The BYU women’s distance medley relay squad of Carmen Alder, Meghan Hunter, Tessa Buswell and Riley Chamberlain broke the event’s all-time NCAA record Friday afternoon at Dempsey Indoor in Seattle.

Alder clocked 3:16 for her opening 1200-meter leg, Hunter ran 52 seconds for her 400m leg, Buswell ran 2:04 in the 800m and anchor Chamberlain closed out the 1600m in 4:24 for an NCAA record DMR time of 10:37.58.

“I am really pleased with my group,” said BYU Associate Director of Track & Field Diljeet Taylor. “You can do something special in the DMR if you have really good bookends. But, to do something magical in the DMR, you need all four to be hitting it and they did that today.”

The squad’s time breaks the previous BYU program record by over seven seconds and is nearly 14 seconds faster than that posted by BYU’s 2024 national championship squad.

“We are constantly trying to push ourselves and our teammates to get better,” said anchor Chamberlain. “We are setting new standards and racing ourselves to improve each year.”

Other Cougar track successes included Jenna Hutchins winning the 5000m in a season-best time of 15:31.41 on Friday, while Sami Oblad broke the BYU 400-meter school record at the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico and Lexy Halladay-Lowry broke the 3000m school record at Dempsey Indoor in Seattle on Saturday afternoon.

Oblad ran a lifetime best of 51.71 in the 400m to win the event in New Mexico and break the BYU school record by 1.3 seconds. The senior from Stansbury Park, Utah is currently ranked No. 4 in the NCAA with Saturday’s time.

BYU men’s track and field saw school records broken by Tyler Mathews and Josh Taylor as well as a 4×400-meter relay squad on Saturday.

True freshman Tyler Mathews ran 1:46.62 at the 2024 Husky Invitational in Seattle, Washington on Saturday to land atop the school record board. Mathews has quickly climbed the program top-10 list having previously ran 1:47.27 just two weeks prior at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic. Shaquille Walker previously held the school record with a 1:46.97 outing in 2016.

The sprints showed out in New Mexico with records in the 400m and 4x400m relay events being broken.

Josh Taylor crossed the finish of the individual event in 45.85. It marks the second time Taylor has held the school record, having reclaimed it after teammate Trey Jackson took the title last season. Jackson had an impressive day himself with a 46.12 outing for a new personal best.

The Cougars will compete at the Alex Wilson Invitational in the Distance Medley Relay on Saturday, Feb. 22.

BYU freshman gets eighth Big 12 Freshman of the Week honor

Delaney Gibb was named the Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Week for the eighth time this season on Monday after she lifted BYU to an upset win over No. 20 Oklahoma State.

With her eighth recognition this season, Gibb becomes the third player in Big 12 history to earn at least eight weekly freshman honors, tying Darianna Littlepage-Buggs of Baylor with eight and Ayoka Lee of Kansas State who holds the all-time record with 12.

Gibb continues to lead all conference freshmen in scoring (16.88), field goal percentage (.456), assists (3.92), free throw percentage (.782), 3-point field goals (62), 3-pointers per game (2.48) and minutes played (33.28).

Gibb and the Cougars next travel to Tucson to take on the Arizona Wildcats on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Tip is scheduled for 6 p.m. MT with the game streamed on ESPN+ and broadcast on BYU Radio with Jason Shepherd on the call.

Cougar baseball takes one of two at Fresno State

BYU baseball split a doubleheader with Fresno State on Saturday, dropping game one 13-4 before winning the nightcap 7-1 at Bob Bennett Stadium in Fresno.

With the doubleheader split, BYU is now 1-2 on the year, while Fresno State is 2-1.

BYU and Fresno State played the final game of the four-game series on Monday but the contest concluded after press deadline.

BYU softball splits doubleheader in Puerto Vallarta

BYU softball fell to Indiana, 3-0 before beating Florida International, 5-1 in a doubleheader to close out Puerto Vallarta College Challenge play at Nancy Almaraz Field on Saturday afternoon.

Following the completion of the tournament, BYU had right-handed pitcher Kaysen Korth and catcher Lindy Milkowski named to the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge all-tournament team.

Korth went 2-0 across 15 and a third innings pitched, posting a 0.91 ERA with 10 strikeouts. Milkowski hit .333 on the week with a pair of walks and also caught three runners stealing throughout the tournament.

The Cougars will head to Palm Springs, California next week to participate in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, beginning on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 5:30 p.m. PT on FloCollege.

Cougar men’s golf comes in eighth in Hawaii

BYU men’s golf (281-279-280-840) finished in eighth place at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate at the Ocean Course at Hokuala in Lihue, Hawaii, on Saturday.

The Cougars were led by sophomore Peter Kim, who was able to take a top 20 finish in the event. Kim recorded rounds of 69-68-71-208.

The Cougars will return to play in the Lamkin Invitational at San Diego Country Club from Mar. 10-11.

BYU women’s tennis beats Denver

Despite losing the doubles point, the Cougars came back with four big singles wins against the Pioneers, extending their win streak to six.

BYU lost the first three points of the match but came back with four straight victories to win 4-3.

BYU will return home on Friday, Feb. 21, to play Utah State at 12 p.m. MST.