Taylor Ward

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
Logan
Hometown:
Logan, UT

2014 OUTDOOR: Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 10,000 meters... Placed 20th with a time of 35:11.49... Captured her first Big Sky individual title in the 10,000 meters with a time of 36:56.54... Ran a personal-best time of 34:07.86 in the 10,000 meters which is the fourth fastest time in Weber State history of the event... Ran a personal-best time of 16.42.30 in the 5,000 meters... Ran a personal-best in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:37.81... Named to Academic All-Conference team.

2013: INDOOR: Earned All-Conference honors by finishing second overall in the 5,000 meters at the Big Sky Championships in Bozeman, Mont...Posted a time of 17:15.56 to finish second...Also finished eighth overall in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:05.90...During the season posted a career best time of 9:56.86 in the 3K, which ranks as the ninth best time in Weber State history...Earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors.

2012 CROSS COUNTRY: Helped lead the Wildcats to their second consecutive Big Sky Championship...Was a part of the Wildcat team that had perhaps the greatest season in school history and was ranked as high as 13th in the nation...Finished third overall at the conference meet in Flagstaff, Ariz., to earn All-Conference honors...Posted a time of 17:06.9 on the 5K course...Followed that up by earning All-Region honors by finishing 13th overall at the NCAA Region Meet in Fort Collins, Colo....Helped the Wildcats win their first ever Region title and earn a spot at the NCAA Championships...Finished 106th overall at the NCAA Championships as the Wildcats finished 17th overall as a team, their highest finish in school history...Earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors.

2012 OUTDOOR: Earned All-Conference honors and finished second overall in the 10,000 meters at the Big Sky Championships in Bozeman, Mont...Posted a time of 35:35.92 at the meet...Also finished sixth overall in the 5,000 meters at the conference championships...During the season posted a career best time of 16:50.73 in the 5,000 meters, which ranks as the ninth best in Weber State history...Also posted the fourth fastest time in school history in the 10,000 meters, posting a time of 34:31.57.

2012 INDOOR: Had a great start to the season in the first meet of the year at the Snake River Open on January 14th. ...Ran a career best 9:59.06 in the 3,000 meter run, qualifying for the 2012 Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship, and it also qualified her for the 5,000 meters as well...During the season posted a career best time of 16:29.66 in the 5K, which ranks as the third best in Weber State history.

2011 CROSS COUNTRY: Helped the Wildcats to the 2011 Big Sky Conference women’s cross country title...Finished 13th (18:32.88) in that meet...Placed 36th at the NCAA Mountain Region Meet in a time of 22:15.0, helping the Wildcats to a 3rd place finish...WSU earned an At-Large berth to the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country Championship...Was 227th in a time of 2:11.0.

2011 OUTDOOR: Qualified for the 2011 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship in the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs...Finished 4th in the 10,000 meter run (36:04.68) and 6th in the 5,000 meters (17:15.33)...Named to the 2011 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track All-Academic Team.

2011 INDOOR: Qualified for both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters for the 2011 Big Sky Conference women’s indoor track & field championship...Finished 3rd, earning all-conference honors, in the 5.000 meters in a time of 17:24.27, which was also a career best...Ran a career best 10:05.43 (9:51.51aa) in the 3,000 meters...Named to the 2011 Big Sky Conference women’s indoor track & field All-Academic team.

2010 CROSS COUNTRY: Earned All-Big Sky Conference honors with a 9th place finish at the 2010 Big Sky Conference championship in 16:10.56...Had WSU’s 2nd best time at the 2010 NCAA Mountain Region meet in Salt Lake City with a time of 21:37.6 finishing in 33rd place.

2010 INDOOR: Ran a personal best of 5:10.41 in the Mile Run on Jan. 30 at the Boise State Invitational...Also had personal bests of 10:24.20 in the 3,000 meters on Feb. 12 at the MSU Invitational and 18:16.76 in the 5,000 meters on Feb. 6 at the Mountain States Games in Pocatello, Idaho...Named to the 2010 Big Sky Conference Indoor Track All-Academic Team with a 3.30 gpa in Chemistry.

2009 CROSS COUNTRY: Just barely missed All-Big Sky Conference honors in Cross Country with an 11th place finish at the 2009 Big Sky Conference Women’s Cross Country Championship in Greeley, Colo...Ran a time of 20:08.50, third best on the team...Placed 83rd at the 2009 NCAA Mountain Region Meet in Albuquerque, N.M., in a time of 232:03.7.

2010 OUTDOOR: Qualified for the 2010 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship, hosted by Weber State, in both the 5,000 Meters and 10,000 Meters...Ran a career best time of 17:58.02 on April 2nd at the BYU Cougar Invitational and is 17:33.51 with altitude adjustment...Ran her first ever 10,000 Meter race on Friday, May 14 at the Big Sky Conference meet and made quite an impression with a 4th place finish in 38:07.47)...Just barely missed placing in the 5,000 Meters with a 9th place finish in 18:47.50...Named to the 2010 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track all-Academic Team.

Personal
Was the 2008 Utah Class 2A state 3,200 Meters champion and is the Logan High School record holder in the event...Earned four varsity letters in cross country and track&field...Earned one varsity letter in soccer and basketball...Earned All-State Class 3A honors, five times, in Cross Country and track...2009 Academic All-State Class 3A...Was the 2008 Cache/Box Invitational MVP....Majoring in Radiology at Weber State...Came to Weber State with a perfect 4.00 gpa in high school...Parents are Robert and Lisa Thornley...Born: September 23, 1990 in Salt Lake City...Married to former Wildcat track athlete Kurt Ward.