Will Jane Hedengren beat the 10K collegiate record tonight? Update: Yes, she's done it (30:46.80)

After watching the video her Mom posted it is clear they were taking turns leading. I think most people would prefer that scenario. Seems likely that Valby would’ve gone faster in such a race where you have to also kick hard to secure the win. Jane wasn’t in the clear until 200 to go.

Yeah, but it’s indoors and a lot of elite runners don’t show up. Lutkenhaus is an indoor world champion, but only one guy, out of seven that had a faster time than him last year, competed. If a fit Wanyonyi had shown up, would Cooper still have won?

He beat every one that made it to the starting line , but in assessing someone’s career, I’m only going to look at WC and Olympic results.

She’s amazing.

I think she will be a World Champion down the road.

Very impressive in her Freshman year.

Tough to imagine a world championship down the road with no kick and especially with out of control doping on the women's distance side and they only get taken down well after winning multiple champs. They're running sub-29 on road and track now. She's got a long way to go. She's doing fantastic but the world scene is amazingly tough.

I'm super happy somone associated with BYU got a video of the race as well. Maybe it was Jane's mom, Sarah? My only concern is, if you open the YT channel it's on, there are lots of Hedengren family videos from way back when her kids were quite young. I'd keep those PRIVATE. Jane's race has over 15k views already.

Agreed! Let's celebrate amazing women's distance performances here. I don't know much about this Katy Zang high school runner who broke a 2 mile record, but I hope she also has a long and healthy running career as well.

Great results but if she is going to be world champion I'd suggest it is considerably more likely to be indoors. Less depth of excellence in those races and it can lend to surprising results.

Less than a month ago the conventional wisdom was that Lemingole would again stalk Hedengren and surge past her late in Fayatteville. Just because it didn't happen in that NCAA meet doesn't mean the issue has gone away. The outdoor global finals are slow paced and the ordering with one lap to go means very little. Several East Africans plus Battocletti are about to take off and create huge gaps.

There's no reason to expect that landscape to change anytime soon. Cruel reality. Best times mean very little compared to whether or not you are athletic enough to mix it up during the late dash.

It's just my prediction not based on any knowledge, but I suspect Jane will stay at BYU as long as possible but will end up leaving early in the buildup year to the 2028 Olympics. She will still be in BYU during the 2027 World Championships and will not run XC going into the 2028 Olympic year. That's my bet.

I agree with this - there's a lot of reasons for a Mormon BYU student to continue representing BYU as long as possible. It's not just a normal college student situation where they chose their dream college - it's about representing the church on as big a platform as possible. Once the BYU logo is off your chest not *everyone* will know you're a Mormon any more (obviously most people who follow the athlete will, but it's not the same). For Mormon kids who dream their whole life of not just going to BYU but being a person the church and school will always point to as a legend? Not the same as a kid who just always wanted to go to Oregon. Donors to the school will make sure she gets enough NIL to offset whatever she'd get from Nike. Obviously I could be very wrong but I think there's more at play than just what's ideal from a training standpoint.

An American nonbinary (Hiltz) AND an American woman (Mackay) medaled

granted in old, but did anyone see 30:xx for a gal who was in HS last year and think how far women's (US) distance running has come?

When Parker broke 15 in college I was shocked...then Grace Hartman came on the scene...now Jane is out here being the GOAT. They have such a good setup in Provo...run for Jane's dad's youth team, run in hs with the same team in hs, then BYU with one of the best coaches in the nation. And if they want to continue, they stay in Provo with the Nike pro group (with their college coach!). Expect more big names to come out in the next few years...Jane, Taylor (Rohatinsky), and the Alders (Lily will be a byu freshman in the fall and was the brooks pr mile champ last year) all have siblings. Diljeet doesn't even need to recruit lol

Y's Guys Live Stream May 25, 2026 - Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler host Y’s Guys: BYU Sports Livestream Talk Show & Podcast

Coach Ed Eyestone joined the show for about 13 minutes (56 - 69 minute mark of the podcast). Highlighted NCAA Division I 1st Round aka West Regional Track and Field Championships at Fayetteville, Arkansas, Discussed the objectives for the leading athletes from BYU, leadership of their decathlete to lead the 4x400 m relay, prospect of Jane Hendergren, praise of AD/HC Diljeet Taylor and more.

What does Hartman have to do with anything? Both Kosgei and Halladay-Lowry ran faster and did it BEFORE Hartman broke 15. If anything, your statement should say "then Kosgei and Halladay came along." You're showing your bias.

Valby and Lemngole are born in the same year.

Jane Hedengren is 4 years younger than Doris Lemngole. Do not forget this difference, when you are rating!

Any advantage Hedengren had from an early start is long gone. It only takes about 1-2 years to catch up.

If you look at the World Athletic times the American, European or Japanese runners are not even close in the 5k. Ethiopians completely and utterly dominate. Marta Alemayo is 18 and has run 14:32 this year. Stated differently, the gulf is enormous. This, of course, begs the question of how these young Ethiopians are so aerobically developed at age 18. This is typically something that takes years of training at the 5k distance. Must be very discouraging to be this elite, as the current crop of Americans are, and then see an unreachable gap between you and the top. Truly unreachable.