Taylor Harrison was born on November 10, 1995. Her mother, Tami Elliott-Harrison, is a former Fullerton standout and 1984 Olympic Trials competitor. Taylor trains at World Class Gymnastics. She will graduate from high school in 2014.
In 2004, Taylor competed level seven. She won five gold medals at the State Championships. She moved up to level eight in 2005. She won the all-around title at the State Championships. Taylor continued competing level eight in 2006. She finished third on vault at the Maryland Classic. She won vault at the Hard Rock Invitational. She finished fifth at the State Championships. Taylor moved up to level nine in 2007. She finished third all-around at the State Championships.
Taylor continued competing level nine in 2008. She won vault, beam, floor and the all-around at the AOGC Invitational. Unfortunately, she hurt herself on her first event at the State Championships. In 2009, Taylor won vault, floor and the all-around at the Gymnastics in Paradise meet. She won vault and floor at the Parkette Invitational. She won bars and the Metroplex Challenge. Taylor won bars, floor and the all-around at the Palm Beach Invitational. She won vault, bars, beam and the all-around at the State Championships. At Regionals, she won vault, bars, floor and the all-around. Taylor won floor at Easterns! She also placed second on vault, beam, and the all-around and fourth on bars.
She began competing level ten in 2010. She won floor at the Sand Dollar Invitational. She won the all-around at the Metroplex Challenge. Taylor placed second on floor at both the Cancun Classic and Excalibur Cup. She won all five gold medals at the Derby Classic. She finished first on vault, beam, floor and the all-around at the State Championships. At Regionals, Taylor finished first on floor and third all-around. She ended her season at JO Nationals, placing third all-around! She also placed tenth on vault, ninth on beam and sixth on floor.
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