Jane
Hedengren
Jane Hedengren is a BYU sophomore distance runner from Provo who won the 2026 Big 12 women's cross country title in Stillwater, Okla., on Oct. 31, her second straight. A Timpview High graduate, she won the NCAA indoor 3,000m and 5,000m titles as a freshman and holds the NCAA 10,000m record at 30:46.80.
Who is Jane Hedengren?
Jane Hedengren is a track and field athlete for BYU from Provo, Utah. 2026 Big 12 XC champion (6K, 19:28.0); NCAA records: 10,000m 30:46.80, indoor 5,000m 14:44.79; 2026 NCAA indoor 3,000m and 5,000m champion
Provo's distance runner
Hedengren is from Provo and stayed home for college. BYU's 2026 roster lists her as a 5-foot-9 sophomore from Provo and a Timpview High School graduate, and it notes a family thread through the program: her brother Isaac runs for BYU's men's track and cross country team, and her uncle, Alan Hedengren, also ran for BYU. Her parents are John and Sarah Hedengren.
At Timpview she broke nine national high school records, from the mile to the 5,000 meters. She won the 2024 Nike Cross Nationals girls' race in a course-record 16:32.7, and in April 2025 she ran 14:57.93 for 5,000 meters, the first high school athlete under 15 minutes. She finished high school as the 2025 Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year.
The record at BYU
Her freshman cross country season under coach Diljeet Taylor ended with a Big 12 title in a championship course-record 18:29.60, Big 12 Runner of the Year and Newcomer of the Year honors, and second place at the 2025 NCAA Championships in 18:38.9 behind Alabama's Doris Lemngole. On Dec. 6, 2025, she ran 14:44.79 indoors for 5,000 meters, a collegiate record.
In March 2026 she won the NCAA indoor 5,000 meters in 15:00.12 and the 3,000 meters in 8:36.61 a day later, the first BYU woman to win two individual titles at one NCAA championship. Outdoors she ran 30:46.80 at the Stanford Invitational in her first 10,000 meters, an NCAA record, then finished third in the 10,000 and ninth in the 5,000 at the NCAA outdoor championships in June.
Her 2026 cross country season
She opened her sophomore season by winning the UVU Invitational 3-mile in 15:08.62, a Scera Park course record by BYU's account, which earned her USTFCCCA National Women's Athlete of the Week and Big 12 Co-Runner of the Week. She was third at the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater on Sept. 26 and did not race at Pre-Nationals. Back on the Stillwater course on Oct. 31, she won the Big 12 title in 19:28.0, 10 seconds clear of Oklahoma State's Billah Jepkirui, and led BYU women's cross country to its fourth straight conference team title. Read the full Big 12 race story.
At a glance
Key achievements
- 2026 Big 12 women's cross country champion, 6K in 19:28.0 at Stillwater, Okla., Oct. 31, 2026 (Big 12 Conference results); her second straight Big 12 individual title
- 2025 Big 12 women's cross country champion in a championship course-record 18:29.60; Big 12 Runner of the Year and Newcomer of the Year (2025)
- Second at the 2025 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in 18:38.9
- 2026 NCAA indoor champion at 5,000m (15:00.12) and 3,000m (8:36.61), per BYU Athletics and TFRRS
- NCAA 10,000m record: 30:46.80 at the 2026 Stanford Invitational, her first 10,000m
- Collegiate indoor 5,000m record: 14:44.79 at the BU Season Opener, Dec. 6, 2025
- Third in the 10,000m at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships (31:57.94)
- USTFCCCA National Women's Athlete of the Week and Big 12 Co-Runner of the Week, Sept. 2026 (BYU roster bio)
- 2024 Nike Cross Nationals champion (course record 16:32.7) and 2025 Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year at Timpview High
Official sources
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Photo: Ashlee Jarvis/BYU Photo
- BYU Athletics: Jane Hedengren, Women's Cross Country 2026 roster biobyucougars.com
- TFRRS: Jane Hedengren (BYU) resultstfrrs.org
- Big 12 Conference: BYU and Colorado Secure Big 12 Cross Country Titles (Oct. 31, 2026)big12sports.com
- BYU Athletics: No. 4 BYU dominates UVU Invitational, Hedengren takes first (Sept. 4, 2026)byucougars.com
- BYU Athletics: Hedengren wins NCAA 5000m title (March 13, 2026)byucougars.com
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What each source confirms
- BYU Athletics: Jane Hedengren, Women's Cross Country 2026 roster bio
- Read 2026-10-31: 2026 season, 5-9, sophomore, Provo, Utah, Timpview High School; parents John and Sarah; brother Isaac on the BYU men's track/cross country team; uncle Alan Hedengren ran for BYU; 2026 notes: USTFCCCA National Women's Athlete of the Week (Sept. 8) and Big 12 Female Co-Runner of the Week (Sept. 9). og:image is the official portrait (storage.googleapis.com/byucougars-prod/2026/09/03/...), EXIF 'Photo by Ashlee Jarvis/BYU Photo', Aug. 31, 2026; downloaded, scanned clean of wire-agency strings, resized.
- TFRRS: Jane Hedengren (BYU) results
- Read 2026-10-31: 2026 UVU XC Invite 3 mile 15:08.0, 1st (Sept. 4) (TFRRS rounds to 15:08.0; BYU's recap gives 15:08.62, used in copy); Cowboy Jamboree 6K 19:32.5, 3rd (Sept. 26); Big 12 XC 6K 19:28.0, 1st (Oct. 31); no 2026 Pre-Nationals result; NCAA indoor 3000 8:36.61 and 5000 15:00.12, both 1st; Stanford 10,000 30:46.80, 1st; Bryan Clay 5000 14:50.50; NCAA outdoor 10,000 31:57.94 (3rd) and 5000 15:22.88 (9th); BU Season Opener 5000 14:44.79 (Dec. 6, 2025).
- Big 12 Conference: BYU and Colorado Secure Big 12 Cross Country Titles (Oct. 31, 2026)
- Hedengren 19:28.0, second straight individual title; Jepkirui 19:38.0; BYU fourth consecutive women's team title, 56 points.
- BYU Athletics: No. 4 BYU dominates UVU Invitational, Hedengren takes first (Sept. 4, 2026)
- Hedengren first in 15:08.62; she now holds the Scera Park course record (previous 16:24.0).
- BYU Athletics: Hedengren wins NCAA 5000m title (March 13, 2026)
- 15:00.12, beat defending champion Doris Lemngole by more than three seconds, Randal Tyson Track Center facility record.
- Deseret News: Jane Hedengren through the eyes of her coach and an Olympian (March 13, 2026)
- Second at 2025 NCAA cross country behind Lemngole; Big 12 Runner and Newcomer of the Year; 14:44.79 NCAA record; coach Diljeet Taylor.
- Wikipedia: Jane Hedengren
- Read 2026-10-31, used for high school and 2025 marks only: Timpview HS, Provo; nine national high school records, from the mile (4:23.50) to the 5,000m; 2024 Nike Cross Nationals win, course record 16:32.7; 14:57.93 5000m, first high school athlete under 15 minutes (April 2025); 2025 Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year; 2025 Big 12 XC 18:29.60 conference course record; 2025 NCAA XC second in 18:38.9; first BYU woman with two individual titles at one NCAA championship; USTFCCCA National Women's Track Athlete of the Year 2026.
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