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2024 Cross Country Roster

Profile

  • Junior
    Class
  • Kuna, Idaho
    Hometown
  • Kuna HS
    High School
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Malia Lowe
Malia Lowe
Junior
Class
Kuna, Idaho
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2022 XC, 2023 T&F, 2023 XC, 2024 T&F, 2024 XC, 2025 T&F); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2022 XC, 2023 T&F, 2023 XC, 2024 T&F, 2024 XC, 2025 T&F); Mountain West Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week (10/10/23); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024, 2025).

2025 (JR)
Cross Country (2024): Placed third at the Utah State Alumni Challenge with a 5K time of 18:08.04, helping the Aggies sweep the top five places and the team title … Finished third at the Utah State-hosted Steve T. Reeder Memorial Invitational with a 5K time of 18:43.73, helping the Aggies win the team title… Took 98th at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals with a 6K time of 22:04.0… Took 10th at the Utah Open with a 5K time of 19:22.60, helping the Aggies win the team title.
Indoor: Placed 33rd in the 3,000 meters at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a time of 10:12.61… Took first in the 3,000 meters at the Idaho State-hosted Mountain States Games with a personal-best time of 9:56.51… Won the mile run at the Idaho-State hosted Stacy Dragila Open in a personal-best 5:02.71.
Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor season.

2024 (SO)
Cross Country (2023): Placed 10th with a 5K time of 18:55 at the Utah State-hosted Sagebrush Invitational… Took sixth with a 6K time of 23:25.90 at the 2024 NCAA Mountain Regional Preview, helping USU to the team title… Was the top Aggie finisher, placing second with a 5K time of 18:23.68 at the Utah State-hosted Steve T. Reeder Memorial… Finished 98th with a 6K time of 23:21.6 at the Wisconsin-hosted Nuttycombe Invitational B Race… Earned Mountain West Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors on October 10.
Indoor: Set a season best in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:14.33 as she placed fourth at the Idaho State-hosted Mountain State Games.
Outdoor: Set a personal best in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:17.22 as she placed 34th at the San Francisco State-hosted Mike Fanelli Track Classic… Took 18th in the 1,500 meters with a personal best time of 4:44.12 at the Utah Tech Invitational… Set a personal best in the mile with a time of 5:08.82 as she finished 20th at the BYU-hosted Robison Invitation.

2023 (FR)
Cross Country (2022): Competed in five meets with her best finish coming at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run, where she placed fourth in the 6K Open Run with a time of 21:40.9… Began her collegiate career by placing 20th at the season-opening Utah State-hosted Sagebrush Invitational, where she placed 20th with a 5K time of 19:15 as the Aggies captured the team title… Helped the Aggies capture the team title at the Idaho State Open, where she placed ninth with a 6K time of 23:31.6… Placed 75th with a 6K time of 22:25.9 in the B Race at the Wisconsin-hosted Nuttycombe Invitational… Was the fourth Aggie to cross the finish line at the Utah Open, placing eighth with a 5K time of 19:16.6, helping Utah State capture first place.
Indoor: Placed fifth in the mile at the Utah State-hosted Speed and Power Meet with a career-best time of 5:13.30… Finished fifth in the 5,000 meters at the Idaho State-hosted Stacy Dragila Invitational with a career-best time of 18:22.38… Placed 20th in the 3,000 meters at the BYU Invitational II with a career-best time of 10:39.08.
Outdoor: Placed 74th in the 5,000 meters at the San Francisco State-hosted Mike Fanelli Track Classic with a career-best time of 18:06.19… Placed sixth in the 5,000 meters at the Idaho State-hosted Bengal Invitational with a time of 18:32.68.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and three-year letterwinner in track & field at Kuna High School in Kuna, Idaho… Recorded career-best times of 17:32 in the 5,000 meters, 10:53 in the 3,200 meters and 5:02 in the 1,600 meters, owning the school record in all three events… 2021 5A South Idaho Conference District XC Champion with a time of 18:21… Placed fourth at the 2021 5A Idaho State XC championships with a time of 18:05… Placed fifth in both the 1,600 meters and the 3,200 meters at the 2021 IHSAA T&F Championships.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Cline and Tiffany Lowe… Has three brothers and sisters… Double majoring in dietetics and nutrition science.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:

Event Indoor Outdoor
1,500 Meters   4:44.12
Mile 5:02.71 5:08.82
3,000 Meters 9:56.51  
5,000 Meters 18:22.38 17:17.22

POSTSEASON RESULTS:
MW INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Year Event Place Time/Mark
2025 3,000 Meters 33rd 10:12.61
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