COLLEGE STATION, Texas – BYU’s Luke Grundvig heads to the NCAA Championships for the first time as the junior secured the final time qualifier in the 5,000-meters on Friday evening at E.B. Cushing Stadium in College Station, Texas.
“That was a huge race for Luke. He has been one of our great cross country runners but for him to run a personal best on a hot, humid night was just a wonderful effort,” Director of Track & Field Ed Eyestone said. “Last week, we were doing some finishing work and he finished really well in the workouts. I just said ‘Luke, you got a shot at this’. What I loved about him tonight is that he put himself in it. He ran hard. He had to gear down and make up a lot of real estate in the last 400-meters. He made up two seconds to get that seventh spot then we just had to nervously watch the next heat and make sure the sixth-place didn’t push him out.”
Grundvig was one of six runners from Heat 1 to run the final lap in under 60 seconds as the Highland native ran the final quarter mile in 58.41 to cross the finish line in a personal best time of 13:34.63. The junior entered the meet with the 39th fastest time in the West region before finishing seventh in the first heat and 11th overall, edging Washington State’s Evan Kurui by .26 seconds for the third and final time qualifier.
“We had some good things happen and in a meet like this sometimes you have some disappointments,” Eyestone added. “I think we got some people through that we knew had a really good chance of scoring at the NCAA meet. James Corrigan looked good winning his heat in the steeplechase. That’s one of the high points. It’s always exciting when you cap things with the 4x400-meter relay and see our team advance to nationals.”
James Corrigan remained undefeated in the 3,000-meter steeplechase this season as the junior ran under the previous facility record to win the first heat in a time of 8:31.79. The two-time Big 12 Champion took the lead with two laps remaining and never looked back running his final 400-meters in 63.68 to secure a second consecutive trip to Eugene. Landon Heemeyer finished 16th as the freshman concludes his season running 8:44.07.
HE’S HEADED BACK TO NATTYS 🎟️
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Winning his heat with a time of 8:31.79, Corrigan punched his steeplechase ticket!
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The men’s 4x400-meter relay finished third in its heat and eighth overall running 3:03.65 to secure a spot at nationals for a third consecutive year. Eli Hazlett led the race off before passing the baton to Josh Taylor followed by Jonah Heimuli with Trey Jackson running the anchor leg.
QUALIFIED 👊
— BYU Track & Field/Cross Country (@BYUTFXC) May 31, 2025
Jackson anchors the final leg of the 4x400M relay and finishes with a 3:03.65, punching their ticket to Eugene! pic.twitter.com/R3iHK6F3Hi
Two days after qualifying for nationals in the 10,000-meters, Joey Nokes and Creed Thompson doubled back to finish 16th and 20th in the 5,000m. Nokes finished ninth in the first heat running 13:42.31 with Thompson in 11th in 13:47.44.
Carter Cutting narrowly missed out on his first trip to the national meet as the sophomore finished sixth in heat two, 3:47.40, .09 behind Bradley’s Jack Crull for the fifth and final automatic qualifying spot. Lucas Bons ran 3:43.27 to finish 11th in the first heat.
Danny Bryant, who qualified for nationals in shot put on Wednesday, finished 15th in the discus with the best performance of his career. The senior from Valencia, Calif. threw 57.64m/189-1 on his second attempt of the competition.
Tyler Mathews concluded his freshman campaign finish seventh in his heat and 17th overall in the 800-meters running 1:48.13.
Logan Hubler and Brayden Dahl finished 21st and 22nd in the 400-meter hurdles running 51.52 and 51.58 respectively in the second heat.
Up Next
BYU will compete at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. on June 11-14.