blank   Byron Taylor
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga. High School: Stephenson HS Event: Hurdles Collegiate Bests: 110m hurdles (14.44), 400m hurdles (51.87)

Successful career which has improved every season since arriving in Tallahassee … key member of returning hurdles squad …

2000: Had strong season in the 110m and 400m hurdles tallying the squad’s second-best time in both the 400m and 110m hurdles (Danyne Brown) … set career-best mark in 400m hurdles when he crossed the line in 51.87 with a third-place finish … added a fifth-place finish along with the second-best finish on the team (Brown) at the Florida State Relays when he crossed the finish line in 14.60 … ran a 49.42 in the 400m dash at the USTCA Collegiate Track and Field Series …

1999: Had best mark of the season for FSU in the 110m hurdles (14.44) ... garnered a sixth-place finish at the FSU Relays and ACC Outdoor Championships in the 400m hurdles ... time of 53.38 in the 400m hurdles was the second fastest by a Seminole in 1999 ... member of the 4x100m relay team that had the fastest time of the FSU outdoor season …

Prep: An all-metro 300m hurdler who was named to the Atlanta first team ... lettered in cross country and track at Stephenson High ... named MVP of track team ...

Personal: Celebrates a March 21, 1980 birthday ...lives with freshman sprinter Al Young ...