Personal
- Parents are Tom and Sarah Boyden
- Major: Post-Baccalaureate Studies
- Has five younger siblings: Lily, Annie, Jacob, Alexander, and Vivienne
- Sister Lily Boyden currently plays soccer for UCLA
- Sister Annie Boyden currently plays soccer for Gonzaga
- Mother Sarah Boyden ran for BYU
- Lived in Spain for three years, from first grade through third
- Lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for five years before family returned to Salt Lake City
- Graduated from Stanford with B.S in computer science (AI concentration) and an M.A. in Public Policy. Will be attending law school in pursuit of a J.D. at UCLA
Before BYU
- First-team All-Pac-12 (2022)
- All-West Region (2022)
- All-ACC (2024)
- Three-time West Region team champions (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Three-time Pac-12 team champions (2020-21, 2022, 2023)
- Four-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- Five-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (XC 2021; T&F winter 2023, 2024; spring 2022, 2024)
- CSC Academic All-District (2025)
- ACC All-Academic (XC: 2024)
Graduate Student: 2024 || Stanford
- All-ACC
- ACC All-Academic
- Placed ninth at ACC Championships, as Stanford's No. 2 runner
- Finished 22nd at Pre-Nationals
- Placed eighth at Gans Creek Classic
Senior: 2023 || Stanford
- Did not compete
Junior: 2022 || Stanford
- Placed seventh at Pac-12 Championships
- First-team All-Pac-12
- All-West Region
- Placed 23rd at NCAA West Region Championships
- Stanford's No. 5 runner on fourth-place NCAA Championships team
Sophomore: 2021 || Stanford
- Placed sixth in season-opening Florida State Open
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Freshman: 2020 || Stanford
- Stanford's No. 8 runner on Pac-12 Championship team, placing 26th
- Was among five freshmen among Stanford's top eight runners
- Made collegiate debut by placing 34th on March 5 at the Florida State Winter Classic as Stanford's No. 6 runner
Before College
- Ran outdoor mile in 4:04.50 in 2020 in El Dorado Hills, Calif.
- 2020 Gatorade Utah Boys’ Track and Field Player of the Year
- Two-time qualifier for the Foot Locker national cross country championships
- Placed 13th in 2018 and 12th in 2019 at Foot Locker nationals
- Third in the 2019 Foot Locker West Regionals
- Utah state record-holder in the 1,600 and 3,200.
- Utah 5A 2019 track runner-up in the 1,600 and 3,200
- Times in the 1,600 (4:11.13) and 3,200 (8:57.79) were the fastest in Utah in 2019
- Also Recruited by Oregon, Notre Dame, Michigan, UCLA, Wake Forest, NAU, Washington
Stats
Cross Country Personal Bests |
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Time/Score |
Event |
Meet |
22:41.6 |
8K |
2024 ACC Championship |
28:57.2 |
10K |
2022 NCAA West Region Championship |