2025 Men's Track and Field Roster

Tayo Taiwo

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Aurora
  • Highschool Metea Valley HS

Biography

2025
  • Vital member on Chaps' NJCAA fifth-straight title winning team
  • All-American (second team)
  • Placed second in the hammer (44.55 m / 146-2)
  • Placed fourth in the shot put (12.39 m / 40-7 3/4)
At Metea Valley HS
  • A 2023 graduate
  • Earned all-conference honors in football and track and field his senior season
  • Personal-best 51 feet in the shot put, ranking No. 4 all time in MVHS history
Personal
  • Son of Yemi Taiwo and Herika Fakayode
  • Exercise science major with allied health emphasis
  • Favorite NFL team is the Chicago Bears