Brigham Young University commit Jane Hedengren dominated the Girls 3,000m Championship by breaking her own U.S. high school record with a time of 8:40.03 on Saturday night. Photo by Rian Yamasaki.

By Owen Murray, TrackTown USA

Hayward Field played host to a duo of national meets between June 19-22 — and to national records on an unprecedented scale. The 2025 Nike Outdoor Nationals and USATF U20 Outdoor Championships split the stage as the summer got going in Track Town, U.S.A. The weekend was special — but the best moments made it unforgettable.

Jane Hedengren breaks her own 3000m high school record

Brigham Young University commit Hedengren wasn’t racing anyone else when she took the track in the 3000m on Saturday night— not really. If she was racing someone, it was herself. The wave light at Hayward Field was set to Hedengren’s national high school record, which she clocked 13 days earlier at the Brooks PR Invitational.

After tailing the back end of the wave for most of her race, Hedengren caught herself on the final lap, where she finished 0.97 seconds ahead of her previous record. In her final high school race, she lowered the last of her national records to 8:40.03.

Rylee Blade beats US #2 and #3 times in girls’ 5000m Nike Outdoor Nationals win

Blade outdueled the new US #2 and #3 times to win the girls’ NON 5000m championship title on Thursday. For Blade, who also finished third in the girls’ NON 3000m final behind Hedengren and Blair Bartlett, the win was her first 5000m race of 2025 — the win was her second-consecutive title at NON.

Last year, she won the 5000m in 16:18.17; on her return, she lowered the mark to 15:59.65 — more than an 18-second improvement over her 2024 season-best time from NON, made especially impressive by the fact she hadn’t logged an outdoor 5K time this season. A senior, Blade is committed to run distance at Florida State University.

Wake Forest University commit Corbin Coombs won both the Boys 3,000m and 5,000m Championships in 8:03.58 and 14:04.49, respectively. Photo by Rian Yamasaki.

Corbin Coombs sweeps 3000m, 5000m Nike Outdoor Nationals races

Coombs swept the 3000m and 5000m titles at NON; in both wins, Coombs outperformed a US #2 time in second place. In the 3000m final, Coombs rose above a field stacked with fellow Nike Elite athletes — plus Kentucky’s Paul Van Laningham, who ran his first 3000m race of the season at Hayward Field — and posted an 8:03.58-second time en route to victory.

In the 5000m final, Coombs beat out everyone else with a 1:01.729-second final lap to set a new meet-record time. There, he outkicked Ethan Locke (who ran a new US #2 time) to cross the line alone. His weekend also included a strong mark in the mile, where he finished third in 4:03.86, and en-route times in the 1500m (3:46.13) and 1600m (4:02.22). Coombs is committed to run at Wake Forest University.

Tate Taylor runs meet-record 10.10 in boys’ 100m Nike Outdoor Nationals championship final

In the race billed as the fastest high school 100m field ever assembled, Taylor came out on top in a stunning 10.10, meet-record win. His final time was just .01 seconds ahead of second-place Maurice Gleaton Jr. The top three were separated by just .07 seconds, and the next four were split by .02.

Each of the top three, too, ran a faster time than the quickest qualifier (10.29, Gleaton Jr.) — and Taylor’s win comes in the same season he set the new national record at the UIL (Texas) 6A state championships with a 9.92-second, wind-legal win in May 2025.

Taylor, a high school junior, also ran a 21.35-second qualifying time in the NON 200m championship preliminary round, and won the 4x100m club-only relay with the San Antonio Swift Track Club — their 40.08 final is the new US #9 time.

Twin sisters Mia and Mariah Maxwell claimed first and second place in both the Nike Outdoor Nationals (NON) 100m and the USATF U20 200m finals. Photo by Rian Yamasaki.

Maxwell twins go 1-2 in NON 100m, USATF U20 200m finals

Twin sisters Mia and Mariah Maxwell, from Atascocita High School, took the top two slots in both the NON 100m and USATF U20 200m finals. Mia, who won the 200m in 23.10 seconds ahead of Mariah (second, 23.36), also finished second in the women’s U20 100m final — Mariah finished third.

The twins wrapped up a dominant 2024-25 season with their week at Hayward Field; Mia set a state record in the 6A state 100m final in Texas and won the long jump, where Mariah won the 200m.

In the NON 100m final, Mia ran 11.35 to seal the title minutes after officially winning the triple jump championship; Mariah ran 11.52 for second place, still a full tenth of a second faster than third. Both are high school juniors — their senior year is still ahead of them.

US #1 football recruit Jackson Cantwell doubles up on shot put wins

Cantwell wasn’t just one of the nation’s premier collegiate football recruits when he walked out of Hayward Field on the weekend. He was also the undisputed best shot putter in Eugene. Committed to the University of Miami for football, Cantwell threw 21.23m (69-08) and 21.84m (71-08) to win the USATF U-20 and NON shot put titles, respectively — as expected for the U.S. #1.

Just one other athlete in either field (McKay Madsen) touched 21m on the weekend — it was Madsen’s final throw of the NON championship, which thrust him into second after five throws under 20m. Cantwell totaled five of his nine legal throws over the 21m mark, and took home the medals those efforts earned.

Cooper Lutkenhaus stakes his claim as the greatest boys’ high school 800m runner ever

The reigning high school boys’ 800m record holder, Lutkenhaus pulled away from second-place Bodey Lutes over the final straightaway to win in 1:45.45 and lower his own national record. He officially broke the high school record, previously held for 29 years by Michael Granville, earlier this month at the Brooks PR Invitational.

He’s also only a sophomore. Lutkenhaus has a knack for showing up in big moments: he ran a new personal-best at the Texas 6A state championships, and then lowered it with the record on the line at Brooks…and then again in Eugene.

Texas State University commit Ja’shaun Lloyd won the Boys 110m Hurdles Championship in 13.28. Photo by Rian Yamasaki.

Ja’shaun Lloyd breaks venue record, sweeps 110m hurdles races

At the 2025 Nike Indoor Nationals, Lloyd won the 60m hurdles in 7.49 seconds. At the Texas high school outdoor championships, Lloyd won again, and ran the second-fastest boys’ 110m hurdles high school time ever — 13.20 seconds — in the process. At Hayward Field, he won the event in 13.28, setting the new venue high school record in the process.

Lloyd’s NON win doubled his total on the weekend, after the Texas State University commit won the USATF U-20 110m hurdles in 13.31 seconds on Friday. There, he bested second-place Joshua-Kai Smith by just .01 seconds — the top four finishers were separated by .08.

Lloyd, though, came out on top again. He’s making it a habit.

Girls hammer throw Kimberly Beard new US #1 NON championship

Outside Hayward Field, Beard waited until her final throw to set the new US #1 high school mark in the hammer: 59.76m (196-0). Her win — a personal-best mark by nearly 18 feet — outperformed second place by more than 11 feet. Her 2024 second-place finish in the competition was 52.90m (173-6). Beard also finished second in the U-20 hammer, with a 57.96m (190-02) mark that trailed only a 59.80m (196-02) from Hannah Alexander.

Quentin Nauman runs meet-record 4:00.52 in boys’ NON mile

Nauman sped away from a field that included double winner Coombs and Evan Noonan to seal a meet-record time in the boys’ mile. Weeks after running a personal-best time at the HOKA Festival of Miles, the high school junior sealed his season with the win at Hayward Field; Nauman finished just .01 seconds ahead of second-place Noonan — a dive at the line secured the win.

He didn’t start high in the field, though, and spent the first two laps in 14th before rising into fifth on the penultimate loop and closing in 56 seconds — more than a second faster than any other athlete. The high school junior’s close isn’t a new phenomenon; at HOKA, he needed a 54.713-second final lap to earn the new US #1 time ahead of University of Washington commit Josiah Tostenson. In Eugene, his near-sub-4-minute effort was enough for a national high school title.

Next at Hayward Field, the 50th edition of The Prefontaine Classic is set for July 5.