Head Coach
Coach Taylor
Taylor (Gomez) Hatch grew up in Riverton, UT. She first started her running career in the 6th grade, where she competed in Riverton's little kid track club. She advanced to the Hershey State finals in the 100m where she ran a 7th place finish.
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Although Taylor started running Track for Riverton High during her Freshman year, she did not start Cross Country until the summer of her Junior year. She decided to do this because her coach said it would help with her endurance for track. The beginning of Cross Country was rough. Taylor was always in the back. She always wanted to walk and had very negative thoughts. As she started to get more used to it, it became more interesting to her. As she continued to progress she decided to make it a goal to be on varsity by the end of the season. Because of that goal and determination, Taylor ended up running varsity at region and placing 5th on her team at state. Taylor continued to run cross country the following year but had to sit out most of the fall season due to injury.
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In 2011, Taylor received a Full Ride Athletic Scholarship to UVU. She was recruited to run Track and Cross Country.
While Taylor was at UVU she was able to travel around the USA for Cross Country. She was also a part of 2 Conference Championships and ran at the Mountain Region XC Championships for the NCAA in 2013.
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This is Coach Taylor's fourth season with the Jaguars and first season as head coach.
Reese Ferguson
Coach Ferguson is a West Jordan Cross Country & Track Alumni.
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This is his second year coaching Cross Country & Track at West Jordan.
Tyson Lambert
Tyson Lambert is from Grantsville, Utah. He attended Stansbury High School where he competed on the Cross Country and Track teams.
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In 2010, he took 7th at the 4A state cross country meet with a time of 16:14. In 2011, he took second at state in the 1600 in the 4A classification with a 4:19, 4th in the 3200m with a 9:33, and 6th in the 800m with a 1:58.
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He received an a scholarship to go run at UVU after his LDS mission. He won three individual WAC Championship titles: 1500m, 3000m, and 5000m. He was apart of two team cross country championships in 2014 & 2015. In 2017, he individually qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships by placing 24th at the Mountain Regional Cross Country Championships.
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This is Coach Lamberts first year coaching with the Jaguars and he is excited to help them reach their goals.
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