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2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster

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Taylor Shegos

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fenton, Mich.
  • High School Fenton Senior
  • Instagram taylor.shegos
  • Twitter taylorshegos

Biography

Shegos's Career Best Scores

Event Score Meet Date Place
1 Meter 301.35 Rutgers Diving Invite 12/15/19 3rd
3 Meter 311.70 at Michigan State 10/19/19 1st
Platform 157.05 at FIU/Miami 11/1/19 6th

Senior - 2021-22

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Made her return to the boards on 1/29 at Purdue, scoring a 276.60 in the 1-meter, good for fourth place.
  • Placed second in the UIC Diving invite in the 1-meter with a score of 290.30 on 2/5.

Junior - 2020-21

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Did not compete

Sophomore - 2019-20

  • CSCAA All-American
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • Acadmeic All-Big Ten
  • Oskee Award nominee for Dike Eddleman Female Athlete of the Year
  • Became the first diver in Illinois history to be No. 1 seed in the preliminary round of the one-meter diving competition with a total score of 289.00 at the Big Ten Championships (2/20)
  • Earned a six-dive total of 299.47 in the one-meter dive in the first meet of the season against Indiana State (10/11), breaking a previous school record of 298.71 held by Britni Fished in 2012
  • Placed first in the three-meter dive with a score of 292.85 at the UIC Diving Invitational (2/1) 

Freshman - 2018-19

  • Earned points in 3-meter diving at the B1G Championships, finishing 24th with a six-dive total of 275.65
  • NCAA Zone C Diving Championships qualifier on both 1-meter and 3-meter boards
  • Set personal-best scores on 1-meter and 3-meter with scores of 281.55 and 285.52, respectively against Nebraska
  • Placed third on 3-meter (271.05) at the UIC Diving Invitational
  • Placed fourth on 1-meter (234.30) at the UIC Diving Invitational

High School

  • Attended Fenton Senior High School
  • Club Team: Legacy Diving
  • Nov 2015 Michigan D2 (High School) State Meet 1M - 5th
  • July 2016 Michigan Diving Association State Meet 1M - 1st
  • Nov 2016 Michigan D2 (High School) State Meet 1M - 2nd
  • Named the mlive.com (Flint Journal) Swimmer/Diver of the Year
  • Holds the 1-meter 6 dive Varsity Record - 267.85
  • Holds the 1-meter 11 dive Varsity Record, Pool Record, and Flint Metro League Record - 460.55
  • All-State - 2015, 2016
  • All-American – 2016

Personal

  • Born April 15, 2000
  • Hometown: Fenton, Mich.
  • Majoring in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
  • Parents are Duke and Jill Shegos
  • Has a twin sister named Riley
  • Older twin sisters named Rachel and Sydney
  • Lists her parents as her biggest role models

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Diving
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Diving
  • 2020-21Junior

    Diving
  • 2021-22Senior

    Diving