University of Iowa Athletics
Mid-Distance

Chase Lovercheck

Class Fifth Year
Hometown Lagrange, Wyo.
High School Southeast High
Previous School Portland State
Chase Lovercheck - Men's Track & Field - University of Iowa Athletics

At Portland State – 2x All-Big Sky in the outdoor 800m (3rd in 2019; 2nd in 2022)… Big Sky Track Athlete of the Week (4/25/22)… Two-time Academic All-Big Sky (1x indoor; 1x outdoor)… NCAA West Prelims qualifier (800m in 2022)…2023 Indoor… Set an indoor best in the 800 while moving up to sixth all time in the event with his finish in 1:52.78 at the Husky Classic (2/10-11)… Moved up to 10th all time in the 400 meters while finishing in 49.72 seconds at the Portland Indoor Two (2/5)… Set personal bests in the 600 and 1,000 meters at the UW Indoor Preview (1/14)… Set a 3.5-second personal best with his time of 2:29.88 in the 1,000 meters, then shaved a quarter of a second off his 600-meter personal best with his time of 1:22.86… 2022 Outdoor… Cracked 1:50 officially with a personal best of 1:49.51 at the Portland Track Festival (6/11)… Became just the third Viking ever to qualify for the NCAA West Prelims in the 800 meters… Earned All-Big Sky honors while placing second in the 800 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/11-14)… Bettered his three-year-old personal best while moving up to fourth all-time in the 800 meters and finishing in 1:50.56 at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/29-30)… Named Big Sky Athlete of the Week after winning the open section of the 800 meters at the Oregon Relays (4/22-23)… Shaved five seconds off his personal best in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:10.50 at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/19)… 2022 Indoor… Won his section of the 800 meters in 1:55.18 at the Husky Classic (2/11-12)… Shaved just under a second off his personal best in the 600 meters while finishing in 1:23.19 at the Portland Indoor Three (2/5)… 2021 Outdoor… Shaved a second and a half off his seasonal best in his final race of the year, finishing in 1:51.93 at the Stumptown Twilight (6/3)… Ran the 400 and 800 meters at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/30-5/1), shaving another second off his 800-meter seasonal best with a time of 1:53.95… Shaved a second off his seasonal best in the 800 meters, finishing in 1:56.02 at the Oregon Relays (4/24/21)…2020 Indoor… Set a new indoor best in the prelims of the 800 meters at the Big Sky meet, finishing in 1:54.27… Moved into the all-time top 10 in the 800 meters while setting a new personal best of 1:54.80 at the UW Invitational (1/31-2/1)… 2019 Outdoor… Earned All-Big Sky honors with a third-place finish in the 800 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8-11)… Finished the finals of the 800 meters at the Big Sky meet in 1:50.92, the best time by a Viking freshman in the event in the past 16 years… Shaved a second and a half off his 800-meter personal best while finishing in 1:54.95 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (4/18)… Won the 800 meters with a new personal best of 1:56.33 at the Pacific Open (3/30)… 2019 Indoor… Lowered his personal best in the 800 meters by close to three seconds with his finish in 1:54.94 at the D1 Invitational Team Challenge (2/1)… three-time team captain

High School – Four-sport letterwinner in high school, earning letters in football, wrestling, track & field and baseball during all four years of high school…Two-time Conference Track & Field Athlete of the Year (2017, 2018)…All-state honoree in track & field as a sophomore, junior and senior…Won two state titles as a member of his 4×400-meter relay team in 2017, and his 4×800-meter relay team in 2018…All-state and all-conference honoree in football as a senior in 2017…Four-time all-conference honoree in wrestling (2015-18) and track & field (2015-18)… coached by Mark Bullington and Bruce Sinner.

Personal – born September 9, 1999… Son of Brenda and Justin Lovercheck…Has a sister, Kelci, who competes in cross country and track at Minot State…Honor Roll student during all four years of high school…Student Body Vice President…National Honors Society President at his high school…Played for the Westco club baseball team from 2016-18…Lists hunting, fishing, mountain biking, hiking and playing video games as hobbies/interests…pursuing a Master of Science in occupational and environmental health/agricultural safety and health.