Taylor Drolshagen

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
1500m, 5000m
Hometown:
Muskego, Wis.
High School:
Muskego

JUNIOR YEAR | 2013-14: Earned all-conference honors as a member of the distance medley relay team that finished third at the Mountain West Indoor Championships...led off the DMR that clocked the fourth-fastest time in Academy history (11:53.09, adjusted for altitude) at that meet...competed in four different distances during the indoor season...tallied career-best marks in the 1000-meter run (3:04.36 at the Holiday Inn Invitational), mile run (5:09.49a at the Air Force Invitational) and 3000-meter run (10:05.51a at the MW Championships)...the 3000-meter time was the second-fastest time on the team...set a season-best 800-meter time of 2:26.21a at the Air Force Team Challenge...competed in the 1500-meter run during five outdoor meets...recorded a career-best time of 4:33.65 at the Mt. SAC Relays...that was the second-fastest time on the team in 2014...won that race at the Jack Christiansen Invitational (4:41.96a)...also competed in the 800-meter run at that meet, finishing sixth in 2:25.12a...academic all-conference selection. SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2012-13: Competed in the 1500-meter run during four outdoor meets, including the Mountain West Outdoor Championships...clocked a career-best time of 4:36.93 at the Mt. SAC Relays...earned 'Standout' distinction from the team following that meet...won the 800-meter run at the Air Force Twilight Open (2:22.30, adjusted for altitude)...also ran on the distance medley relay team that won the Air Force Relays in a time of 12:47.22...competed in the mile twice during the indoor season...clocked a season-best time of 5:22.08a to place fourth at the Air Force Team Challenge...also ran the 800-meter once indoors, finishing fifth at the Air Force All-Comers Meet with a time of place 2:31.40a...academic all-conference selection. FRESHMAN YEAR | 2011-12: Ran a leg of the 4x800-meter relay that clocked the second-fastest time in Academy history (9:13.04) at the Drake Relays...also ran the distance medley relay that finished second (12:59.78) at the Air Force Relays...competed in the 1500-meter run during three meets...clocked a career-best time of 4:44.12 at the Beach Invitational...competed in the 800-meter run twice during the indoor season...posted a collegiate-best time of 2:21.95 (adjusted for altitude) during a third-place finish at the Air Force Team Challenge...ran the mile twice, picking up a personal-best time of 5:13.99a at the New Mexico Classic...competed on the two-mile relay that placed second (12:42.66) at the Air Force Blue-Silver Open and on the distance medley relay that finished sixth (12:42.66) at the New Mexico Classic. HIGH SCHOOL: Muskego High School...competed at state championship meets during seven of eight seasons...earned all-conference honors every season...academic all-state selection...led the women[apos]s cross country team to its first appearance at the state championship meets in school history...National Merit Scholarship finalist. PERSONAL: Full name is Taylor Marie Drolshagen...daughter of TJ and Sheri Drolshagen...has a twin sister, Niki, who is a senior runner at the University of Loyola in Chicago...majoring in biology...future plans include becoming a pilot...serving as Flight Commander during the 2014-15 academic year...also held that position during Basic Cadet Training in the summer of 2014...named to the Superintendent[apos]s List for excellence in military, academic and athletic performance...member of the National Biological Honor Society (Beta Beta Beta)...hobbies include skiing, hiking and art...uncle, SMsgt Randall La Bodda, is a C-130 Hercules loadmaster...worked BCT, traveled to Punta Cana and took Powered Flight over the summer...member of Cadet Squadron 28.