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BYU's James Corrigan (214) will compete in the steeplechase at the NCAA Track and Field Meet in Eugene, Ore., on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

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BYU's Meghan Hunter will compete in the 800 meters at the NCAA Track and Field Meet in Eugene, Ore., on Thursday, June 12, 2025.

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All the hard work and training comes down to three days in June.

The BYU men’s and women’s track teams are headed to Eugene, Ore., and fabled Hayward Field for the NCAA Championships. putting their individual excellence on the line against the best athletes in the country.

The men will compete on Wednesday and Friday and the women on Thursday and Saturday. The decathlon for the men will be held on Wednesday and Thursday.

Men’s Preview

Ben Barton and Jaden Roskelley will represent the Cougars in the decathlon on Wednesday and Thursday. Roskelley enters the 10-event gauntlet as one of four competitors to have scored at least 8,000 points this season joining Nebraska’s Till Steinforth, Mississippi State’s Peyton Bair and UC Santa Barbara’s Brad Thomas. He won the Robison Invitational earlier this season where he set six personal bests en route to scoring 8,000 points. Barton returns to the national meet for the first time since 2023 when he finished eighth with the 7,815 points. The senior is coming off the best decathlon of his career at the Big 12 Championship where he won the title scoring 7,865 points, making him the seventh-best performer in the event in program history.

James Corrigan returns Hayward Field in hopes of bringing home the Cougars fifth 3,000-meter steeplechase national title. The junior finished ninth at last year’s edition of the championships at Hayward Field running 8:29.61 in the final after having the fastest time in the prelims. He would return to the same track two weeks later to finish third at the U.S. Olympic Trials and join former teammate Kenneth Rooks as an Olympian.

The native of Los Angeles, Calif. hasn’t lost a steeplechase race this season as he won his heat at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in 8:31.79. He also won his second consecutive Big 12 title running a season-best 8:22.20 in Lawrence, Kan.

Danny Bryant earned First Team All-American honors in the shot put at last year’s as the senior finished fourth with a throw of 20.02m/65-8.25. He best throw of the season came at the Big 12 Championships where he finished fourth with a toss of 19.84m/65-1.25.

Luke Grundvig had the 39th fastest 5,000-meter time in the west region but races aren’t run on paper as the junior ran a personal best time of 13:34.63 to secure the final time qualifier. It will the American Fork natives first appearance at a national championship after previously finishing 41st (5,000m) and 38th (10,000m) at the West preliminary round.

Joey Nokes and Creed Thompson will compete in the 10,000-meters after securing a Top 16 finish in College Station. Nokes, a senior from Riverton, is the eight-fastest Cougar to ever circle the track for 25 laps having run 28:05.38 in 2023. He will make his first appearance at the outdoor championships having never finished higher than 25th at the West Preliminary Round prior to his 10th place finish where he ran 28:21.04.

Thompson will also be competing at outdoor nationals for a first time after earning First Team All-American honors indoors thanks to an eighth-place finish in the 5,000-meters. He is the sixth-fastest 10,000m runner in program history after running 28:04.15 at the 2023 Bryan Clay Invitational just 10 seconds faster than he ran to finish ninth at this seasons Bryan Clay.

Eli Hazlett, Josh Taylor, Trey Jackson and Jonah Heimuli will have more meet to continue rewriting the record books. The quartet are the second-fastest 4×400-meter relay in program history after running 3:03.05 at Mt. SAC Relays in April. They had the eighth-fastest time in Texas after securing a runner-up finish at the Big 12 Championships with the fifth-fastest time in program history, 3:03.62.

Women’s Preview

The BYU women’s track and field team will send nine athletes with 10 total entries across seven events to the NCAA outdoor championships in Eugene, Oregon. This marks the program’s largest number of entries since 2004, when it also qualified 10. BYU is tied with Texas Tech for the 10th-most entries among Division I programs headed to Eugene.

Leading the way is senior Meghan Hunter, who broke the 1:59 barrier in the 800 meters twice during May. She posted a personal best of 1:58.95 to win the NCAA West Preliminary Round, making her the third-fastest collegian in NCAA history in the event. Hunter will compete in Thursday’s semifinal round, looking to earn a spot in Saturday’s national title race. Joining her in the 800m is freshman Tessa Buswell, the only BYU freshman woman to qualify for nationals. She is one of just four freshmen in the 24-woman field.

In the 3000 meter steeplechase, senior Lexy Halladay-Lowry won the NCAA West Preliminary Round with a time of 9:23.03. Her personal best of 9:18.05 ranks No. 2 all time at BYU and makes her the fifth fastest performer in collegiate history. She will race in Thursday’s semifinal with her sights set on Saturday’s final. Teammate Taylor Lovell also advanced in the event, running 9:42.83 for the fourth fastest mark in program history as she looks to improve on her ninth place finish at the 2024 outdoor championships.

Carlee Hansen broke the BYU school record in the 1500 meters, previously held by 2021 NCAA champion Anna Camp-Bennett (4:08.53), with a time of 4:07.64 to qualify for her first NCAA outdoor meet. She’ll be joined by Riley Chamberlain, who qualified with a 4:08.42. The two will race in Thursday’s semifinal round.

Senior sprinter Sami Oblad will compete in the 400 meters. She holds the BYU record at 50.49 and advanced to Eugene with the fifth-fastest time at the West Preliminary (51.29). Oblad races in Friday’s semifinal for a spot in Saturday’s final.

In the 5000 meters, junior Jenna Hutchins was the fifth-fastest qualifier from the West Region at 15:49.95. Her personal best of 15:16.95 ranks No. 3 in program history. Hutchins previously earned First Team All-America honors with a sixth-place finish in the 10,000m at this year’s NCAA outdoor meet.

Senior thrower Gretchen Hoekstre will return to her home state of Oregon to compete in both the shot put on Thursday and the discus on Saturday. Hoekstre holds BYU’s school record in the discus at 57.04m/187-2 and is just 25 centimeters shy of breaking the school’s 27-year-old shot put record with a mark of 17.46m/57-3.5.

Events will be streamed live on ESPN+ with some finals shown on television on ESPN and ESPN2.