The senior from Stansbury Park broke her own school record of 51.79, set on April 19 at the 2025 Mt. SAC Relays, by more than a second.

Oblad’s 50.49 ranks No. 5 in the NCAA this season and leads the Big 12, further solidifying her place among the NCAA’s premier quarter-milers.

“That race was absolutely stunning by Sami,” said BYU sprints and hurdles coach Kyle Grossarth. “I am so proud of her and what she has accomplished. Sami and Emily [Ellis-Dalley] have worked hard together all year and it was great for them to be able to showcase that here in front of a home crowd.”

Ellis-Dalley placed third with a personal-best time of 53.77, cracking the program’s all-time top 10 board. The senior from Highland, Utah now ranks No. 7 in school history.

Freshman Annie Nuttall also ran a personal best of 56.37 to place seventh, while sophomore Madelynne Taggart finished ninth in 57.25.

On the men’s side, three runners in the 400m moved up on the program’s all-time list Saturday afternoon.

Eli Hazlett won the 400m with a personal-best time of 45.24 seconds, beating his previous mark of 46.27. The senior’s performance moves him to No. 2 on the program’s all-time 400 list, just behind Michael Bluth’s 45.13 set in 2021.

Senior Josh Taylor ran a personal-best 45.74 seconds at Saturday’s meet, edging out his previous mark of 45.76. Trey Jackson clocked 45.84 seconds, tying Bob Tobler’s 1964 time for No. 6 on the program’s all-time list.

The Cougars will travel to Lawrence, Kansas, to compete at the Big 12 Championship at Rock Chalk Park from May 15-17.

Softball falls short in final game against No. 11 Texas Tech

BYU softball dropped game three of its series with No. 11 Texas Tech, 2-1 at Gail Miller Field on Saturday evening.

The senior night contest and regular season finale drew 1,608 fans.

The Cougars (31-16, 13-11 Big 12) honored five seniors following the game: infielder Keila Kamoku, outfielder Aleia Agbayani, outfielder Lauren Flanders, right-handed pitcher Alyssa Aguilar and catcher Lindy Milkowski.

Kaysen Korth went four innings, allowing six hits and two runs while striking out three for BYU.

The Red Raiders got on the scoreboard first as a two-RBI single gave them a 2-0 advantage in the top of the third.

Freshman Ilove’a Brittingham homered to left center for her second solo home run of the series, bringing the game to 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth.

Brittingham’s 20 homers on the season are good for the second-most home runs by a freshman in BYU softball history, passing All-American Libby Suggs’ record from 2016.

BYU’s senior Kamoku tagged a player out at third base who was caught in a pickle for a crucial out, leading to zero runs allowed by the Cougar defense in the top of the fifth.

The Cougar defense also pulled off a double play from shortstop to first base in the top of the sixth to keep their momentum going.

With the score remaining at 2-1 through six and a half innings, the Cougars needed action from their offense to survive in the final frame. After a fly out, foul out and strikeout, however, the game would conclude, with Texas Tech winning the game and the series, 2-1.

On Deck BYU awaits its seed in the Big 12 Championship which will be held at OGE Field at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, starting on Wednesday.

Cougar baseball loses two of three in series with Kansas State

BYU baseball dropped the final game of its three-game Big 12 series to Kansas State, 13-4, on Saturday at Miller Park.

With the win, Kansas State improves to 28-20 on the year and 14-10 in conference play, while BYU falls to 22-23 and 7-17. The Wildcats scored 13 runs on 19 hits, while the Cougars plated four runs on nine hits.

Tate Gambill was 2 for 5 and scored a run for BYU. Bryker Hurdsman, Keoni Painter and Luke Anderson all drove in a run each.

K-State got out to a big lead early, scoring six runs in the first inning to take a commanding 6-0 lead. The Wildcats scored two more in the top of the second on two hits to increase its lead to 8-0.

BYU got on the board in the bottom of the second with a lead-off double from Bryker Hurdsman, followed by an RBI single from Keoni Painter.

KSU picked up another run in the third on two hits before BYU scored two more runs in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 9-3. Hits by Tate Gambill and Luke Anderson, combined with an RBI from Hurdsman provided the offense for the Cougars in the third.

K-State scored two more runs in the sixth behind a two-run home run to push the lead to 11-3. The Cougars responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the sixth. Painter got on base with a walk to lead off the inning, followed by a single from Brock Watkins with no outs. Following two outs, Goff singled to left field to bring Painter in and push the lead to 11-4.

The Wildcats scored two more runs in the top of the seventh behind three more hits for a final score of 13-4. BYU relief pitcher Ashton Johnson posted a new career high in pitches thrown with 46 on the afternoon over two and two-thirds innings.

BYU heads to Kansas for a week-long road trip, facing Wichita State on Tuesday before heading to Lawrence for a Big 12 weekend series against Kansas. All of the games will be broadcast on ESPN+ and BYU Radio.