Pronounced: "Head-in-grin"
BYU Highlights
- A part of the 2025 NCAA National Championship squad
- Named All-American placing second and clocking a 18:38.9 at the 2025 NCAA National Championships
- Named All-Mountain Region in 2025 placing first and clocking a 19:06.6
- 6k personal best of 18:29.60 at the 2025 Big 12 Championships
- Holds the Big 12 Championship 6k record (18:29.6)
- Named All-Big 12 in 2025 placing first and clocking a 18:29.6
- Holds the Rim Rock Farm course record (18:29.6)
Awards
- 2025 Big 12 Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year
- 2025 Big 12 Women's Cross Country Newcomer of the Year
- 2025 USTFCCCA Mountain Region Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year
- 2025 Cross Country Honda Sport Award Finalist
- USATF Athlete of the Week (Oct. 24, 2025)
- USTFCCCA Women's Athlete of the Week (Nov. 3, 2025)
- USTFCCCA Co-Women's Athlete of the Week (Oct. 20, 2025)
- Big 12 Runner of the Week (Oct. 21, 2025)
Personal
- Parents are John and Sarah Hedengren
- Brother Isaac is on the BYU men's track/cross country team
- Father John ran for BYU (1995-00) and is now a chemical engineering professor at BYU
- Uncle Alan Hedengren ran for BYU
- Enjoys reading, cooking and journaling
Before BYU
- 2024-25 Gatorade National Girls Player of the Year
- 2025 Track & Field News High School Girls Athlete of the Year
- 2025 COROS Outdoor Athlete of the Year
- 2024 Nike Cross Nationals champion
- December 2024 USATF Athlete of the Week