2019-20 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Biography
As a senior (2019-20)
• Competed in the 500-, 1000-, and 1650-freestyle events at the Ivy League Championships, scoring points in the 1000-freestyle and 1650-freestyle.
• Placed 21st in the 1650-freestyle (17:21.59) and 22nd in the 1000-freestyle (10:23.12) at the conference meet.
• Notched a pair of second-place finishes in the 500-freestyle and 1000-freestyle in her collegiate swimming debut against Columbia, posting the 10th-fastest 1000-freestyle time (10:13.72) in Cornell history.
• Finished third in the 1000-freestyle in the Big Red’s victory over Brown.
Prior to Cornell
• Was the USA Triathlon Junior Elite National Champion in 2015 and 2016, and she also won a silver medal at the 2015 International Triathlon Union Junior World Championships.
• Was the 2014 and 2015 D.C. State Athletic Association Runner of the Year as well as the 2014 and 2015 D.C. Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year.
• Also swam and was a National Merit Scholar in high school.
Personal
• Taylor Brooks Knibb is the daughter of Robert and Leslie Knibb, and she has one brother, Jack.
• Her mother attended Cornell, graduating in 1985, as did her maternal grandparents, Joseph and Vera Simon, two cousins, Caroline and Peter Simon, and three uncles, Ernie, Joseph, and Wally Simon.
• She is also a member of the Big Red track and field and cross country teams.
• She is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
