Cougars travel to New York City for Dr. Sander Scorcher

PROVO, Utah — BYU track and field will travel to New York City for the Dr. Sander Scorcher Jan. 24-25 at The Armory Track & Field Center.

 

Meet Information 

Location: The Armory Track & Field Center - New York, New York 

Dates: Friday, Jan. 24 - Saturday, Jan. 25

Live Results: AthleticNET

Live Stream: RunnerSpace

 

Women's Preview

The reigning Big 12 Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week Maren Garnett headlines the BYU women with the No. 3 mark in the NCAA in the pole vault. Garnett cleared 4.45-meters/14-7.25 at the BYU Cougar Invitational Jan. 11. Teammate Rebekah Erikson is also ranked No. 13 in the country. Both vaulters are set to compete at 12 p.m. MT on Saturday. 

Indoor and outdoor 400m school-record holder Sami Oblad will run her first 400m race of the season Friday afternoon. Oblad won the 200m and 600-yard races at the BYU Cougar Invitational clocking 24.42 and 1:19.89, respectively. 

Gretchen Hoekstre is coming off of a personal best and BYU's No. 2 all-time mark in the shot put last weekend at the Snake River Open. The senior threw 17.17m/56-4 to win the event. Hoekstre also won the weight throw with a toss of 16.80m/55-1.5.

"I’m excited for my athletes to compete in New York," said throws coach Niklas Arrhenius. "They should be getting some competition they might not see again the rest of the year. It will also be the first time they’ll need to cope with long travel and learn how to compete under those circumstances. I hope my upperclassman will compete for a win and my underclassmen will shoot for a season best or PR."

Men's Preview

Heptathlon school-record holder Ben Barton tops the field from the men's side having achieved his new top spot in program records at the 2024 BYU December Invitational. Barton recorded 5,814 points through the two-day competition. He was also a 2023 First Team All-American with an eighth-place decathlon performance at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (7,815 points, No. 6 all-time at BYU). 

Danny Bryant will lead the men's throws group in New York City. He most recently claimed two victories at the Idaho State Snake River Open on Friday Jan. 17. Bryant recorded a new personal best in the shot put with a 19.25m/63-2 mark which also put him at No. 5 all-time in program history. The senior also took first overall in the weight throw with a 18.25m/59-10.5 mark. 

Trey Jackson heads into the meet as the indoor 400m school-record holder. Jackson earned that status with a 46.23 performance at the 2024 Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships. He most recently competed at the 2025 BYU Cougar Invitational where he took second in the event with a 47.26 outing. Jackson also took first overall in the 600-yard event with a 1:09.37 finishing time. 

"We are looking forward to getting out and testing ourselves for the first time this season away from home," said sprints and hurdles coach Kyle Grossarth." This will give us a really good idea of where our preparation is as we get closer to the conference meet a little more than a month away."

Up Next

Following the Dr. Sander Scorcher, the distance squads will return to Boston for the John Thomas Terrier Classic Jan. 31 at the Track & Tennis Center.