BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, December 06 — The talk before the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener at the hyper-fast Boston U Track & Tennis Center was about how far the Collegiate Records were going to tumble in the elite sections of the men’s and women’s 5000s.
The fans who made the trek got what they wanted on the women’s side. BYU frosh Jane Hedengren, who two weeks earlier had finished 2nd at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, skimmed more than 7 seconds off the absolute CR set by Parker Valby at the ’24 NCAA as well as the Collegiate Indoor Record set by Alabama’s Doris Lemngole in this meet last year. Hedengren stopped the clock at 14:44.79.
Before the meet started, the BU track & field staff tweaked the schedule to make it more fan friendly, separating the elite sections of the 800, mile, 3000 and 5000s into a 90-minute window.
In the women’s 5000, designated pacer Ellie Leather of Great Britain led Hedengren and New Mexico’s Pamela Kosgei through 1600 in 4:48.24, slightly off CR pace, but just a hair under 15:00. After Leather pulled off the track, the pace stayed the same, as the Cougar frosh took Kosgei through 3000 at 8:59.01.
A series of five straight 35-pace 200s put Hedengren back on track as she went through 4000 in 11:55.04, nearly 5 seconds clear of Kosgei. The split was 4.97 faster than Lemngole’s a year earlier, yet on pace for a 14:53-high finish. Lemngole had closed with a ferocious kick over the last 2 laps. Hedengren still needed to keep her foot on the gas to take down the CR.
A final kilometer of 2:49.78 capped off with a 66.78 last 400 got Hedengren to 14:44.79. After taking care of the CR she turned around to see teammate Riley Chamberlain finish under 15:00, running 14:58.97, to become the No. 6 indoor performer in collegiate history.
Hedengren became the second-fastest American all-time with her mark, behind only Elise Cranny’s 14:33.17 AR set in ’22 on this track and 0.01 below the 14:44.80 Josette Andrews ran in March, also at BU. The BYU yearling’s time also moved her to No. 2 all-time among Junior (U20) 5000 runners indoors.
Kosgei, who set her indoor PR of 15:00.36 on this speedy track last year, faded to 3rd in 15:05.41, the No. 11 performance in indoor collegiate history.
Afterwards, the new CR holder said that she was satisfied with her effort, and especially with the conservative early pace: “I just want to do my best effort every time and I feel like in practice, we have kind of shown that we are around that level.”
Hoey Drops 600 WR By Nearly A Second
While it may have been slightly overlooked by those in attendance, Josh Hoey, the reigning world indoor 800 champion, made some noise in the days before the meet stating that he’d take a shot at Donavan Brazier’s AR of 1:13.77 for 600m.
As the final event of the elite window, Hoey’s brother Jonah, who had won the elite 800 in 1:47.01, led the other three men through the first 200 in 23.60, with brother Josh behind in 23.74.
Josh swung wide on the second lap to pass Jonah, which might have cost some time. Josh went through the 400 in 47.63, then closed with a 25.21 to finish in 1:12.84, almost a second under Brazier’s mark.
Hoey’s time was just 0.03 off Johnny Gray’s outdoor WR mark of 1:12.81 set in ’86, and is the second-fastest under any conditions.
“I took this as a preseason meet. I came out here to have some fun,” Hoey said.
Hoey added that he really didn’t have a set time in mind, but knew he was in good shape after transitioning to a new self-coached training program following his split from Australian coach Justin Rinaldi.
“About four weeks ago, I realized that I hadn’t died yet on the new program,” he said. “I’m happy to do anything under the previous World Record.”
“At 450, I was underwater, and with a 100 to go, I was sinking, and I had to hold on, but overall I’m happy to cross the line.”
While the men’s 5000 didn’t get under the CR of 12:57.14 set by Northern Arizona’s Nico Young in ’24 — or for that matter, under 13:00 — the race had one of the most exciting finishes.
After pacer Joe dosReis stepped off the track at 2200m, New Mexico’s NCAA cross country champ Habtom Samuel, Villanova’s Marco Langon, and Virginia’s Gary Martin gradually broke away from the field, with Samuel pressing the pace.
With a lap to go, Martin shot to the lead, but could not hold it, as Samuel regained the front, then fought the late charge of Langon on the outside.
Langon dove for the line, losing an earring in the process, but could not quite catch Samuel, as both were credited with a time of 13:05.21.
Langon and Martin both moved into the all-time collegiate top 10. Langon is now No. 4 all time, while Martin’s 3rd-place time of 13:05.57 slots him at No. 5.
COLYEAR-DANVILLE RESULTS
MEN
600: 1. Josh Hoey (adidas) 1:12.84 WR, AR (old records 1:13.77 Donavan Brazier [Nike] ‘19) (in/out: 2, 2 W, A);
2. Kerem Ayhan’ (Tur) 1:15.68 PR; 3. Ryan Farrell (unat) 1:15.68 PR.
800: 1. Jonah Hoey (adidas) 1:47.01 PR; 2. Klaus Hans Scholz’ (Wing-Chl) 1:47.61 PR; 3. Thomas Cowan’ (BU-NZ) 1:47.88 PR.
Mile: 1. James Harding (Or-NZ) 3:55.92 PR (3:41.14 PR); 2. Tinoda Matsatsa (Gtn) 3:56.26 (3:40.92 PR); 3. Sair Salgado (UArmDSD) 3:56.78 PR (3:41.16 PR); 4. Carter Cutting (BYU) 3:56.79 PR (3:41.47 PR).
3000: 1. Colin Sahlman (NnAz) 7:36.71 PR (7, 8 C);
2. George Couttie’ (VaT-GB) 7:36.74 PR (8, 9 C);
3. Sam Prakel (adidas) 7:37.16 PR; 4. Simeon Birnbaum (Or) 7:39.65 PR; 5. Ryan Schoppe (unat) 7:39.81; 6. Taha Erraouy’ (EnKy-Mor) 7:40.56 PR; 7. Elliott Cook (Or) 7:41.57 PR; 8. Fouad Messaoudi’ (Mor) 7:42.51 PR; 9. Foster Malleck’ (Can) 7:42.80 PR; 10. Jesse Hamlin (But) 7:43.06 PR; 11. Reuben Reina (Wa) 7:43.16 PR.
5000: I–1. Habtom Samuel’ (NM-Eri) 13:05.21 (x, 5 C);
2. Marco Langon (Vill) 13:05.21 PR (4, =5 C);
3. Gary Martin (Va) 13:05.57 PR (5, 7 C);
4. Dennis Kipngetich’ (OkSt-Ken) 13:12.91 PR; 5. Colton Sands (NC) 13:17.88 PR; 6. Evans Kiplagat’ (NM-Ken) 13:18.05 PR; 7. Robin Kwemoi Bera’ (IaSt-Ken) 13:18.72 PR; 8. Hamza Chahid’ (Mor) 13:20.19 PR; 9. Ethan Coleman (NDm) 13:24.08 PR; 10. Abdel Laadjel’ (Or-Ire) 13:24.17 PR; 11. Solomon Kipchoge’ (WaSt-Ken) 13:24.30 PR; 12. Evans Kurui’ (WaSt-Ken) 13:24.79; 13. Meshack Kimutai’ (IaSt-Ken) 13:26.87 PR; 14. Collins Kiprotich’ (NM-Ken) 13:29.59 PR.
II–1. Elsingi Kipruto’ (Louis-Ken) 13:29.37 PR; 2. Adisu Guadia’ (OkSt-Isr) 13:29.58 NR; 3. Leo Young (Stan) 13:30.21 PR;
4. Tayvon Kitchen (Or) 13:30.74 PR (in/out: 8, 9 AJ).
WOMEN
300: 1. Sydney Segalla (BC) 37.40 PR.
600: 1. Maeve O’Neill’ (Prov-Ire) 1:28.09 PR; 2. Emma Dagenais’ (Can) 1:29.40.
800: 1. Tayissa Buchanan’ (PennSt-Aus) 2:02.67 PR; 2. Emma Sullivan (KennSt) 2:03.68 PR; 3. Sami Oblad (BYU) 2:03.97 PR.
Mile: 1. Helen Braybrook’ (CoStP-GB) 4:30.03 PR (4:14.42 PR); 2. Sophia Gorriaran (Harv) 4:32.94 PR (4:12.60 PR); 3. Sydney Masciarelli (NC) 4:33.20 PR (4:16.95 PR).
3000: 1. Salma Elbadra’ (SC-Mor) 8:41.76 PR (5, 5 C);
2. Vera Sjöberg’ (NC-Swe) 8:43.06 PR (8, 9 C);
3. Allie Zealand (Lib) 8:44.71 AJR (old AJR 8:54.18 Katelyn Tuohy [NCSt] ‘21; 10, x C) (in/out: 2, 3 AJ);
4. Angelina Napoleon (NCSt) 8:46.15 PR (8, x AmC);
5. Mena Scatchard’ (GB) 8:47.80 PR; 6. Juliet Cherubet’ (Or-Ken) 8:52.30 PR; 7. Dalia Frias (Or) 8:55.78 PR; 8. Rosemary Longisa’ (WaSt-Ken) 8:55.81 PR; 9. Chloe Foerster (Wa) 8:56.22 PR; 10. Elizabeth Khathievi’ (AMCC-Ken) 8:59.74 PR.
5000: I–1. Jane Hedengren (BYU) 14:44.79 CR, absolute CR (old CR 14:52.57 Doris Lemngole’ [Al-Ken] ’24; old absolute CR 14:52.18 Parker Valby [Florida] ’24) (2, 2 A, WJ; 1, 1 AJ) (in/out: 10, x A; 1, 1 AJ);
2. Riley Chamberlain (BYU) 14:58.97 PR (6, 7 C);
3. Pamela Kosgei’ (NM-Ken) 15:05.41; 4. Hilda Olemomoi’ (Al-Ken) 15:08.61;
5. Mary Bonner Dalton (NDm) 15:11.31 PR (9, x AmC);
6. Josephine Naukot’ (WV-Ken) 15:11.91 PR; 7. Judy Chepkoech’ (Fl-Ken) 15:12.57 PR; 8. Jadyn Keeler’ (ND-Can) 15:14.76 PR;
9. Betty Kipkore’ (IaSt-Ken) 15:15.30 PR; 10. Sophia Kennedy (Stan) 15:16.20; 11. Silvia Jelelgo’ (Clem-Ken) 15:16.57 PR; 12. Diana Cherotich’ (Or-Ken) 15:16.72 PR;
13. Chloe Thomas’ (Wa-Can) 15:16.93 PR; 14. Marion Jepngetich’ (NM-Ken) 15:17.02 PR; 15. Rosina Machu (Gonz) 15:21.19 PR; 16. Caren Kiplagat’ (Al-Ken) 15:22.22 PR.
II–1. Jacey Farmer (BYU) 15:28.79 PR; 2. Hayley Burns (NnAz) 15:29.84 PR.
