2025-26 BYU Women's Track & Field Season Review

PROVO, Utah – BYU women's track and field's 2025-26 season was highlighted by three individual national titles, four NCAA records, six Big 12 titles, runner-up finishes at the Big 12 Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships and a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships.

Freshman Jane Hedengren marked a historic season for the Cougars. Hedengren delivered three regular season wins, three collegiate records and capped her indoor season with a completion of the distance sweep — winning both the 3000-meter and 5000m at the NCAA Championships.

The Provo, Utah product wasted no time making an impact, running 14:44.79 in the 5000m at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, setting an all-conditions NCAA record in her collegiate debut. The performance also ranks as the second-fastest ever by an American indoors.

She followed with another historic debut at the Millrose Games, where her 8:34.98 in the 3000m became the second-fastest mark in NCAA history and the 14th-fastest by an American.

By winning NCAA titles in the 3000m with a time of 8:36.61 and the 5000m in 15:00.12, she became the first woman in BYU history to win two different events at the same NCAA Championship.

The freshman carried her momentum into the outdoor season, opening with an NCAA record of 30:46.80 in the 10,000m. Her performance broke Florida's Parker Valby's 2024 collegiate record by nearly four seconds and ranks as the seventh-fastest time ever by an American woman.

At the Bryan Clay Invitational, Hedengren added a third collegiate record by running the fastest outdoor 5000m in NCAA history, finishing more than eight seconds ahead of a field that included professional and collegiate competitors.

FIRST 5K. NCAA RECORD. 🤯@BYUTFXC star Jane Hedengren made her outdoor 5000m debut and broke the @NCAA record in 14:50.50.#NCAATF pic.twitter.com/mIqJOJdAvC

— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) April 19, 2026

Hedengren later claimed the Big 12 title in the 5000m before earning First Team All-America honors in the 10,000m and Second Team All-America recognition in the 5000m at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

After finishing ninth in back-to-back seasons, Taylor Lovell became the fifth BYU woman to win the 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, crossing in a personal-best 9:21.03. Her season also featured a 3000m steeplechase title at the Big 12 Championships and the third-fastest performance in the event in BYU history.

At the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, Riley Chamberlain clocked a 4:20.61 mile to set a new collegiate record, breaking the previous mark by nearly three seconds. She later won the Big 12 title in the 800m before earning First Team All-American honors in the mile and Second Team All-American honors in the 3000m at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

BYU's 4x400-meter and distance medley relay teams captured two more indoor Big 12 titles to help secure the runner-up team finish. Paje Rasmussen, Marianne Barber, Kali McEuen and Sami Oblad ran 3:31.40 in the 4x400m, with Oblad anchoring in 51.13, the second-fastest split among all competitors. The DMR team of Taylor Rohatinsky, McEuen, Krystie Solomon-Jensen and Jenna Hutchins clocked 11:11.95 to win by nearly 10 seconds while setting a new facility record.

At the NCAA Championships, the Cougars would earn First Team All-American honors in the DMR as Rohatinsky, Oblad, Tessa Buswell and Jacey Harkins-Farmer clocked a 10:52.14 to take sixth place.

Multis athlete Zoey Bonds closed her senior campaign with five top five finishes across the pentathlon and heptathlon. The Las Vegas native finished runner-up in the pentathlon at the indoor Big 12 Championships with 4,239 points, good for the fourth-best performance in the event in BYU history. Bonds qualified for both the pentathlon and heptathlon at the NCAA Championships, where she earned second team All-America honors in each.

Paje Rasmussen headlined BYU’s sprinters throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons. The Draper, Utah product set four school records in the 60m, 100m, and indoor and outdoor 200m. Rasmussen clocked a 7.25 in the 60m at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational and, two weeks later, set a school record at the Big 12 Championships with a 22.91 in the 200m to become the first BYU woman to break 23 seconds in the event. During the outdoor season, Rasmussen clocked an 11.06 in the 100m and a 22.69 in the 200m for a new all-conditions best. The junior capped her season by earning berths in the 100m and 200m at the NCAA Championships, where she earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in both events.

As a team, BYU’s season was highlighted by second-place finishes at the indoor and outdoor Big 12 Championships and a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships, its best finish since 2009.