2018-19 Swimming Roster
Roster
Cortens, Taylor
Freestyle
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Freestyle
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Free/Fly
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Free/Fly
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Breaststroke
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Fly/Free
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Free/Back
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Butterfly
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Breaststroke
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Backstroke
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Free/IM
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Free/IM
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Back/Fly
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Backstroke
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Free/Back
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Backstroke
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Freestyle
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Free/Back/Fly
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Free/Back
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Breaststroke
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Freestyle
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Freestyle
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Freestyle
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Freestyle
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Freestyle
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Breaststroke
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Breaststroke
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Freestyle
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Freestyle
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Taylor Cortens
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Corona del Mar High School
Bio
AS A SENIOR (2018-19): Swam a personal best in the 50 Y Back with a time of 22.40… personal best in the 200 Y Free with a time of 1:38.95… personal best in the 100 Y Breast with a time of 53.92… personal best in the 50 Y Breast with a time of 25.44… personal best in the 200 Y Breast with a time of 1:57. 42 ... named to the ACC Honor Roll.
AS A JUNIOR (2017-2018): Capped off an incredibly successful season by setting new personal-bests and school records in the 50 yd. backstroke (22.60), 100 yd. backstroke (48.99), and 100 yd. breaststroke, where he qualified for finals and placed 21st (54.46) at the ACC Championships, in addition to competing on the record-setting 200 yd. medley relay and 400 yd. medley relay ... at the Terrier Invitational, won the 200 yd. individual medley (1:47.81), 400 yd. individual medley (3:54.47), and 200 yd. breaststroke (2:00.26), and placed 2nd in the 100 yd. backstroke (49.22)…placed first in both the 100 yd. backstroke (50.60) and 100 yd. butterfly (50.21) in a dual meet with Boston University... placed first in the 100 yd. backstroke (51.17) and second in both the 200 yd. breaststroke (2:06.99) and 200 yd. individual medley (1:53.46) vs. MIT ... placed first in both the 200 yd. backstroke (1:54.54) and 200 yd. individual medley (1:54.78) and second in the 100 yd. backstroke (53.83) vs. Tufts ... placed second in both the 200 yd. breaststroke (2:07.16) and 200 yd. individual medley (1:54.42) in a tri-meet with Marist, Army, and Bucknell ... placed second in the 100 yd. backstroke (52.22), 200 yd. breaststroke (2:10.14), and 200 yd. individual medley (1:57.76) vs. Marist ... placed first in the 200 yd. breaststroke in vs. Williams (2:03.92) …voted Most Valuable Performer by the men’s team…awarded the Harold Groden MD Award for Outstanding Performance as a result of his standout performance in the 100 yd. breaststroke at the ACC Championships…CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention ... named to the ACC Honor Roll ... voted team captain for his senior year…now holds the all-time program records for 50 yd. backstroke, 100 yd. backstroke, 200 yd. backstroke, 100 yd. breaststroke, 200 yd. breaststroke, 100 yd. individual medley, 200 yd. individual medley, and 400 yd. individual medley, and a member of the record-holding 200 yd. medley relay, 400 yd. medley relay, and 800 yd. freestyle relay…scored at total of 448.75 points his junior year
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016-2017): Capped his second season at BC as one of the most successful swimmers in school history...at the ACC Championships finished 20th in 200 breaststroke with a inals time of 1:59.42 (Prelims: 1:59.23)...split 1:39.25 in 800 Free Relay on way to new school record of 6:39.44...split 48.73 in 100 Fly in 400 Medley Relay and 45.68 in 100 Free in 400 Free Relay...set six school records over the course of the season, three of which qualified as NCAA B standard times....at Terrier Invitational went 1:47.12 in 200 IM, breaking BC school and BU pool records....end of season honors included: Co-recipient of Harold M. Groden M.D. Award - Outstanding Performance; Co-winner of 2016-2017 BC Most Valuable Performer, CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention.
AS A FRESHMAN (2015-2016): Finished strong Rookie season as key member of ACC Championship squad, setting a BC school record in the 200 backstroke (1:47.56)…at the Terrier Invitational, turned in the fastest ever 400 IM in BC history (3:55.24)… Came in second place in the 100 backstroke (53.00) against Bryant… Took second in the 200 IM (1:54.15) and first in the 400 IM (4:05.52) at the Thomas Murphy Invitational… Dropped almost 3 seconds to claim first place in 200 freestyle (1:41.77) against Williams… Dropped 3 seconds to finish second place in the 200 backstroke (1:52.08) against BU. End of seasons honors included: Co-recipient of the Mary Pawlak Award – Special Recognition; Co-recipient of the Harold M. Groden M.D. Award – Outstanding Performance.
BEFORE BC: 2014 and 2015 All-American... Qualified for Junior Nationals in 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 backstroke... Southern California Swimming Record Holder. Four-year Varsity Letter-earner at Corona del Mar High School... High Point Scorer in his Senior Year. Club team: Irvine Aquazots.
PERSONAL: From Newport Beach, California. Eldest son of Irene and Jim Cortens. Two brothers, Morgan, a junior at Corona del Mar High School, and Jordan, a 7th grader. Enjoys basketball, golf, fishing and hanging out with friends when not in classroom or pool. Favorite motto: “What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.”
AS A JUNIOR (2017-2018): Capped off an incredibly successful season by setting new personal-bests and school records in the 50 yd. backstroke (22.60), 100 yd. backstroke (48.99), and 100 yd. breaststroke, where he qualified for finals and placed 21st (54.46) at the ACC Championships, in addition to competing on the record-setting 200 yd. medley relay and 400 yd. medley relay ... at the Terrier Invitational, won the 200 yd. individual medley (1:47.81), 400 yd. individual medley (3:54.47), and 200 yd. breaststroke (2:00.26), and placed 2nd in the 100 yd. backstroke (49.22)…placed first in both the 100 yd. backstroke (50.60) and 100 yd. butterfly (50.21) in a dual meet with Boston University... placed first in the 100 yd. backstroke (51.17) and second in both the 200 yd. breaststroke (2:06.99) and 200 yd. individual medley (1:53.46) vs. MIT ... placed first in both the 200 yd. backstroke (1:54.54) and 200 yd. individual medley (1:54.78) and second in the 100 yd. backstroke (53.83) vs. Tufts ... placed second in both the 200 yd. breaststroke (2:07.16) and 200 yd. individual medley (1:54.42) in a tri-meet with Marist, Army, and Bucknell ... placed second in the 100 yd. backstroke (52.22), 200 yd. breaststroke (2:10.14), and 200 yd. individual medley (1:57.76) vs. Marist ... placed first in the 200 yd. breaststroke in vs. Williams (2:03.92) …voted Most Valuable Performer by the men’s team…awarded the Harold Groden MD Award for Outstanding Performance as a result of his standout performance in the 100 yd. breaststroke at the ACC Championships…CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention ... named to the ACC Honor Roll ... voted team captain for his senior year…now holds the all-time program records for 50 yd. backstroke, 100 yd. backstroke, 200 yd. backstroke, 100 yd. breaststroke, 200 yd. breaststroke, 100 yd. individual medley, 200 yd. individual medley, and 400 yd. individual medley, and a member of the record-holding 200 yd. medley relay, 400 yd. medley relay, and 800 yd. freestyle relay…scored at total of 448.75 points his junior year
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016-2017): Capped his second season at BC as one of the most successful swimmers in school history...at the ACC Championships finished 20th in 200 breaststroke with a inals time of 1:59.42 (Prelims: 1:59.23)...split 1:39.25 in 800 Free Relay on way to new school record of 6:39.44...split 48.73 in 100 Fly in 400 Medley Relay and 45.68 in 100 Free in 400 Free Relay...set six school records over the course of the season, three of which qualified as NCAA B standard times....at Terrier Invitational went 1:47.12 in 200 IM, breaking BC school and BU pool records....end of season honors included: Co-recipient of Harold M. Groden M.D. Award - Outstanding Performance; Co-winner of 2016-2017 BC Most Valuable Performer, CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention.
AS A FRESHMAN (2015-2016): Finished strong Rookie season as key member of ACC Championship squad, setting a BC school record in the 200 backstroke (1:47.56)…at the Terrier Invitational, turned in the fastest ever 400 IM in BC history (3:55.24)… Came in second place in the 100 backstroke (53.00) against Bryant… Took second in the 200 IM (1:54.15) and first in the 400 IM (4:05.52) at the Thomas Murphy Invitational… Dropped almost 3 seconds to claim first place in 200 freestyle (1:41.77) against Williams… Dropped 3 seconds to finish second place in the 200 backstroke (1:52.08) against BU. End of seasons honors included: Co-recipient of the Mary Pawlak Award – Special Recognition; Co-recipient of the Harold M. Groden M.D. Award – Outstanding Performance.
BEFORE BC: 2014 and 2015 All-American... Qualified for Junior Nationals in 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 backstroke... Southern California Swimming Record Holder. Four-year Varsity Letter-earner at Corona del Mar High School... High Point Scorer in his Senior Year. Club team: Irvine Aquazots.
PERSONAL: From Newport Beach, California. Eldest son of Irene and Jim Cortens. Two brothers, Morgan, a junior at Corona del Mar High School, and Jordan, a 7th grader. Enjoys basketball, golf, fishing and hanging out with friends when not in classroom or pool. Favorite motto: “What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.”
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