Lloyd hails from Finley, ND, and ran for Finley-Sharon high school in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In a discussion of a future NAIA national champion, it would stand to reason that she would have run to a large number of state championships in high school, but in fact she had but one. In 1981 she won the Class B girls 800m with a time of 2:21.96, which was a completely normal time to run to win that particular race. Not to say she wasn't a force to be reckoned with, having multiple top-six finished in the 800 and 1600 at state. I can't find the state cross country results from that time, so I'll keep looking for hard copies, but I do know that she didn't win state cross country any years.
In college, however, she tore it up. She went to Jamestown College as a mid-distance runner and built up quite the resume. Not only was she named an all-American 9 different times in her four years, but she also was twice a national champion. In 1985 at indoor nationals she placed 4th in the 880-yd run, and at outdoor nationals she won the 800 meters and took 2nd in the 1500 meters. Her winning time in the 800 was 2:10.67. Building on that, in 1986 at indoor nationals she placed 2nd in the 880-yd and 3rd in the 1000-yd runs, and outdoor nationals she placed 2nd in the 800m and won the 1500m with a time of 4:23.5. To finish up her collegiate career, in 1987 she ran at outdoor nationals, placing 2nd in both the 800m and the 1500m. In cross country she also did well, winning a WACND individual title in cross country, and placing 32nd and 98th at the NAIA national cross country meet.
From the University of Jamestown athletics website detailing All-Americans:
1985 Teresa Lloyd -NAIA Indoor Track & Field- 880 Yard Run - 4th Place - Kansas City, MO
1985 Teresa Lloyd - NAIA Outdoor Track & Field - 800 Meters - National Champion - Hillsdale, MI
1985 Teresa Lloyd - NAIA Outdoor Track & Field - 1500 Meters - 2nd Place - Hillsdale, MI
1985 Kristin Erickson - NAIA Outdoor Track & Field - High Jump - 2nd Place - Hillsdale, MI
1986 Teresa Lloyd -NAIA Indoor Track & Field- 1000 Yard Run- 3rd Place - Kansas City, MO
1986 Teresa Lloyd -NAIA Indoor Track & Field- 880 Yard Run - 2nd Place - Kansas City, MO
1986 Teresa Lloyd -NAIA Outdoor Track & Field- 800 Meter Run- 2nd Place - Russellville, AR
1986 Teresa Lloyd - NAIA Outdoor Track & Field - 1500 Meters - National Champion - Russellville, AR
1987 Teresa Lloyd -NAIA Outdoor Track & Field- 800 Meter Run- 2nd Place - Russellville, AR
1987 Teresa Lloyd -NAIA Outdoor Track & Field- 1500 Meter Run- 2nd Place-Russellville, ARShe stills holds four individual schools records at Jamestown:
Indoor 800: 2:13.24 in 1986
Indoor 1000: 2:51.48 in 1986
Outdoor 800: 2:07.26 in 1986
Outdoor 1500: 4:23.50 in 1986
Her outdoor 1500 time still stands as one of the fastest 1500 times ever by a North Dakota woman, and would be a school record at many schools across the state, including UND. She still holds many meet and track records around the area in the 1500.
Nowadays she can be found coaching around the Bismarck area, having been an assistant track coach (focusing on mid-distance) at Bismarck High from 2006 to present and an assistant cross country coach at Century High in Bismarck the last two seasons. She was inducted into the Jamestown Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992. To this day her times are still impressive, and have set a high benchmark for future athletes to shoot for.
As always let me know if there's anything I missed or said incorrectly!
Links I used to assist me:
http://www2.chs.bismarck.k12.nd.us/athletics/CrossCountry/Coaches/CoachHanson.html
http://www.bhs.bismarckschools.org/uploads/resources/22873/class-b-girls-individual-champions-1971-2012.pdf
http://ndrunner.tripod.com/id89.htm
http://www.bhs.bismarckschools.org/uploads/resources/21802/1981-class-a-boys.pdf
http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/WOUTDOOR_Championship.pdf?SPSID=646085&SPID=100299&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=27900
http://www.jimmieathletics.com/records/0/16.php
No comments:
Post a Comment