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Joella Lloyd (born 12 April 2002) is an athlete from Antigua and Barbuda.
From St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda where she attended Antigua Girls’ High School before going to study at the University of Tennessee.
Lloyd produced a personal best of 23.39 in the 200 metres at the SEC Championships, placing 9th overall in February 2021. On the 27 February 2021, Lloyd won the indoor 60 metres conference title at the SEC Championships, tying the all-time program record with a time of 7.15 seconds and recording the No. 1 mark in the world by any female athlete under 20 years old.
Lloyd finished sixth at her NCAA indoor nationals debut on 13 March 2021, posting a time of 7.23 in the 60 metres.
Lloyd set a new Antigua and Barbuda national record in the 100 meters in May 2021, running 11.19 for first place at the Tennessee Challenge in Knoxville. It was also the World U-20 leading time for 2021, beating the USA's Tionna Brown and her 11.29 run. She won the 100 m bronze and 200 m silver medal in the 2021 NACAC U20 Championships.
Selected for the 100 metres in the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics Lloyd won her preliminary heat in 11.55 seconds, before running 11.54 in the first round finishing 7th in the heat.