JANE HEDENGREN BREAKS THE BIG 12 6K RECORD
Freshman Jane Hedengren takes first at the Big 12 Championship in Lawrence, Kansas and breaks the Big 12 6K Record with a time of 18:29.6 🤯
🏆 HIStory, HERstory and OUR story made today! 🏆
-Whittni Orton: First women's XC individual title in BYU history
-Conner Mantz: B2B individual titles, first repeat champ since 2014-15
-Orton & Mantz: First individual champions from the same school since 1988
#BYUXC x #GoCougs
BYU director of athletics Tom Holmoe announced today the naming of Diljeet Taylor as BYU women’s cross country head coach. Taylor was previously cross country associate head coach and will continue to serve as associate head coach for BYU men’s and women’s track and field.
"…Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:10-11
Merry Christmas Cougs 🤍
NO ONE DIGS DEEPER THAN CONNER MANTZ DURING A RACE! 😤
Watch as Conner Mantz reels in 2023 10,000m World Championship silver medalist Daniel Ebenyo to win his third consecutive Boulder Boulder title. 🏆 🏆 🏆
⭐️ ALL-TIME PERFORMANCE ⭐️
Courtney Wayment had an INCREDIBLE showing at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the women’s steeplechase!
4️⃣ Took fourth place in the final
⏱ 9:23.09
👑 Broke her own BYU record
3️⃣ Ranks #3 on the all-dates, all-time collegiate list
One of the newest members of the #BYUTF family, Meghan Hunter, could use all of our thoughts and prayers at this time as she was in a serious car accident. The 8-time UHSAA 5A state champ is one of the top signees in 2019.
Pictured is an update from her dad.
#BYUFamily#BYU
Anna Camp-Bennett ran a 4:08.53 to claim the national title in the women’s 1500m! The national champ broke her own school record (4:09.22), set in Thursday’s semifinal!!
🚨2019 National Coach of the Year🚨
In 20 years since taking over as head coach at BYU, Ed Eyestone has:
🏆 - national team title
🏆 - 15 conference titles
🥇 - coached an individual cross country champion
💪 - gone to nationals each year
🏅 - coached 27 All-Americans
👀🐐🤷♂️
🚨SUB-FOUR MILE AT ALTITUDE🚨
Casey Clinger & Lucas Bons join #BYUTF legend Doug Padilla as the only three runners to run a sub-four minute mile at Provo’s 4,549-foot altitude!
Casey Clinger - 3:59.02
Lucas Bons - 3:59.28
🚨BASKETBALL MILE WORLD RECORD🚨
@whitorton13 AND @anna_camp2 broke the women’s world record for the fastest mile while dribbling a basketball!
⏱ Previous Record: 5:08.57
🏀 Whittni: 4:52.71 [4:58.56 w/o altitude adjustment]
🏀 Anna: 5:04.28 [5:10.37 w/o altitude adjustment]
PHOTO FINISH AND HISTORY IS MADE 🇺🇸
Conner Mantz battles Addisu Gobena to the line in a hard final sprint at the 2025 Houston Half Marathon, finishing second and shattering Ryan Hall’s 18-year-old American record by 26 seconds with an incredible 59:17 run.
CONNER MANTZ BREAKS THE AMERICAN MARATHON RECORD 🤯
BYU Alum Conner Mantz set a new American record for the marathon in Chicago with a time of 2:04.43! 🙌