07/15/2020
Meadow Senior Spotlight
TAYLOR HERNANDEZ
Taylor began her swim career as a Meadow Dolphin at the age of 8. It was the sport that all her Glorietta classmates were doing and she was up for the task. Even at a young age, Taylor was always one for trying something new. With an open mind, great coaching, and peer support, Taylor was soon swimming like a natural. The collection of ribbons, awards, plus closets and drawers of Meadow swag soon began to amass.
Over the years Taylor branched out and tried other sports including water polo (GO LADY MATS!), the high school swim team, and most recently lacrosse!! As a freshman, Taylor decided a week before school started, that she wanted to join the high school water polo team! A sport she had tried at a younger age, but didn’t pursue. That’s the way she is though, not afraid to take chances and see what new experiences she can have. Her leap into water polo yielded her many life memories and friendships she will have beyond her years at Miramonte. Through the years of growing and finding her way, summer swim team at Meadow has always been at the core of her activities. Those early years as a Dolphin were a great foundation for her to springboard with confidence as she got older.
The highlight of summer has always been OMPA and the events and team building leading up to the most epic swim meet of the year. With her spirit and yearning to do the very best she can to help her team, the snow cones, braided hair, and temporary tattoos just added to the amazing environment she was a part of for the last decade! Though this is the last year of swim team, the impact will be lifelong.
Taylor has had some of her best times along side her Meadow team mates, and together they have grown up around the pool. Unceremoniously she has been denied her final year of swim team, pool events, trips, and the final swim at OMPA! Though this is a bummer, she has had an amazing ride at Meadow and will ALWAYS be a Meadow Dolphin in her heart.
Taylor will be attending Loyola Marymount University in the fall majoring in marketing. There she will be close to something that is very important to her, and something she loved from her earliest age of swimming….the water. Swim fast, swim hard Taylor. Just like everything else you do in life, you will be successful!
GOOOOOOOOOO MEADOW!!!