PSAC Individual Competition:
6-Time PSAC Place-Winner
2024 – 100 Back (23rd)
2023 – 100 Back (19th)
2022 – 100 Back (17th),
2021 – 100 Free (12th), 200 Free (12th), 100 Back (9th)
PSAC Relay Competition:
11-Time PSAC Place-Winner
1-Time All-PSAC Award Winner
2024 – 200 Free (8th), 200 Medley (6th)
2023 – 200 Free (9th), 400 Free (10th)
2022 – 200 Free (7th), 800 Free (4th), 400 Medley (6th)
2021 – 400 Free (4th), 800 Free (3rd), 200 Medley (6th), 400 Medley (6th)
2023-24 (Senior): Scored in one individual event and two relays for the Raiders at the PSAC Championships… competed in the bonus final for the 100-yard backstroke, swimming a season best of 1:00.18 and placing 23rd, marking four straight years scoring in the event… achieved season bests in the 50-yard freestyle (25.73) and the 100-yard freestyle (55.43)… also competed in the 200-yard IM… was a part of the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard medley relay for the Raiders… ranked fourth among Raiders in the 100-yard backstroke, fifth in the 100-yard freestyle, and sixth in the 50-yard freestyle.
2022-23 (Junior): Scored in the 100-yard backstroke for the third straight year with a 19th place finish at the PSAC Championships…also represented the Raiders in the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, and 200-yard IM…contributed to two PSAC place winning relays…swam the third leg in the Raiders ninth place-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay and a tenth-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay…ranked in the top five among Raiders in multiple events, including the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, and 100-yard butterfly.
2021-22 (Sophomore): Finished among the place winners with a 17th place finish in the 100-yard backstroke at the PSAC Swimming Championships…also represented the Raiders in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle at the conference meet…contributed to three PSAC place winning relays…swam the anchor leg in the Raiders’ sixth-place 400-yard medley relay and seventh-place 200-yard freestyle relay at the PSAC Championships…swam the third leg in the 800-yard freestyle relay that finished fourth.
2020-21 (Freshman): Delivered scoring performances in all seven of her swims (three individual, four relay) in her debut season with the Raiders…placed 12th in both the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle and ninth in the 100-yard backstroke at the PSAC Championships to highlight three individual scoring performances…delivered a 100-yard backstroke performance that ranks ninth in school history for the event…contributed to an All-PSAC third-place finish with the 800-yard freestyle relay in addition to a fourth-place finish with the 400-yard freestyle relay and sixth-place finishes with the 200-yard medley and 400-yard medley relays at the conference championships…recorded the team’s second-fastest times of the season in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle…ranked third among Raiders in the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke.
Liberty High School: Totaled four varsity letters for the Hurricanes under head coach Reik Foust…competed at the club level for Bethlehem YMCA under coach Evan Kocon…won the PIAA ‘AAA’ District XI Championship in the 100-yard backstroke and placed among the Top 20 competitors at the PIAA State Championships with a school record…finished as a two-time Top 3 district place-winner in the 100-yard backstroke…ranked among the top 20 students in a graduating class of more than 600…was an honor-roll student…also earned multiple varsity letters in field hockey and softball…named a national Scholar of Distinction in field hockey.
About Taylor: Full name is Samantha Michelle Taylor…is the daughter of Jim and Donna Taylor…majoring in chemistry, concentrating in biochemistry…has a sister, Sydney.
