Based in Provo, Utah,[4][5] she broke nine high school records[6] including the indoor and outdoor mile, the outdoor two-mile, and both the indoor and outdoor 5000 meters, all set in 2025. She also holds the collegiate record in the 5000 meters, set in 2025.
In June, as a sophomore, Hedengren won the girls' mile at the Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle, Washington, setting a meet record and personal best with a time of 4:35.69.[9] Later that month, she competed at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Oregon, winning the two-mile title with a time of 9:54.38, breaking the U.S. sophomore class record.[10] In September, as a junior, she ran the fastest three-mile ever by a high school girl in U.S. history, finishing in 15:32.[11]
2024
In May, Hedengren set a new Utah state record in the 1600 meters with a time of 4:37.72 at the BYU Invitational.[12] In June, she won the Nike Outdoor National two-mile title in Eugene. In November, she ran the fastest 5 kilometers ever recorded in high school girls cross country history, finishing in 15:50.01 at the Nike Cross Regionals Southwest.[13] In December, she won the Nike Cross Nationals girls' championship race in Portland, Oregon, setting a new course record with a time of 16:32.7.[14][15] The previous course record of 16:37.8 was set in 2018 by Katelyn Tuohy of North Rockland High School in New York.
Hedengren setting the national high school 2-mile record at the 2025 Arcadia Invitational
In April, Hedengren set a high school national record in the two-mile at the Arcadia Invitational, with a time of 9:34.12.[20][21] Later that month, at the Bryan Clay Invite, she broke the high school outdoor 5000 meters record, with a time of 14:57.93.[22] In setting this record, Hedengren broke Elizabeth Leachman's former high school record of 15:25.27 by almost 30 seconds, and became the first high school athlete to break the 15 minute barrier.[23][24] On June 5, Hedengren broke Sadie Engelhardt's high school mile record of 4:28.46 by almost five seconds, clocking 4:23.50.[25] At 1500 meters, she split 4:04.68, which was just 0.06 seconds off Mary Cain's 1500 meter high school record of 4:04.62.[26] At 1600 meters, she split 4:21.81, according to her MileSplit profile, which stands as a new high school record.[27] On June 8, at the Brooks PR Invitational, Hedengren broke her own two-mile high school national record, with a time of 9:17.75. En route, she split 8:40.99 at 3000 meters and 9:14.65 at 3200 meters.[28] On June 21, at the Nike Outdoor Nationals, she lowered her 3000 meter U20 and High School National record to 8:40.03 in her final high school race.[29]
Collegiate career
2025
On October 17, in her first race competing for the BYU Cougars, Hedengren set a course record over the 6 kilometer distance in the Pre-National Invitational, running 18:42.3. She split 15:36 at 5 kilometers.[30] On October 31, Hedengren won the individual title at the Big 12 Championship 6,000-metre race in 18:29.60, setting a new conference course record and leading BYU Cougars to a third straight Big 12 team title.[31] At the NCAA Mountain Regional on November 14, Hedengren won the women’s 6-kilometer title in 19:06.6, finishing more than 40 seconds ahead of the field and helping BYU secure an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships.[32] One week later, she placed second at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in 18:38.9, the fastest freshman performance in meet history, contributing to BYU’s runner-up finish in the team standings.[33]
On December 6, at the 2025 BU Season Opener meeting, Hedengren broke Parker Valby's collegiate record in the 5000 meters, running 14:44.79. Her time is the second fastest ever run indoors by an American woman.[34]
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