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He won the 800 metres final of the 2025 [[Jamaican Athletics Championships]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica]] in a time of 1:45.26.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=29 June 2025| website=SportsMax | url= https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/beckford-taylor-claim-maiden-800m-titles-at-national-champs |title= Beckford, Taylor claim maiden 800m titles at National Champs |first=Bradley |last=Jacks|date=28 June 2025}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trackalerts.com/2025/07/adrian-kerr-seals-tokyo-2025-berth-as-caribbean-athletes-deliver-at-ed-murphey-track-classic/|website=Track Alerts|accessdate=13 July 2025|title= Adrian Kerr Seals Tokyo 2025 Berth as Caribbean Athletes Deliver at Ed Murphey Track Classic|date=13 July 2025}}</ref> 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 [[List of Jamaican records in athletics|Jamaican national record]] in the event, as he surpassed the previous mark held by [[Navasky Anderson]] by running 1:43.74.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/tia-clayton-returns-as-jamaica-names-powerhouse-team-for-nacac-championships-in-bahamas|website=SportsMax|accessdate=9 July 2025|title= Tia Clayton Returns as Jamaica Names Powerhouse Team for NACAC Championships in Bahamas|first=Leighton|last=Levy|date=9 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20250817/taylor-books-wc-ticket-nacac-performance|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=17 August 2025|title= Taylor books WC ticket with NACAC performance|date=17 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=19 August 2025|title= Roban makes history at NACAC Championships|date=18 August 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/report/handal-roban-2025-nacac-championships}}</ref> He was selected for the Jamaican team for the [[2025 World Athletics Championships]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/08/30/danielle-thomas-dodd-opts-world-champs-team/ |title=JAAA names 50-member World Champs team, Thomas-Dodd opts out|website=Jamaica Observer|accessdate=30 August 2025|date=30 August 2025}}</ref>

He won the 800 metres final of the 2025 [[Jamaican Athletics Championships]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica]] in a time of 1:45.26.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=29 June 2025| website=SportsMax | url= https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/beckford-taylor-claim-maiden-800m-titles-at-national-champs |title= Beckford, Taylor claim maiden 800m titles at National Champs |first=Bradley |last=Jacks|date=28 June 2025}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trackalerts.com/2025/07/adrian-kerr-seals-tokyo-2025-berth-as-caribbean-athletes-deliver-at-ed-murphey-track-classic/|website=Track Alerts|accessdate=13 July 2025|title= Adrian Kerr Seals Tokyo 2025 Berth as Caribbean Athletes Deliver at Ed Murphey Track Classic|date=13 July 2025}}</ref> 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 [[List of Jamaican records in athletics|Jamaican national record]] in the event, as he surpassed the previous mark held by [[Navasky Anderson]] by running 1:43.74.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/tia-clayton-returns-as-jamaica-names-powerhouse-team-for-nacac-championships-in-bahamas|website=SportsMax|accessdate=9 July 2025|title= Tia Clayton Returns as Jamaica Names Powerhouse Team for NACAC Championships in Bahamas|first=Leighton|last=Levy|date=9 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20250817/taylor-books-wc-ticket-nacac-performance|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=17 August 2025|title= Taylor books WC ticket with NACAC performance|date=17 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=19 August 2025|title= Roban makes history at NACAC Championships|date=18 August 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/report/handal-roban-2025-nacac-championships}}</ref>

He was the [[2025 World Athletics Championships]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan.

<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/08/30/danielle-thomas-dodd-opts-world-champs-team/ |title=JAAA names 50-member World Champs team, Thomas-Dodd opts out|website=Jamaica Observer|accessdate=30 August 2025|date=30 August 2025}}</ref>

==References==

==References==

Latest revision as of 07:19, 24 September 2025

Jamaican athlete (born 2001)

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]

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]

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 a semi-finalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025 in the men’s 800 metres.[16][17]

  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. ^ “World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025”. World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  17. ^ “JAAA names 50-member World Champs team, Thomas-Dodd opts out”. Jamaica Observer. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.

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