PROVO, Utah – Creed Thompson set the Clarence F. Robison Track and Field 5000-meter facility record by more than 11 seconds on the first day of Robison Invitational Wednesday.
The redshirt senior finished the 12 and a half lap race in 13:48.07 breaking the record set at the Robison Invitational in 2025 by former BYU athlete Aidan Troutner. Thompson currently holds the No. 9 all-time record at BYU in the event with his 13:29.22 performance during the 2025 season.
The Lehi, Utah product finished just ahead of his twin brother Davin Thompson who took second in 13:59.91, clocking in just 0.04 seconds ahead of the previous facility record by Troutner. Jacob Stanford took third in 14:13.98. The Thompson twins and Stanford are set to be honored on Thursday as graduating seniors.
Garrett Copelin set his second top 10 all-time BYU mark with his 50.53 performance in the 400-meter hurdles placing him at No. 9 on the list. The sophomore also holds the No. 5 all-time BYU record in the 110-meter hurdles, an event that he took first place in the preliminary round of at the meet Wednesday, clocking in at 13.92 seconds. With the performance the Tallahassee, Florida native advanced to the finals set for Thursday alongside teammates Jayden Jessee and Treyton Anderson who took second and fourth respectively.
Logan Hubler finished just behind Copelin in the 400m hurdles taking second in 50.58 seconds with Anderson and Jessee taking third and fourth each.
Graduating senior Josh Taylor took first in the 400-meter dash clocking in at 46.25 seconds. The All-American holds the No. 3 all-time BYU record in the event and the school record in the indoor 400m. Taylor was joined by Jonah Heimuli who took second in 47.04 seconds and Ty Oustrich who took third in 47.95 seconds.
Silas Zimmerman won the pole vault clearing a height of 5.01m/16-5.25. The freshman was joined by teammate Dallin Thornton who vaulted 4.85m/15-11.25 to finish fourth overall.
Carson Riner finished third in the javelin throw with a mark of 68.68m/225-4.25. The sophomore competed alongside Brinton Paulson who finished seventh with a throw of 61.93m/203-2.5.
Erik Bryant took fifth in the hammer throw recording a mark of 51.91m/170-3.75. The freshman finished just ahead of teammate Tyler Poole who took sixth and Mark Bryant who took seventh.
Ben Barton and Kaden Passey finished the first five events of the decathlon Wednesday with Barton taking first in the 100-meter dash in 10.65 seconds and Passey finishing fifth in 11.30 seconds. Passey also took sixth in the long jump with a jump of 6.41m/21-0.75, second in the shot put with a throw of 14.21m/46-7.75, seventh in the high jump with a height of 1.75m/5-9.25 and fourth in the 400m coming across the line in 49.95 seconds.