TOKYO – Cougar alumna Lexy Halladay-Lowry placed ninth overall and fifth in her heat to qualify for the 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championships 3000-meter steeplechase final on Monday morning at the Japan National Stadium.
Making her Team USA debut, Halladay-Lowry ran 9:15.06, finishing just over a second behind Kenyan heat winner Faith Cherotich. Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai led all qualifiers in 9:07.68. Halladay-Lowry stayed in the middle of the pack throughout the race, climbing as high as second place through 1500m. The Nike professional topped the trio of Americans advancing to the final, with Kaylee Mitchell and Angelina Napoleon also moving on.
Three Americans in the final!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
— CITIUS MAG (@CitiusMag) September 15, 2025
All three members of Team USA’s steeplechase squad are making their #WorldAthleticsChamps debut… but none of them let the bright lights knock them off their game, as the trio all qualify safely to the final.
Lexy Halladay 9:15.06Q
Kaylee… pic.twitter.com/hux294H9vK
The Meridian, Idaho native will race for a podium finish Tuesday at 6:57 a.m. MST. Follow live results on the World Athletics Championships website.