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2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Tyla Lumley

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Brisbane, Australia
  • Highschool St. Peters Lutheran

Biography

Collegiate Cross Country Personal Bests/Results
Collegiate Track & Field Personal Bests/Results
 
2025 Outdoor: Took fifth at Raleigh Relays with 33:51.78 10k…turned around to post 4:31.25 1500 and 16:10.34 5000 at Bryan Clay Invitational, both her fastest efforts of the season…later won MVC Championship with 35:52.37 10k time.

2025 Indoor: Won the Bill Bergan Open 3000 in 9:30.72, Iowa State Classic 5k in 16:25.29, and MVC Championship 5k in 16:32.64…fastest 3000m time of 9:29.48 earned fifth at Tyson Invitational hosted by the University of Arkansas…best mile time of 4:52.58 earned sixth at Cyclone Open.

2024 Cross Country: Best 5k time of the year came in season’s first event, a 17:42.2 at the Cyclone Preview…capped fall season with 20:22.2 6k at MVC Championships.

2024 Outdoor: Ran one 1500 during outdoor season, a 4:41.43 at the Wartburg Outdoor Select…had a best time of 16:47.98, good enough for fifth place, at the Drake Relays…also finished third at MVC Championships with 35:17.85 in 10k and ran on Drake Relays 4x1600 squad that posted time of 21:11.85.

2024 Indoor: Ran 3000s of 9:58.57 at the Cyclone Open and 9:50.24 at Tyson Invitational before posted 9:52.27 3000 and 17:28.77 5000 at MVC Championships.

2023 Indoor: Set a PR and placed 4th in the 3k at the Cyclone Open with a 9:48.17.

2022 Cross Country: Set a 5K PR at the Greeno Dirksen Invite (18:02.0) en route to a 12th place finish… Set her 6K PR of 21:14.5 at the Bradley Pink Classic… Finished 10th at the MVC Cross Country Championships with a 6K time of 21:40.3… Recorded a 64th place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional (21:20.8).
 
2022 Outdoor: Finished third at the Jim Duncan Invitational in the 1500m (4:42.41)… Won the 3000m event at the Musco Twilight (9:55.97)… Set her 5000m PR of 17:34.24 at the MVC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
 
2022 Indoor: Competed in the Distance Medley Relay helping the Drake squad win the event (12:23.57) at the Nebraska Graduate Classic… Ran a season-best 3000m time of 10:04.61 at the Iowa State Classic.
 
2021 Cross Country: Improved her time in every single 6K race she competed in... Began the season with a 22:18.4 6K at the Redbird Invitational and finished the season at 21:52.5 at the NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional.
 
Prior to Drake: Prepped at St. Peters Lutheran College in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia… Garnered Gold in the state track meet in the 3000m steeplechase as a senior… As a junior finished 13th in the Australian U20 Championships (18/19s)… SPLC Sportswoman of the Year… Three-time SPLC Gold Sport Award recipient…

Personal: Daughter of Chris and Amanda Lumley… Actuarial Science and Accounting major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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