![]() Hedengren at the 2025 Arcadia Invitational | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | September 23, 2006
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Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Middle-distance, Long-distance |
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Jane Hedengren (born September 23, 2006) is an American middle- and long-distance runner. [3]
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.
Hedengren attended Timpview High School in Provo, Utah from 2021–2025. She comes from a family with a strong running background. [7] Her father, John D. Hedengren, was an All-American runner. In 2024, Hedengren committed to Brigham Young University. [8]
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]
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.
In February, Hedengren set a 3200 meter meet record at the Simplot Games in Pocatello, Idaho with a time of 9:37.50. This performance stood as #2 all-time, behind Mary Cain's two-mile indoor high school record. [16] In March, at the Nike Indoor Nationals, Hedengren set a new high school short track 5000 meters record and a new under-20 American record, with a time of 15:13.26, surpassing the previous record of 15:28.90 set by Elizabeth Leachman. [17] Three days later at the same meet, she captured the national high school record in the short track mile with a time of 4:26.14. [18] [19]
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]
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