Women's Track & Field
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Taylor Lovell Season 2023

PositionDistance
Height5-9
ClassFreshman
HometownGilbert, Arizona
Previous SchoolPerry High School

BYU Highlights

  • No. 6 all-time at BYU in the 3000m steeplechase running 9:48.39 at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • Second Team All-American in the 3000m steeplechase running 9:48.39 and placing ninth at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • Named All-Big 12 in the 3000m steeplechase placing second at the 2024 outdoor championships
  • Named All Big-12 in the mile placing seventh at the 2024 indoor championships 

Personal

  • Parents are Jon and Heidi Lovell
  • Major: Exercise and Wellness
  • Also recruited by Northern Arizona, Arizona, Utah, Gonzaga, Air Force and Cornell
  • Father, Jon Lovell, played extramural soccer at BYU
  • One of five girls
  • Loves reading, baking, wake surfing, snowboarding, playing spike ball and pickle ball. 
  • Academic Letter Award (2021)
  • Scholar Athlete Award (2021)

Before BYU

  • Arizona 3200m State Champion (2022)
  • Arizona 4x800 State Champion (2022)
  • Arizona 1600m runner-up (2022)
  • Arizona 800m runner-up (2022)
  • Arizona 6A 4x800m runner-up (2021)
  • Arizona 6A 800m State runner-up (2021)
  • All-Region 1600m Second Team (2019)
  • Arizona Female Multi-Sport Athlete of the Year (2019)
  • Perry HS varsity women's track Rookie of the Year (2019)
  • All-CUSD Women's Cross Country (2020)
  • Region Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year (2020)
  • Perry HS varsity women's cross country Most Valuable Runner (2020)
  • All-Region 3200m First Team (2021)
  • All-Region 1600m First Team (2021)
  • All-Region 800m First Team (2021)
  • All-Region 4x800m First Team (2021)
  • Perry HS varsity women's track MVP (2021)
  • All-CUSD Women's Soccer Honorable Mention (2021)
  • Coaches Award (2021, Soccer)
  • Region Cross Country Runner of the Year (2022)
  • All-CUSD Women's Cross Country Team (2022)
  • Perry HS Women's Cross Country MVP (2022)
  • Perry HS Women's varsity track MVP (2022)
  • Four-year letter-winner in both cross country and track
  • Three-year letter-winner in varsity soccer 
  • 3200m PR: 11:01
  • 1600m PR: 5:04
  • 800m PR: 2:13

Stats

Indoor Personal Bests

Mark/Time 

Event 

Meet

4:43.77

Mile

2024 Husky Classic

2:13.42

800m

2024 Husky Classic

 

Outdoor Personal Bests

Mark/Time 

Event 

Meet

9:48.39

3000m Steeplechase

2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

4:17.31

1500m

2024 Payton Jordan Invitational

Career Results

 

Thirty-one Cougars earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors
Women's Track & Field

Thirty-one Cougars earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

Meet Central: USATF Olympic Trials
Women's Track & Field

Meet Central: USATF Olympic Trials

Current and former members of the BYU track and field team are set to compete at the USATF Olympic Trials at Hayward Field June 21-30 in Eugene, Oregon.

Path to Paris: Halladay-Lowry and Wayment qualify for Thursday's steeplechase final
Women's Track & Field

Path to Paris: Halladay-Lowry and Wayment qualify for Thursday's steeplechase final

Lexy Halladay-Lowry and alum Courtney Wayment punched their tickets to Thursday's 3000m steeplechase final as they placed fourth and eighth overall in the first round Monday evening at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

BYU leads NCAA in qualified entries to USATF Olympic Trials
Women's Track & Field

BYU leads NCAA in qualified entries to USATF Olympic Trials

BYU track and field qualified 17 entries to the USATF Olympic Trials held June 21-30 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, the most out of any NCAA Division I program.

Hayward Field
Women's Track & Field

Meet Central: NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships

BYU men's and women's track and field is set to compete at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon June 5-8.

BYU distance runner Jenna Hutchins holds her All-American trophy at 2024 NCAA Championships.
Women's Track & Field

Hutchins earns First Team All-America Honors in the 10,000-meters

Jenna Hutchins placed sixth in the 10,000-meters on Thursday night at Hayward Field, running 32:44.05 to earn First Team All-America honors and move to No. 2 all-time at BYU.

Cougars send 16 entries to NCAA Championships
Women's Track & Field

Cougars send 16 entries to NCAA Championships

BYU Track and Field will be represented by 19 athletes in 16 entries across 12 different events at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon June 5-8.

Gretchen Hoekstre
Women's Track & Field

Six women qualify for nationals in Eugene

BYU women's track and field posted six national qualifiers as the program's discus and 400-meter records were also broken Saturday at John McDonnell Field.

Meet Central: NCAA West Preliminary Round
Women's Track & Field

Meet Central: NCAA West Preliminary Round

BYU men's and women's track and field is set to compete at the NCAA West Preliminary at John McDonnell Field May 22-25.

Cougars qualify 52 entries to NCAA West Preliminary
Women's Track & Field

Cougars qualify 52 entries to NCAA West Preliminary

The BYU men's and women's track and field teams posted 52 entries for the 2024 NCAA West Preliminary Round in Fayetteville, Arkansas May 22-25 the NCAA announced Thursday morning.

Six Cougars Earn All-Big 12 Honors On Day Two of Conference Championships
Women's Track & Field

Six Cougars Earn All-Big 12 Honors On Day Two of Conference Championships

Mayci Taylor, Alysa Keller, Libby Parkinson, Taylor Lovell, Allie Warner and Madi Moffitt all secured top-eight finishes in the finals of their respective events on the second day of the Big 12 Outdoor Championships.

Big 12 Meet Week
Women's Track & Field

Cougars travel to Waco for Big 12 Outdoor Championships

BYU track and field will travel to Waco, Texas to compete in the 2024 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 9-11.

Chamberlain shines on final day of Bryan Clay
Women's Track & Field

Chamberlain shines on final day of Bryan Clay

Riley Chamberlain clocks 4:12.39 on Saturday evening for the last day of the Bryan Clay Invitational.

Hutchins and Lovell Climb The Board on Day One of Bryan Clay Invite
Women's Track & Field

Hutchins and Lovell Climb The Board on Day One of Bryan Clay Invite

Jenna Hutchins and Taylor Lovell each earned program top-10 marks in both the 10,000-meters and 3,000-meter steeplechase on day one of the Bryan Clay Invitational

Lexy Halladay-Lowry
Women's Track & Field

Halladay-Lowry wins 3,000m, women place fourth overall

Lexy Halladay-Lowry won the 3,000-meters as the BYU women placed fourth overall at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championship Saturday.

Lexy Halladay-Lowry
Women's Track & Field

Halladay-Lowry wins 3,000m, women place fourth overall

Lexy Halladay-Lowry won the 3,000-meters as the BYU women placed fourth overall at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championship Saturday.

Distance crews take on Boston in Terrier Classic
Women's Track & Field

Distance crews take on Boston in Terrier Classic

The BYU men's and women's track and field distance groups will compete in the John Thomas Terrier Classic at Boston University.

Cierra Tidwell Allphin
Women's Track & Field

Tidwell Allphin breaks 34-year-old high jump school record

Cierra Tidwell Allphin broke a 34-year-old BYU school record in the high jump clearing 1.89m/6-2.5 Saturday afternoon in the Smith Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon.

Women's track and field puts up top times at Boston, Texas Tech meets
Women's Track & Field

Women's track and field puts up top times at Boston, Texas Tech meets

Five event wins for BYU women on final day of home meet
Women's Track & Field

Five event wins for BYU women on final day of home meet

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Freshman
2024

Distance
5-9 / -
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Junior
2025

Distance
5-9 / -