Tyrice Taylor

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Tyrice Taylor
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Born (2001-10-31) 31 October 2001 (age 23)
Sport
Sport Track and Field
Event Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800 m: 1:43.74 (Freeport, 2025) NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
NACAC Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Freeport 800 m
Carifta Games
Junior (U20)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 George Town 800 meters

Tyrice Taylor (born 31 October 2001) is a Jamaican middle-distance runner. He won the Jamaican national title over 800 metres in 2025 and that year became the Jamaican national record holder outdoors over 800 metres. [1]

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Early life

He attended The Enid Bennett High School in Saint Catherine Parish. In 2018 he won over 800 metres at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletic Championships. [2] He won over 800m in the boys U20 race at the Digicel Grand Prix Final at GC Foster College in 2019. [3] He won the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 2019 CARIFTA Games in Grand Cayman. [4]

Career

Competing for Indian Hills Community College he won at the 2023 National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Outdoor Championships in New Mexico, defeating compatriot Kimar Farquharson over 800 metres in 1:46.93. [5]

Competing for the University of Arkansas at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas in February 2025 he ran a personal best 1:46.62 to win in the men’s 800m. [6] In doing so, he was only 0.01 seconds outside the Jamaican indoor National record set in 2023 by Tarees Rhoden. [7]

He finished second in the men’s 800m elite invitational race at the Mount SAC Relays in Walnut, California in April 2023, running a new personal best time of 1:45.81 to move into the top-ten Jamaican all-time list for the event. [8]

He qualified for the final of the men’s 800m at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon in a personal best 1:45.23. [9] In the final he placed eighth in a time of 1:47.44. [10]

He won the 800 metres final of the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships in Kingston, Jamaica in a time of 1:45.26. [11] He ran 1:46.46 to finish second behind Canada’s Abdullahi Hassan at the Ed Murphey Track Classic, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet, on 12 July in Memphis, Tennessee. [12] He was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in Nassau, The Bahamas, winning the bronze medal in the 800 metres in a new personal best time which broke the Jamaican national record in the event, as he surpassed the previous mark held by Navasky Anderson by running 1:43.74. [13] [14] [15] He was selected for the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [16]

References

  1. "Tyrice Taylor". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  2. "Tyrice Taylor: Focussing on success". Jamaica Gleaner. 14 Feb 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  3. Foster, Anthony (20 March 2019). "Taylor wins 400m at Digicel Grand Prix Final". Track Alerts. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  4. Foster, Anthony (22 April 2019). "Williams, Foote win double gold". Track Alerts. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  5. Levy, Leighton (22 May 2023). "Tyrice Taylor, Rushana Dwyer, DeSean Boyce among winners at NJCAA Division 1 Championships". SportsMax. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  6. Jacks, Bradley (15 Feb 2025). "Jamaicans Tyrice Taylor, Machaeda Linton secure wins at Tyson Invitational". SportsMax. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  7. "Tyrice Taylor narrowly misses national indoor record in men's 800m". Jamaica Observer. 17 Feb 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  8. Reid, Paul (23 April 2025). "Marshall,Tyrice Taylor lower 800m times". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  9. Levy, Leighton (12 June 2025). "Tyrice Taylor Runs Lifetime Best to Reach NCAA 800m Final, Marshall Also Advances". SportsMax. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  10. Gault, Jonathan; Johnson, Robert; Johnson, Weldon (June 14, 2025). "NCAA Men: Nathan Green Golden, Corrigan & Whitmarsh Get Crowns, Musau Repeats". LetsRun. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  11. Jacks, Bradley (28 June 2025). "Beckford, Taylor claim maiden 800m titles at National Champs". SportsMax. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  12. "Adrian Kerr Seals Tokyo 2025 Berth as Caribbean Athletes Deliver at Ed Murphey Track Classic". Track Alerts. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  13. Levy, Leighton (9 July 2025). "Tia Clayton Returns as Jamaica Names Powerhouse Team for NACAC Championships in Bahamas". SportsMax. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  14. "Taylor books WC ticket with NACAC performance". Jamaica Gleaner. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  15. "Roban makes history at NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  16. "JAAA names 50-member World Champs team, Thomas-Dodd opts out". Jamaica Observer. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.