GREENWOOD, Ind. – Cailee Faulkner, Jenna Hutchins, Taylor Lovell, Paje Rasmussen, Taylor Rohatinsky and Nelah Roberts were all named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team, the organization announced Tuesday.
The 2026 Academic All-District Women’s Track & Field teams, selected by the CSC, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the track, in the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America program separately recognizes women’s track & field honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore and must maintain at least a 3.50 grade point average while finishing in the Top 50 at a regional cross country championships or rank in the Top 50 in their respective region in an individual event.
Outdoor pole vault school record holder Cailee Faulkner earns her first-ever CSC Academic All-District honor as an exercise and wellness major. Faulkner’s 4.33m/14-2.5 helped her win the Pacific Coast Invitational, and the junior later earned All-Big 12 honors at the conference championships where she took seventh.
Outdoor pole vault school record holder Cailee Faulkner earned her first CSC Academic All-District honor as an exercise and wellness major. Faulkner’s 4.33m/14-2.5 helped her win the Pacific Coast Invitational, and the junior later earned All-Big 12 honors at the conference championships, where she took seventh.
Jenna Hutchins, who earned CSC Academic All-America honors last season, is a senior majoring in communication disorders with a 3.96 GPA. Hutchins clocked the second-fastest 10,000-meter time in school history with a 32:01.02 and later earned First Team All-America honors in the event as she took eighth at the 2026 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. During the indoor season, she claimed Second Team All-America honors in the 3000m and helped anchor the Cougars to a distance medley relay conference title.
Taylor Lovell, who capped off her outdoor season with a national title in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2026 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, is majoring in exercise and wellness. In her national title performance, the Gilbert, Ariz., native clocked the No. 3 all-time mark at BYU with a 9:21.03. She also won the Big 12 title in the event.
Junior Paje Rasmussen set and helped set five different school records across the indoor and outdoor seasons. The advertising major owns the 100m record at 11.06 and also became the first BYU woman to break 23 seconds in the outdoor 200m with her school record of 22.69. During the indoor season, Rasmussen clocked a 7.25 in the 60m and a 22.91 in the 200m. Alongside teammates Marianne Barber, Kali McEuen and Sami Oblad, the Draper, Utah native also clocked the fastest 4x400m time in school history with a 3:31.24 at the 2026 Don Kirby Elite Invitational. Rasmussen earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in the 100m and outdoor 200m and won the indoor 4x400m Big 12 title.
Nelah Roberts, a sophomore majoring in communication disorders, was BYU’s third finisher at the 2025 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, taking 41st in 19:22.90. The Idaho Falls, Idaho native sits No. 4 on BYU’s all-time 10,000m list after clocking a 32:47.57 at the Stanford Invitational this year. She later earned All-Big 12 honors in the event with a sixth-place finish at the conference championships.
As an exercise science major, Taylor Rohatinsky’s season was highlighted by earning First Team All-America honors in the DMR at the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. Additionally, the Highland, Utah native helped BYU win a Big 12 DMR title. Rohatinsky took 47th at the 2025 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships with a personal-best time of 19:29.80. She also clocked the eighth-fastest outdoor 5000m time in BYU history this season with a 15:24.75.