BOSTON — Meghan Hunter and Tessa Buswell opened up the 2025 indoor track and field season with top-10 program marks in the 800-meters Saturday afternoon at the Track & Tennis Center.
Hunter ran 800m in 2:02.03: BYU's No. 3 all-time mark in the event. The senior from Provo, Utah won the race on her way to setting a new indoor personal best.
"I felt very confident coming into this race," said Hunter. "Today was kind of a celebration of Fall training. The plan was just to smooth and relax and shut the mind off for as long as I could. I felt pretty strong throughout the race."
Tessa Buswell finished in third with a personal-best of 2:04.01 in her first-ever collegiate competition. The freshman from San Diego, California earned BYU's No. 9 all-time mark in the 800m.
"I was really nervous for the race, but Meghan and Krystie helped me a lot and prepared me for it," said Buswell. "I'm really proud of my performance. I thought I raced well and executed the race plan which was to just 'hop on the train' and let people pull me through. I am super proud of all of my teammates today."
Krystie Solomon-Jensen was the third BYU woman under the 2:05 barrier as she finished in fourth in a personal best of 2:04.95.
Riley Chamberlain placed eighth in the 3000m running just a tenth of a second off of her personal best. A First Team All-American in the event at last season's NCAA Championships, Chamberlain clocked 8:51.31. Teammates Taylor Rohatinsky and Taylor Lovell placed 24th and 29th, running 9:08.98 and 9:12.68 in their debut races over the 3000m distance.
Sophomore Grace Hutchison set a personal best of 4:45.81 to place 15th and lead the Cougar women in the mile.
| Top 10's | |||
| No. 3 | 800m | Meghan Hunter | 2:02.03 |
| No. 9 | 800m | Tessa Buswell | 2:04.01 |
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