Courtney Wayment and Lexy Lowry were among several Utahns to advance to Saturday’s final.
Casey Clinger, the former BYU All-American via American Fork, placed sixth in the 10,000-meter run Thursday night at the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Clinger finished with a time of 29:18.74 in a relatively slow, tactical race. Grant Fisher, the double bronze medalist in the Paris Olympics who lives in Park City, placed second in a close race with American record holder Nico Young. Young’s time was 29:02.12, Fishers’ 29:02.37.
The top three finishers qualify to represent the U.S. in the world championships later this year.
Joey Nokes, who just completed his senior year at BYU, placed 16th in the race with a time of 29:50.73.
Keira D’Amato, the former American record holder in the marathon who moved to Utah to train with BYU coach Ed Eyestone, was seventh in the women’s 10,000-meter race with a time of 32:19.40.
The 10,000 was the only final event held on the track on the first day of the four-day competition. The rest of the schedule was devoted to qualifying races. Most of the top athletes ran just hard enough to qualify for the next round while also conserving energy.
Meghan Hunter, who just completed her senior year at BYU, finished sixth in her heat of the 800-meter run and 21st overall with a time of 2:01.95, which was enough to qualify for Friday’s semifinals. Allie Wilson, a Paris Olympian who now trains under BYU women’s coach Diljeet Taylor, placed 10th in 2:01.24 to also advance.
As expected, all four BYU-connected steeplechasers advanced to Saturday’s final. Kenneth Rooks, the Olympic silver medalist and two-time defending national champion, had the fastest time in Thursday’s semifinals, clocking 8:21.35. Teammate James Corrigan, the 2025 NCAA champion, finished sixth overall to join Rooks in the final. Dan Michalski, who joined Eyestone’s training group this year, was second overall.
In the women’s race, Courtney Wayment and Lexy Lowry easily advanced to Saturday’s final. Wayment was fourth in her heat and fourth overall with a time of 9:30.70. Lowry won her heat with a time of 9:37.53, which was the eighth-fastest overall.
Riley Chamberlain, who just completed her junior year at BYU, advanced to Saturday’s finals of the 1,500-meter run. Riley placed third in her heat and seventh overall with a time of 4:06.65. Anna Bennett, Carlee Hansen and Sadie Sargent failed to qualify. Sargent produced a personal-best time of 4:07.44, the 10th-fastest time of the day. But because she finished only sixth in her heat, she failed to advance even though she had a faster time than several qualifiers, including American record holder Sinclaire Johnson.
Abe Alvarado, another former BYU middle-distance runner, advanced to the finals of the 800-meter run with a time of 1:46.50, the eighth fastest of the day.
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