/26/16)

SENIOR OUTDOOR SEASON (2019): Opened the season with a personal record in the 1500m run (4:00.61) for 12th place at the Minuteman Invitational (Apr. 6) ... Won the 1500m run (4:01.26) and 4x400m relay at the Dartmouth Invitational (Apr. 12) ... Ran the 800m dash in 1:51.93 for a 52nd-place finish in the Brian Clay Invitational (Apr. 19) ... Finished 21st in the 800m dash (1:52.95) at the Beach Invitational (Apr. 20) ... Won the 800m America East Championship with a time of 1:51.84 (May 5) ... Set the 800m school record (1:50.46) in a third-place finish at the New England Championships (May 11).

SENIOR INDOOR SEASON (2019): Won the 800m (1:54.14) in the season opener at Dartmouth (Dec. 8) ... Set a personal-best 400m time of 50.06s to win at the Middlebury Winterfell (Jan. 19) ... Won the 1000m run with a time of 2:31.04 and ran a leg on the winning 4x400m relay team at New Hampshire (Jan. 26) ... Won the 800m at the Villanova Invitational with a time of 1:51.57 (Feb. 2) ... Took third in the 500m at the Valentine Invite with a time of 1:04.41 (Feb. 9) ... Set a school record in the 800m (1:51.11) and finished second overall at the America East Championship (Feb. 23).

JUNIOR OUTDOOR SEASON (2018): Finished second in the 800m with a time of 1:56.14 at the Minuteman Invitational (Apr. 7) ... Was a part of the second-place 4x400 relay at the Dartmouth Invitational (Apr. 13) ... Raced in the 4x400 relay to second place at the UMass Pre-Conference (Apr. 28) ... Finished fifth in the 800m at the America East Championship (May 6).

JUNIOR INDOOR SEASON (2018): Broke a six-year old Catamount record with a mark of 1:51.50 in the 800m at the ECAC/IC4A Championships (Mar. 2-3) ... Finished second and earned America East All-Conference honors in the 800m (1:52.67), second as part of the 4x400m relay (3:15.52) and second as a member of UVM’s DMR squad (10:01.19) at the America East Championships (Feb. 23-24) … Ran to ninth in the 500m (1:05.66) at the Penn State National Open (Jan. 26-27) … Won the 600m (1:22.65) at Middlebury (Jan. 20) … Placed first in the 800m (1:56.05) at Dartmouth (Jan. 13).

SOPHOMORE OUTDOOR SEASON (2017): Won the 800m at the Black & Gold Invitational in 1:54.09 … Took 14th in 1:51.42 in the 800m at the Mt. SAC Relays … Ran to fourth in the 400m in 50.10 at the UAlbany Spring Classic … Finished third in the 800m with a time of 1:51.51 and was part of the fifth-place 4x400m relay at the America East Championships.

SOPHOMORE INDOOR SEASON (2017): Won the 500m in 1:06.28 at the Jay Carisella Invitational … Finished 13th in the 800m in 1:55.40 at the Penn State National Open … Finished first in the 800m against Hartford with a time of 1:56.18 … Placed second in the 800m (1:52.24), was part of the fourth-place DMR and ran a leg of the eight-place 4x400m relay at the America East Championships.

FRESHMAN OUTDOOR SEASON (2016): Recorded a 12th place finish in the 1,500m at the Albany Spring Classic with a time of 4:07 ... Won the 800m (1:53) and the 4x400m relay at the Dartmouth Invitational ... Finished second in the 400m (50.76) and helped win the 4x400m relay at the dual meet against Albany ... Placed sixth at the UMass Lowell Invitational in the mile with a time of 4:25.

FRESHMAN INDOOR SEASON (2016): Finished eighth at the America East Championships in the 800m with a season best time of 1:55 ... Also finished third as a member of the DMR and seventh on the 4x400m relay at the America East Championships ... Part of the winning 4x800m relay team at the New England Championships ... Finished sixth in the 1,000m in the tri-meet with New Hampshire and Maine in a season best time of 2:35 ... Member of the winning DMR and 4x400m relay teams against Hartford.

BEFORE VERMONT: Was a four-year member of the indoor and three-year member of the outdoor track & field teams ...  2013 and 2014 Track & Field captain ... Also track & field MVP in 2014 ... 2013 and 2014 MVAL Piedmont Champions ...Two-time Frederick County champions ... Track & Field Regional Champion in 2013 ... Earned the Male Scholar Athlete and Outstanding Senior Athlete awards as a senior in 2015.

PERSONAL: Son of Gregory Kracher and Mary Jaclyn LoValvo ... 2013 and 2014 AP Scholar Award recipient ... Pursuing a degree in political science with a music tech minor.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16First Year

    Mid-Distance
  • 2015-16First Year

    Mid-Distance
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
  • 2017-18Junior

    Mid-Distance
  • 2018-19Senior

    Mid-Distance