NEW ORLEANS — Diljeet Taylor and Lexy Halladay-Lowry earned Mountain Region honors for the 2024 indoor track and field season, the USTFCCCA announced Thursday.
Mountain Region Women's Assistant Coach of the Year: Diljeet Taylor
Taylor earns her third-straight USTFCCCA Mountain Region Women's Assistant Coach of the Year honor and the fourth of her career at BYU after winning the award in 2017, 2022 and 2023.
This season, Taylor coached the DMR team of Sadie Sargent, Sami Oblad, Carlee Hansen and Riley Chamberlain to a national championship and the third-fastest time in NCAA indoor championship history at 10:51.42. The national title in the DMR is the second for the Cougars in the past four seasons as Courtney Wayment, Olivia Hoj-Simister, Lauren Ellsworth-Barnes and Alena Ellsworth carried the baton to a title in 2021. Taylor has led the BYU distance women to six nationals titles since she joined the program in 2016.
She also coached the BYU distance women to 12 All-America honors, including eight First Team, for 28 points and a seventh-place team finish at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Mountain Region Women's Track Athlete of the Year: Lexy Halladay-Lowry
Lexy Halladay-Lowry was achieved two First Team All-American finishes at the 2024 NCAA indoor championships, with a fourth-place spot in the 3000m at 8:53.08 and fifth in the 5000m at 15:20.73.
At the Big 12 conference championships, Halladay-Lowry won BYU's first-ever individual conference title as she took home gold in the 3000m. She also broke the Sports Performance Center facility record at 9:03.66.
Her personal bests throughout the 2024 indoor season include 8:51.00 in the 3000m, 15:20.73 in the 5000m and 4:31.89 in the mile. She ranks No. 2 in the 5000m, No. 3 in the 3000m and No. 5 in the mile on the all-time BYU indoor record books.
BYU track and field will kickoff its 2024 outdoor season Saturday at the Arizona Spring Break Invitational in Tuscon. Live results can be found here.