Courtney
Wayment
Courtney Wayment is a steeplechase runner from Layton, Utah, who ran for Davis High School and won four NCAA titles at BYU, including the 2022 outdoor 3000-meter steeplechase. She was second at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in a personal-best 9:06.50, finished 12th in the Paris 2024 Olympic final as the top American, and has run two World Championships finals. In 2026 she races as a professional for Nike Swoosh TC.
Who is Courtney Wayment?
Courtney Wayment from Layton, Utah competed in track and field for BYU. Paris 2024 Olympic steeplechase finalist (12th); 2022 NCAA steeplechase champion; PB 9:06.50 (2024 Olympic Trials, second)
Layton and Davis High
BYU prints Wayment's hometown as Layton, Utah, and her high school as Davis High School; KSL called her "the Davis High School standout" when her hometown gathered at Layton Commons Park to watch her race in Paris.
Four NCAA titles at BYU
World Athletics lists four NCAA titles for her at BYU: the 2021 indoor 3000m and distance medley relay, the 2022 indoor 5000m and the 2022 outdoor 3000m steeplechase, which she won at Hayward Field in 9:16.00. BYU calls her a four-time NCAA champion.
An Olympic finalist
She was second at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in 9:06.50, her personal best, and at the Paris 2024 Olympics she placed 12th in the steeplechase final in 9:13.60, which BYU said made her the top finisher from Team USA. She also ran the World Championships final in 2022 (12th) and 2023 (14th). Read the full profile story.
Racing professionally
At the 2026 USATF Outdoor Championships she was fifth in the steeplechase in 9:19.90, entered for Nike Swoosh TC, and she raced five Diamond League meetings in 2026.
At a glance
Key achievements
- Paris 2024 Olympian: 12th in the 3000m steeplechase final (9:13.60), the top U.S. finisher per BYU
- Second at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in 9:06.50, her personal best
- 2022 NCAA outdoor 3000m steeplechase champion (9:16.00) for BYU
- Four-time NCAA champion at BYU, per BYU and World Athletics
- World Championships finalist: 12th in 2022, 14th in 2023
- Fifth at the 2026 USATF Outdoor Championships (9:19.90)
Official sources
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Photo: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo
- BYU: Courtney Wayment track and field bio (2022 roster)byucougars.com
- World Athletics: Courtney Wayment athlete profileworldathletics.org
- USATF Utah: 2026 USATF Outdoor Championships resultsutah.usatf.org
- World Athletics: Paris 2024 women's 3000m steeplechase finalworldathletics.org
- World Athletics: Oregon 2022 World Championships women's 3000m steeplechase finalworldathletics.org
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- World Athletics: Budapest 2023 World Championships women's 3000m steeplechase finalworldathletics.org
- BYU: Wayment places 12th in Olympic 3000m steeplechase final (Aug. 6, 2024)byucougars.com
- BYU: Path to Paris: Wayment becomes an Olympian (June 28, 2024)byucougars.com
- KSL: Community gathers to watch hometown hero compete in Olympics (2024)ksl.com
What each source confirms
- BYU: Courtney Wayment track and field bio (2022 roster)
- Read 2026-11-01: hometown Layton, Utah; Davis High School. Source of the portrait ('Wayment, Courtney 19x-CTY Photoday 04', creator Jaren Wilkey/BYU, Sept. 10, 2019; original https://storage.googleapis.com/byucougars-prod/2023/07/28/ZOTowugVLJUPe9e1pSAm09SQZmdOdHe8apDEPMpR.jpg; agency grep 0).
- World Athletics: Courtney Wayment athlete profile
- Read 2026-11-01: NCAA titles 2021 indoor 3000m and DMR, 2022 indoor 5000m, 2022 outdoor steeplechase (9:16.00, Hayward Field, June 11, 2022); steeplechase PB 9:06.50 (June 27, 2024); 2026 Diamond League starts at Shaoxing, Xiamen, Stockholm, Eugene and Lausanne; 2026 USA Championships fifth, 9:19.90.
- USATF Utah: 2026 USATF Outdoor Championships results
- '5 | Courtney Wayment | 3000m Steeplechase | NIKE Swoosh TC | 9:19.90'.
- World Athletics: Paris 2024 women's 3000m steeplechase final
- Wayment 12th, 9:13.60.
- World Athletics: Oregon 2022 World Championships women's 3000m steeplechase final
- Wayment 12th, 9:22.37.
- World Athletics: Budapest 2023 World Championships women's 3000m steeplechase final
- Wayment 14th, 9:25.90.
- BYU: Wayment places 12th in Olympic 3000m steeplechase final (Aug. 6, 2024)
- 'The top-finisher from Team USA'.
- BYU: Path to Paris: Wayment becomes an Olympian (June 28, 2024)
- Second at the 2024 Olympic Trials in 9:06.50; 'four-time NCAA champion'.
- KSL: Community gathers to watch hometown hero compete in Olympics (2024)
- Layton dateline; watch party at Layton Commons Park; 'The Davis High School standout'.
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