Collegians Shake Up All-Time Lists In Boston ::: USTFCCCA

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By USTFCCCA Communications, USTFCCCA
January 31, 2025  &nbsp

Collegians were at it again in Boston.

And by “at it again,” we mean running all-time marks.

Meghan Hunter of BYU, Makayla Paige of North Carolina and Victoria Bossong of Harvard all cracked the all-time top-15 of the Women’s 800 Meters with their efforts on Friday at the John Thomas Terrier Classic. Hunter went 2:00.21 to move up to No. 5 on the all-time chart, while Paige wasn’t too far behind in 2:00.57 for No. 6 and Bossong narrowly missed the top-10 by 0.05 seconds with her 2:00.79 finish (Bossong nearly pushed out former CR holder Nicole Cook of Tennessee fame, who held the standard from 2005 to 2017).

Many figured Heat 1 would have the fastest times of the day, not Heat 2 where Bossong, Hunter and Paige would run. Heat 1 featured the talented Stanford duo of Juliette Whittaker and Roisin Willis, as well as Sophia Gorriaran of Harvard. After all, Whittaker and Willis combined for five of the top-10 marks in collegiate history thus far in their collegiate careers. Yet, the Stanford standouts ran 2:02.39 and 2:01.45, respectively, with Gorriaran in 2:02.23.

The distances got longer in the meet and produced yet more top performances by collegians.

Riley Chamberlain of BYU followed Hunter’s lead and cracked the all-time top-5 in the mile. Chamberlain stopped the clock at 4:26.19 to become the fifth fastest woman in collegiate history. The mile has been a strong event for collegians thus far in 2025, as reigning M-F Athletic National Athlete of the Week Wilma Nielsen ran 4:25.89 on January 25 to put herself at No. 3 behind Katelyn Tuohy and Maia Ramsden.

In the 3000, Amy Bunnage of Stanford and Kimberley May of Providence moved to Nos. 6 and 7 all-time with clockings of 8:43.82 and 8:44.73, respectively.

In the 5000, BYU’s Lexy Halladay-Lowry joined the sub-15 club at 14:57.63, making her the No. 4 collegian all-time.