BYU’s Jane Hedengren just broke a 17-year-old record at the NCAA West prelims
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Dazzling BYU freshman Jane Hedengren got her first NCAA West Preliminaries race championship on Thursday night, and broke a 17-year-old facility record at John McDonnell Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in the process.
Hedengren ran the 10,000 meter semifinal in 31 minutes, 27.30 seconds to qualify for next month’s final at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
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She broke the facility record of 33:25.71 set by Danette Doetzel of Providence in 2009. However, Hedengren was well off her own collegiate record (30:46.80) in the event.
Hedengren just edged New Mexico star sophomore Pamela Kosgei by less than one second. They were 16 seconds ahead of the rest of the pack.
Hedengren will run in the women’s 5,000 meters on Saturday in Arkansas, having set the collegiate record in April with a time of 14:50.50.
The Jane Train storms to victory! For the second time this year, 🐱BYU's Jane Hedengren and 🐺New Mexico's Pamela Kosgei showcased another close contest in the women's 10,000m with Hedengren coming out on top, again, 31:27.30 at the #NCAATF West Regional.
— DyeStat (@DyeStat) May 29, 2026
Hedengren and Kosgei,… pic.twitter.com/XwdDRwHIuQ
Elsewhere Thursday, BYU senior Jenna Hutchins also qualified for nationals with an eighth-place finish in the 10,000 meters. The All-American from Johnson City, Tennessee, posted a time of 32:30.50.
Utah Valley’s Morgan Nokes placed 18th and will not be moving on to nationals, nor will Utah’s Anastasia Peters (29th) or Utah Valley’s Reagan Doman (33rd).
Florida’s Hilda Olemomoi won the 10,000 meters in the East Region Preliminaries with a time of 32:31.21 and will be one of Hedengren’s chief rivals at the national finals in Oregon next month.
Hedengren wasn’t the only BYU athlete to run well on Thursday. Senior Carmen Alder was the fastest qualifier in the women’s 1,500 meter first round, posting a time of 4:11.81.
Teammate and fellow senior Carlee Hansen had the third-best time, 4:12.62, and freshman Zariel Macchia was 16th with a time of 4:16.26.
Krystie Solomon was fifth in the first round of the 800 meters, while Tessa Buswell was 14th and Kylie Olsen was 32nd.
Utah’s Lindsey Peters was 34th in the event, and just missed qualifying for the next round.
Also Thursday, Utah’s Chelsea Amoah advanced to the quarterfinals in the 200-meter dash, thanks to a third-place finish in her heat with a time of 23.04.
Utah’s school-record breaking 4x100 team will compete on Saturday.