Jane Hedengren Smashes Excessive College Mile Report By 5 Seconds
Jane Hedengren continued her phenomenal season with one other nationwide file on the observe. On June 5, the Timpview Excessive College graduate obliterated the U.S. highschool file within the mile, working 4:23.50 on the Hoka Pageant of Miles in St. Louis, Missouri.
The 18-year-old led the race wire-to-wire, successful the title by 12 seconds at St. Louis College Excessive College on Thursday evening. Hedengren lowered the earlier outside mile file (4:28.46) set by Sadie Engelhardt in 2024 by virtually 5 seconds. Her efficiency can also be a U.S. U20 file.
“I’m actually stoked with it,” Hedengren informed DyeStat. “In these races I’m attempting to hit most effort, and I’ve discovered that permits me to run the perfect time on the day. I’m simply grateful for my physique and the reward that is.”
Except for one pacesetter early on, the runner from Provo, Utah, accomplished all the race solo. She began with a blazing 1:04.8 for the primary lap and settled right into a rhythm by 800 meters (2:11.3). Hedengren picked up the tempo barely heading into the 1200-meter cut up (3:16.5) and held robust on the bell lap, which she lined in 1:07.
She even ran sooner than the skilled ladies’s discipline on the Pageant of Miles. Minutes after Hedengren’s warmth, Christina Aragon of Swoosh TC received the elite race in 4:29.38.
If Hedengren, who’s dedicated to run for Brigham Younger College this fall, was competing within the NCAA proper now, she would’ve shattered the collegiate file within the outside mile by two seconds. Her time is simply 0.04 seconds shy of the indoor mile collegiate file (4:23.46) set by Silan Ayyildiz of Oregon earlier this yr.
The mile is certainly one of a number of historic performances Hedengren has clocked this season. In April, she crushed her personal U.S. highschool file within the 5,000 meters, working 14:57.93 towards skilled and collegiate runners on the Bryan Clay Invitational. She is the primary highschool athlete to go sub-15 within the occasion. Earlier that week, she set one other U.S. highschool file within the 2 mile, working 9:34.12 on the Arcadia Invitational. Hedengren additionally owns the U.S. highschool file within the indoor mile after successful Nike Indoor Nationals in 4:26.14 in March.
After Thursday’s race, Hedengren informed DyeStat she plans to race the two mile at Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle, Washington, and the three,000 meters at Nike Outside Nationals in Eugene, Oregon, later this summer time.
Taylor Dutch is a author and editor dwelling in Austin, Texas, and a former NCAA observe athlete who focuses on health, wellness, and endurance sports activities protection. Her work has appeared in Runner’s World, SELF, Bicycling, Outdoors, and Podium Runner.