The junior finished in 3:40.20 taking first overall in the event. Cutting, the reigning indoor national champion in the mile, finished seven seconds ahead of the rest of the pack after pulling away late in the race.

“All glory to God,” Cutting said of his record breaking performance. “The weather was good and I felt really good. Shoutout to my pacer  Brayden Packard for setting me up for a strong finish. Records are meant to be broken so it’s really special to claim a record that’s stood for so long.”

The previous facility record of 3:42.1 was set by S. Kip Cheruiyot of Mt. Saint Mary’s in 1989 at the NCAA national championships held at the Clarence F. Robison Track and Field Complex just under 37 years ago. Cutting now adds a facility record to his resume that already includes a school record and a national championship.

James Corrigan made his outdoor debut in the 3000-meter steeplechase Thursday finishing third overall in a time of 8:55.10. The senior and Olympian was only beaten in the race by former BYU athlete and silver medalist in the event Kenneth Rooks who took second and Daniel Michalski who broke the 43-year old facility record in the event to take first overall in a time of 8:39.64. Both Michalski and Rooks are professional athletes with ties to BYU track and field director Ed Eyestone.

Garrett Copelin claimed victory in the 110-meter hurdles, clocking a time of 14.08 seconds with Jayden Jessee finishing in a close second at 14.22 seconds. Ty Oustrich won the open 200-meter dash coming across the line in 21.59. Jessee competed in the long jump, recording a jump of 7.31m/24-0 to take second in the event.

Hayden Gribble and Connor Saunders tied for second in the high jump recording a height of 2.05m/6-8.75.

Multi-athlete Kaden Passey took first in the decathlon discus throw with a mark of 46.69m/153-2.5. He also finished fifth in the 110m hurdles in 15.93 seconds and third in the decathlon pole vault clearing 4.29m/14-1.25.

Women’s track piles up first-place finishes

BYU won seven events on the second day of the Robison Invitational on Thursday at the Clarence F. Robison Track & Field Complex.

BYU saw two athletes finish in the top three of the 3000-meter steeplechase, as Emerald Kehr came away with the win in 10:42.06 and  Karissa Chamberlain followed in 10:48.81 for third. The win marked Kehr’s first in the 3000m steeplechase.

Kaiah Fisher started the Cougars off with a win in the discus. Fisher threw 51.04m/167-5.5 to notch her fifth win in the event this outdoor season.

Lia Pili added a throws win in the shot put with her 14.07m/48-10.25. Pili finished nearly two meters ahead of the rest of the field, while teammate Fisher took second with 14.29m/46-10.5.

Tia Brown won the heptathlon with 5,402 points, just shy of joining the Cougar top-10 board. The freshman finished more than 400 points ahead of the rest of the field, with her overall win highlighted by a victory in the long jump at 5.84m/19-2.

The 4x100m relay squad notched a win in the event as it crossed in 44.66. Marianne Barber, Paje Rasmussen and Kali McEuen were anchored by Mikensi Smith.

River White picked up her first outdoor collegiate win in the 1,500m, clocking 4:31.83 to take the title in a 22-athlete field. White improved her previous best in the event by nearly 12 seconds.

Zoey Bonds and Kali McEuen finished first and second in the 100m hurdles. Bonds crossed in 13.30, while McEuen posted a 13.49.

Freshman Mae Johnson picked up her fourth top-three finish this outdoor season in the high jump with 1.71m/5-7.25. Johnson finished second in the event, marking her best finish since late April.

Rasmussen was just shy of matching her school record, finishing second in the 100m in 11.08.  Smith and Cambria Hasler both posted new career bests in the event at 11.87, with Smith narrowly edging Hasler.

No. 25 Arizona State picks up Game 1 softball win

BYU softball fell to No. 25 Arizona State in Game 1 of a three-game series, 9-4 at Gail Miller Field on Thursday night

The Cougars (18-31, 7-5 Big 12) were outhit 13-4, despite claiming the game’s only home run from  Hailey Shuler in the bottom of the first.

Both teams committed just one error, and BYU struck out nine times while delivering only two strikeouts of its own.

Arizona State struck first, scoring off an RBI single to right field in the top of the first, taking an early 1-0 lead moving into BYU’s first at-bat.

The Cougars responded quickly, with Shuler hitting a two-run shot in the back half of the inning and giving BYU its first lead at 2-1.

The Sun Devils tied things back up in the top of the second, scoring off a single to center field.

After both teams went scoreless in the third, Arizona State tacked on another run off an RBI single in the top of the fourth, leaving the Cougars down 3-2 moving into the bottom of the fourth.

BYU erased the deficit shortly after Bre Townsend hit an RBI double to left field, bringing in  Hailey Morrow  from first and moving the score to 3-3.

In the fifth, the Sun Devils reclaimed the lead with a two-run double. Another double and subsequent singles in the top of the sixth then increased the Arizona State advantage to 9-3.

The Cougars added a run in the bottom of the sixth, with Ilove’a Brittingham coming home on a ground out. Neither team scored for the remainder of the game, cementing BYU’s 9-4 defeat.