2021-22 Men's Track and Field Roster
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Taylor, Levi
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Levi Taylor
- Event(s):
- Distance
- Indoor:
- Sophomore
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Laurel, MT
- High School:
- Laurel HS
- Major:
- Liberal Studies
Bio
Taylor's Performance History & Personal Bests
2023-24 Season
Cross Country (Senior): Competed in the final five meets of the season ... Finished as MSU's No. 4 runner at the NCAA Championships in Charlottesville, placing 138th overall to help the Cats take 13th as a team .. Became one of seven Bobcats all-time to race in multiple NCAA Championship meets ... Finished 42nd at the NCAA Mountain Regional, the Cats' fifth runner across the line ... Took 17th at the Big Sky Championships in Missoula, MSU's No. 6 finisher ... Placed 98th overall at the Joe Piane Invite and 67th at Pre-Nationals
Indoor (Senior): Competed in six meets for the Bobcats ... Member of distance medley relay team that placed second at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Finished fifth in the mile and eighth in the 3,000 meters at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, helping contribute 13 points as the MSU men finished runner-up on the team podium ... Was one of six Cats to run an altitude-converted sub-4 minute mile at the Big Sky Tuner in Bozeman (Feb. 16) ... Placed second in the 5,000 meters at the season-opening Bobcat Preview
Outdoor (Senior): Earned Second Team All-American honors in the 3,000 meter steeplechase for the third straight season ... Joined Duncan Hamilton as the only Bobcats in history to be an All-American three straight years ... Finished 12th in the steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene ... Earned a spot in the national steeple final with a gutsy kick down the backstretch in the semifinal at Hayward Field, crossing the line in 8:33.11 ... Finished with the third-fastest mark in the steeplechase at the NCAA West First Rounds in Arkansas to punch his ticket for Eugene, winning the third and final heat to earn an auto-bid ... Earned a silver medal in the steeplechase at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in Bozeman, contributing eight points as MSU dethroned No. 11 Northern Arizona by a single point, 186-185, to win their first team title since 2005 ... Finished 14th in the talent-heavy Bryan Clay Invitational in the 5,000 meters in a personal-best mark of 13:56.96, the seventh-fastest time in school history ... Taylor's time of 8:30.43 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase pushed him to seventh at the Bryan Clay Invitational and was the ninth-fastest time in NCAA Division I on the season ... Ran an altitude-converted time of 3:42.68 to win the 1,500 at the Cat-Griz Dual in Bozeman, the seventh-fastest time in school history
2022-23 Season
Cross Country (Junior): Competed in all seven races and was a scoring runner for Montana State in each one ... Was MSU's fifth runner at the NCAA XC Championships, where he ran a 31:44.5 10K ... Helped Montana State place fourth at the Mountain Region race by placing fifth for the Bobcats and 45th overall with a 10-kilometer time of 29:12.5 ... Had his best finish at a Big Sky Conference race by placing 18th with an 8-kilometer time of 24:30.9 ... Helped MSU win the Weis-Crockett/Pre-Nationals Invitational by placing in 18th with an 8-kilometer time of 23:58.4 ... Was MSU's fifth runner at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, where he placed 37th with a time of 24:05.2 ... Helped the Bobcats earn a perfect score at the MSU Cross Country Classic by placing in fifth with an 8-kilometer time of 24:48.2 ... Opened the season by placing third at the MSU Bobcat Twilight race.
Indoor (Junior): Competed in six indoor track meets ... Had a big showing at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships, helping Bobcats to third-place team result ... Was a member of the Big Sky Champion distance medley relay team, clocking a 9:45.98, the sixth-fastest time in school history ... Finished as the runner-up at the Big Sky Championships meet in the mile with a personal best mark of 4:03.29 and placed sixth in the 3,000-meters providing valuable points in big distance events ... Opened season by winning the 5,000-meters at the Bobcat Preview ... Set a personal best in the 3,000-meters at the Husky Classic (8:01.15), the fifth-fastest time in school history ... Finished third in the mile and fourth in the 800-meters at the WSU Open
Outdoor (Junior): Followed up historic 2022 season with impressive 2023 campaign, competing for the second consecutive year at both the USATF Outdoor National Championships and the NCAA National Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase ... Placed 12th in his semifinal at the USATF Outdoor Championships in Eugene ... Took 15th overall at the NCAA National Championships in Austin, Texas, crossing the line in 8:45.17 ... Was a big-time point producer at the Big Sky Outdoor Track and Field Championships, taking third in the steeplechase as the Bobcats went 1-2-3 in the event ... Also placed eighth in the 5,000-meters at the Big Sky Championships ... Set a personal best mark of 14:08.22 in the 5,000-meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Placed second in the steeplechase, second in the 5,000-meters, and third in the 1,500-meters at the season-opening Griz-Cat Duel ... Finished eighth in the steeplechase at the EKU Rick Erdmann Twilight ... Finished fourth in the 1,500-meters at the Tom Gage Classic on his home track
2021-22 Season
Cross Country (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in five cross country races and scored for Montana State in each one ... Took third at the Bobcat Time Trials with a 15:17.0 5K ... Had a top-10 finish at the MSU Cross Country Classic, where he covered the 8K course in 24:35.60 and placed seventh ... Was MSU's fourth runner at the FSU/Pre Nationals race with aa 24:12.9 8K time ... Helped the Bobcats take third at the Big Sky Cross Country Championships by placing 35th with a 24:55.5 ... Was MSU's fifth runner at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, covering the 10-kilometer course in 32:01.3.
Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in seven indoor track meets, including the Big Sky Championships ... Focused on the mile but also ran the 3,000 meters three times and a leg on the MSU's distance medley relay team that took second at the Big Sky Championships ... Placed third in the mile with a 4:18.71 at the Bobcat Challenge ... Took second in the mile with a 4:15.43 one week later at the Bobcat Performance meet ... Ran his personal-best 3,000 meter time of 8:20.43 at the WSU Open to place sixth ... Won the mile in 4:14.69 at the Big Sky Preview meet ... Helped MSU take second in the distance medley relay and earned All-Big Sky honors at the conference championships ... Also placed 13th in the mile (4:18.90) and 17th in the 3,000 meters (8:35.39) at the Big Sky Championships.
Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Had a meteoric rise in outdoor track season in which he became one of the best steeplechase runners in the nation ... Ran the second-fastest steeplechase time and the sixth-fastest 1,500 meter times in school history ... Qualified for the steeplechase at the 2022 USATF Championships and placed seventh in the finals with a ... Ran a lifetime-best 8:27.05 in the prelims ... Earned All-American status by placing ninth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with an 8:33.37 at the NCAA National Championships ... Ran an 8:30.20 in the prelims to qualify for finals ... Placed eleventh in the West Region and fourth in his heat of the 3,000 meter steeplechase with an 8:36.53 to punch his ticket to NCAAs ... Was the Big Sky runner-up in the steeplechase (8:56.42) and also placed eighth in the 5,000 meters (14:18.61) and 14th in the 800 meters (1:53.92) ... Took fourth place in the steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Invitational with an 8:42.73 ... Was the runner-up in the steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 8:38.90 ... Placed sixth in his heat of the 1,500 meters and ran the sixth-fastest time in MSU history with a 3:44.15 at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Set his collegiate personal-best in the 800 meters and took second with a 1:52.43 at the Al Manuel Invitational ... Placed second in the steeplechase at Azusa Pacific's Franson Classic with an 8:50.26 ... Won the 1,500 meter run at the Redlands Invitational with a 3:48.56.
2020-21 Season: Participated in three events at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Finished fourth in the steeplechase (9:19.60), 11th in the 5,000 (14:53.54) and 18th in the 1,500 (3:58.14) … Advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the steeplechase and took 28th in a time of 9:03.96 … Ran the eighth fastest 1,500 (3:45.64) and ninth fastest steeplechase (8:55.66) in program history during the outdoor slate … Had a first-place finish and three runner-up showings in events during the outdoor season … Fifth best Bobcat finisher and took 25th overall at the Big Sky Winter Cross Country Championships (25:21.1) … Three top-three indoor showings in three indoor meets ... Named a letterwinner by the coaching staff.
2019-20 Season
Cross Country (Redshirt): Did not compete in any meets.
Indoor (Freshman): Participated in three events to close season at the Big Sky Conference Championships … Finished 11th in the mile (4:18.92) and took 30th in the 3,000 … Also member of sixth place distance medley squad (10:20.20) … Opened season by taking first in mile at the Stacy Dragila Invitational (Jan. 17) in Pocatello … Took second in mile following week and set personal-best time of 2:01.40 in the 800 at the MSU Dual Meet Invitational … Top time of 3,000 (8:45.06) completed at MSU Indoor Open on Feb. 7 … Ran the mile at the Husky Classic in Seattle on Feb. 15 and took 55th overall ... Named to the Big Sky's 2020 Spring All-Academic Team.
Background: Graduated from Laurel High School in 2019 … Played significant role on Laurel's cross country and track and field teams during his prep career … Completed back-to-back individual MHSA Class A State Cross Country Championships during fall by finishing with a time of 16:18.3 … Senior cross country campaign was highlighted by a lifetime-best mark of 15:51.7 in a 5-mile race … Improved 57 spots from his junior year to senior year appearances at the Nike Northwest Regional Championships by taking 39th in a time of 16:06.7 … Finished first in 13 meets over the final two years running for the Locomotives' cross country squad … Topped that success on the track … Finished first in every individual race but one participated in for the Locomotives during junior and senior seasons … Earned gold medals in the 800, the 1,600 and the 3,200 with the two distance events coming in back-to-back fashion at the MHSA State Track Class A Championships … Shattered both event school records held by former Bobcat and pro runner Patrick Casey with marks in the 1,600 (4:17.29) and the 3,200 (9:19.01) … Also broke the Class A state record in the 1,600 … Made Class A State podium seven times and earned over 60 first-place finishes in races during prep career … Had opportunity to compete in four events at prestigious Arcadia Invitational.
2023-24 Season
Cross Country (Senior): Competed in the final five meets of the season ... Finished as MSU's No. 4 runner at the NCAA Championships in Charlottesville, placing 138th overall to help the Cats take 13th as a team .. Became one of seven Bobcats all-time to race in multiple NCAA Championship meets ... Finished 42nd at the NCAA Mountain Regional, the Cats' fifth runner across the line ... Took 17th at the Big Sky Championships in Missoula, MSU's No. 6 finisher ... Placed 98th overall at the Joe Piane Invite and 67th at Pre-Nationals
Indoor (Senior): Competed in six meets for the Bobcats ... Member of distance medley relay team that placed second at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Finished fifth in the mile and eighth in the 3,000 meters at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, helping contribute 13 points as the MSU men finished runner-up on the team podium ... Was one of six Cats to run an altitude-converted sub-4 minute mile at the Big Sky Tuner in Bozeman (Feb. 16) ... Placed second in the 5,000 meters at the season-opening Bobcat Preview
Outdoor (Senior): Earned Second Team All-American honors in the 3,000 meter steeplechase for the third straight season ... Joined Duncan Hamilton as the only Bobcats in history to be an All-American three straight years ... Finished 12th in the steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene ... Earned a spot in the national steeple final with a gutsy kick down the backstretch in the semifinal at Hayward Field, crossing the line in 8:33.11 ... Finished with the third-fastest mark in the steeplechase at the NCAA West First Rounds in Arkansas to punch his ticket for Eugene, winning the third and final heat to earn an auto-bid ... Earned a silver medal in the steeplechase at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in Bozeman, contributing eight points as MSU dethroned No. 11 Northern Arizona by a single point, 186-185, to win their first team title since 2005 ... Finished 14th in the talent-heavy Bryan Clay Invitational in the 5,000 meters in a personal-best mark of 13:56.96, the seventh-fastest time in school history ... Taylor's time of 8:30.43 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase pushed him to seventh at the Bryan Clay Invitational and was the ninth-fastest time in NCAA Division I on the season ... Ran an altitude-converted time of 3:42.68 to win the 1,500 at the Cat-Griz Dual in Bozeman, the seventh-fastest time in school history
2022-23 Season
Cross Country (Junior): Competed in all seven races and was a scoring runner for Montana State in each one ... Was MSU's fifth runner at the NCAA XC Championships, where he ran a 31:44.5 10K ... Helped Montana State place fourth at the Mountain Region race by placing fifth for the Bobcats and 45th overall with a 10-kilometer time of 29:12.5 ... Had his best finish at a Big Sky Conference race by placing 18th with an 8-kilometer time of 24:30.9 ... Helped MSU win the Weis-Crockett/Pre-Nationals Invitational by placing in 18th with an 8-kilometer time of 23:58.4 ... Was MSU's fifth runner at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, where he placed 37th with a time of 24:05.2 ... Helped the Bobcats earn a perfect score at the MSU Cross Country Classic by placing in fifth with an 8-kilometer time of 24:48.2 ... Opened the season by placing third at the MSU Bobcat Twilight race.
Indoor (Junior): Competed in six indoor track meets ... Had a big showing at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships, helping Bobcats to third-place team result ... Was a member of the Big Sky Champion distance medley relay team, clocking a 9:45.98, the sixth-fastest time in school history ... Finished as the runner-up at the Big Sky Championships meet in the mile with a personal best mark of 4:03.29 and placed sixth in the 3,000-meters providing valuable points in big distance events ... Opened season by winning the 5,000-meters at the Bobcat Preview ... Set a personal best in the 3,000-meters at the Husky Classic (8:01.15), the fifth-fastest time in school history ... Finished third in the mile and fourth in the 800-meters at the WSU Open
Outdoor (Junior): Followed up historic 2022 season with impressive 2023 campaign, competing for the second consecutive year at both the USATF Outdoor National Championships and the NCAA National Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase ... Placed 12th in his semifinal at the USATF Outdoor Championships in Eugene ... Took 15th overall at the NCAA National Championships in Austin, Texas, crossing the line in 8:45.17 ... Was a big-time point producer at the Big Sky Outdoor Track and Field Championships, taking third in the steeplechase as the Bobcats went 1-2-3 in the event ... Also placed eighth in the 5,000-meters at the Big Sky Championships ... Set a personal best mark of 14:08.22 in the 5,000-meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Placed second in the steeplechase, second in the 5,000-meters, and third in the 1,500-meters at the season-opening Griz-Cat Duel ... Finished eighth in the steeplechase at the EKU Rick Erdmann Twilight ... Finished fourth in the 1,500-meters at the Tom Gage Classic on his home track
2021-22 Season
Cross Country (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in five cross country races and scored for Montana State in each one ... Took third at the Bobcat Time Trials with a 15:17.0 5K ... Had a top-10 finish at the MSU Cross Country Classic, where he covered the 8K course in 24:35.60 and placed seventh ... Was MSU's fourth runner at the FSU/Pre Nationals race with aa 24:12.9 8K time ... Helped the Bobcats take third at the Big Sky Cross Country Championships by placing 35th with a 24:55.5 ... Was MSU's fifth runner at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, covering the 10-kilometer course in 32:01.3.
Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in seven indoor track meets, including the Big Sky Championships ... Focused on the mile but also ran the 3,000 meters three times and a leg on the MSU's distance medley relay team that took second at the Big Sky Championships ... Placed third in the mile with a 4:18.71 at the Bobcat Challenge ... Took second in the mile with a 4:15.43 one week later at the Bobcat Performance meet ... Ran his personal-best 3,000 meter time of 8:20.43 at the WSU Open to place sixth ... Won the mile in 4:14.69 at the Big Sky Preview meet ... Helped MSU take second in the distance medley relay and earned All-Big Sky honors at the conference championships ... Also placed 13th in the mile (4:18.90) and 17th in the 3,000 meters (8:35.39) at the Big Sky Championships.
Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Had a meteoric rise in outdoor track season in which he became one of the best steeplechase runners in the nation ... Ran the second-fastest steeplechase time and the sixth-fastest 1,500 meter times in school history ... Qualified for the steeplechase at the 2022 USATF Championships and placed seventh in the finals with a ... Ran a lifetime-best 8:27.05 in the prelims ... Earned All-American status by placing ninth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with an 8:33.37 at the NCAA National Championships ... Ran an 8:30.20 in the prelims to qualify for finals ... Placed eleventh in the West Region and fourth in his heat of the 3,000 meter steeplechase with an 8:36.53 to punch his ticket to NCAAs ... Was the Big Sky runner-up in the steeplechase (8:56.42) and also placed eighth in the 5,000 meters (14:18.61) and 14th in the 800 meters (1:53.92) ... Took fourth place in the steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Invitational with an 8:42.73 ... Was the runner-up in the steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 8:38.90 ... Placed sixth in his heat of the 1,500 meters and ran the sixth-fastest time in MSU history with a 3:44.15 at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Set his collegiate personal-best in the 800 meters and took second with a 1:52.43 at the Al Manuel Invitational ... Placed second in the steeplechase at Azusa Pacific's Franson Classic with an 8:50.26 ... Won the 1,500 meter run at the Redlands Invitational with a 3:48.56.
2020-21 Season: Participated in three events at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Finished fourth in the steeplechase (9:19.60), 11th in the 5,000 (14:53.54) and 18th in the 1,500 (3:58.14) … Advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the steeplechase and took 28th in a time of 9:03.96 … Ran the eighth fastest 1,500 (3:45.64) and ninth fastest steeplechase (8:55.66) in program history during the outdoor slate … Had a first-place finish and three runner-up showings in events during the outdoor season … Fifth best Bobcat finisher and took 25th overall at the Big Sky Winter Cross Country Championships (25:21.1) … Three top-three indoor showings in three indoor meets ... Named a letterwinner by the coaching staff.
2019-20 Season
Cross Country (Redshirt): Did not compete in any meets.
Indoor (Freshman): Participated in three events to close season at the Big Sky Conference Championships … Finished 11th in the mile (4:18.92) and took 30th in the 3,000 … Also member of sixth place distance medley squad (10:20.20) … Opened season by taking first in mile at the Stacy Dragila Invitational (Jan. 17) in Pocatello … Took second in mile following week and set personal-best time of 2:01.40 in the 800 at the MSU Dual Meet Invitational … Top time of 3,000 (8:45.06) completed at MSU Indoor Open on Feb. 7 … Ran the mile at the Husky Classic in Seattle on Feb. 15 and took 55th overall ... Named to the Big Sky's 2020 Spring All-Academic Team.
Background: Graduated from Laurel High School in 2019 … Played significant role on Laurel's cross country and track and field teams during his prep career … Completed back-to-back individual MHSA Class A State Cross Country Championships during fall by finishing with a time of 16:18.3 … Senior cross country campaign was highlighted by a lifetime-best mark of 15:51.7 in a 5-mile race … Improved 57 spots from his junior year to senior year appearances at the Nike Northwest Regional Championships by taking 39th in a time of 16:06.7 … Finished first in 13 meets over the final two years running for the Locomotives' cross country squad … Topped that success on the track … Finished first in every individual race but one participated in for the Locomotives during junior and senior seasons … Earned gold medals in the 800, the 1,600 and the 3,200 with the two distance events coming in back-to-back fashion at the MHSA State Track Class A Championships … Shattered both event school records held by former Bobcat and pro runner Patrick Casey with marks in the 1,600 (4:17.29) and the 3,200 (9:19.01) … Also broke the Class A state record in the 1,600 … Made Class A State podium seven times and earned over 60 first-place finishes in races during prep career … Had opportunity to compete in four events at prestigious Arcadia Invitational.
Big Sky Preview
Friday, February 11
Track and Field Big Sky Championships
Monday, February 18
Coach Kennedy - Feb. 11, 2013
Tuesday, February 12
Coach Kennedy - Feb. 4, 2013
Tuesday, February 05
