BYU Highlights
- Placed 19th at the 2026 Indoor Big 12 Championships in the 5000m (14:26.90)
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 XC (2022)
- All-West Region XC (2022)
- All-ACC XC (2024)
- All-ACC Second Team Outdoor (2025: 3,000; 5,000)
- Three-time West Region XC team champions (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Three-time Pac-12 XC 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: 2025 || Stanford
Outdoor
- All-ACC Second Team Outdoor (2025: 3,000; 5,000)
- Moved to No. 7 in the 10,000m on Stanford’s all-time outdoor list
- Qualified for the prelims of the NCAA West Regionals in the 5000m and 10,000m
- Placed fifth with a time of 13:40.57 at ACC Championships in the 5000m
- Winner of the 3000m at the 130th Big Meet with a time of 8:07.27
- Personal best of 3:43.54 in the 1500m at the Payton Jordan Invitational
- Ran personal best of 28:06.84 in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- CSC Academic All-District
Indoor
- Had one of the fastest seasons by any runner in school history
- Sliced nearly 12 seconds off his 5000m personal best, running 13:21.92 at the Husky Classic
- The time placed him No. 3 in Stanford indoor history
- Missed the NCAA Indoor Championships by two spots in the 5000m and four spots in the 3000m
- Ran a personal best in the 3000m of 7:41.85 to win the UW Indoor Preview
- The time placed him No. 2 in school history
- Ran his third sub-4 mile, a 3:57.35 at the UW Indoor Preview/Mile City meet
Senior: 2024 || Stanford
Outdoor
- Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the 1500m
- Pac-12 1500m finalist
- Ran personal record 1500m of 3:45.68 at NCAA West Prelims
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Indoor
- Broke four minutes in the mile with a season-best 3:59.27 at the Ken Shannon Invite
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Junior: 2023 || Stanford
Outdoor
- Did not compete
Indoor
- Became Stanford's 21st sub-4 miler, running 3:57.06 for third at the UW Indoor Preview
- The time placed him No. 4 on Stanford's all-time indoor mile list and broke a personal best by seven seconds
- Ran only two races during the season, each a big personal record
- Clocked 7:54.34 -- 12-second PB -- to place 12th in the 3000m at the Razorback Invite
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Sophomore: 2022 || Stanford
Outdoor
- Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the 5000m and 10,000m
- Ran 5000m personal best of 13:37.39 while placing fifth at the Pac-12 Championships
- Missed advancing to the NCAA Championships in the 10,000m by one place and the 5000m by two spots.
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
Indoor
- Did not compete
Freshman: 2021 || Stanford
Outdoor
- Moved to No. 5 in 5000m on Stanford freshman list
- Advanced to NCAA West Prelims in the 5,000
- Ran 5000m personal best of 13:42.63 at Pac-12 Championships
Indoor
- Did not compete
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
Indoor Personal Bests |
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|---|---|---|
Time/Score |
Event |
Meet |
3:57.06 |
Mile |
2023 Univesity of Washington Preview |
7:41.85 |
3000m |
2025 Univesity of Washington Preview |
13:21.92 |
5000m |
2025 Husky Classic |
Outdoor Personal Bests |
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|---|---|---|
Time/Score |
Event |
Meet |
1:56.43 |
800m |
2024 Stanford vs. Cal Big Meet |
3:43.54 |
1500m |
2025 Payton Jordon Invitational |
13:30.75 |
5000m |
2025 Bryan Clay Invitational |
28:06.84 |
10,000m |
2025 Stanford Invitational |