AUSTIN, Texas – All-Americans Erica Birk-Jarvis and Brenna Porter led BYU women's track and field to a five-way tie for 25th place at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday.

FINAL RESULTS

"I was impressed by the grit that the ladies manifested," BYU head coach Ed Eyestone said. "Each of them were tough and fought to the end. It was a really strong showing from our women's team and proves that we really are a top-25 program. I'm very happy for both the men's and women's teams to finish in the top 25." 

The Cougars finished with a combined score of 10 points to tie for 25th with California, Iowa, Texas Tech and UCLA. This is the 27th time the BYU women's team has finished in the top 25 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Four Cougars scored for the team by finishing in the top eight in their respective events. It is the first time since 2005 that four or more women's athletes have scored for BYU at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Porter finished her college career with a fifth-place finish in the 400m hurdles. The senior sprinted through the finish line after the final hurdle to pass two competitors and move up to the fifth spot. The All-American clocked 57.26 while earning four points for the team. 

"This is the track that Brenna had her fall at regionals as a sophomore, which kept her out of the NCAA Championships," Eyestone said. "For her to finish fifth at Nationals on the same track is all about redemption and it was very inspiring to witness."

In the women's 3000m steeplechase final, Birk-Jarvis took fifth place with a time of 9:46.47. The All-American junior battled with the lead pack the whole race and overcame stumbling after the final two barriers to score four points for the Cougars.

"Erica maybe could have run a safe race for second, but when a move by the leader was made she decided to respond and you have to respect her for that," Eyestone said. "If it weren't for a little stumble over the last water jump she probably would have ended up in second place."

All-American Whittni Orton got off to an aggressive start to pace the lead pack midway through the women's 1500m final. The junior crossed the finish line eighth overall with a time of 4:14.73 to score one point for the BYU women's team. In her third-straight appearance, this marks Orton's first top-8 finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

In the women's 800m final, Anna Camp-Bennett tallied another point for the Cougars as she finished eighth overall. The All-American junior finished in 2:05.93 in the final to complete her outdoor NCAA Championships debut.

Andrea Stapleton-Johnson completed her collegiate career in the women's high jump on Saturday. The All-American cleared the first three heights before failing to clear the fourth height of 1.81m/5-11.25. She finished in ninth place with her last clearance being 1.78m/5-10.

The BYU men had its Championship Day on Friday and ended up finishing eighth overall. The team scored 27 points on its way to the best team finish since 2011 when the Cougars also placed eighth. This year marks the 24th time the BYU men's program has finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The 2019 NCAA 10,000m Champion Clayton Young scored 13 points between his first-place finish in the 10,000m combined with his sixth-place effort in the 5000m. A recap of the men's final day of competition can be found on byucougars.com.

• DAY ONE RECAP (Men)
• DAY TWO RECAP (Women/Decathlon)
• DAY THREE RECAP (Men)
• OFFICIAL RESULTS

Wednesday, June 5

Thursday, June 6

Friday, June 7

Saturday, June 8

PROVO, Utah – No. 4/15 BYU track and field will compete at the 2019 NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships June 5-8.

Full Meet Notes

"I think we're in a good frame of mind," BYU head coach Ed Eyestone said. "It is important to focus on the process and the things that got us here. The athletes recognize the importance of this meet and are focused on getting the job done."

The Cougars secured 21 entries at the NCAA West Preliminaries to go along with decathlete Brian Matthews to total 22 bids to the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium in Austin, Texas.

No. 15 BYU women’s track and field

The BYU women’s team enters the meet with six total bids at the NCAA Championships. The women will primarily compete Thursday, June 6, and Saturday, June 8.

Five Cougars will compete in their respective semifinals on Thursday. Whittni Orton will make her third-straight appearance in the women’s 1500m at the NCAA Championships and will be followed by Erica Birk-Jarvis in the 3000m steeplechase. Anna Camp-Bennett and Lauren Ellsworth-Barnes will run in the 800m semifinal before Brenna Porter will cap off the evening in the 400m hurdles. For those that advance, all four finals will take place on Saturday.

Andrea Stapleton-Johnson will compete in the women’s high jump final Saturday. The senior enters the meet ranked No. 1 in the NCAA this season with a clearance of 1.89m/6-2.25.

No. 4 BYU men’s track and field

The BYU men’s team has 16 total entries for the third-most men’s bids at Nationals. The men will primarily compete Wednesday, June 5, and Friday, June 7, with the decathlon will taking place June 5-6.

Matthews will start the meet off for the Cougars in the decathlon on Wednesday afternoon in the 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400m. He’ll finish up on Thursday with the 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin and 1500m.

The NCAA record-breaking six BYU 10,000m runners will race in their final Wednesday night and will make up one-fourth of the field. Dallin Farnsworth, Rory Linkletter, Conner Mantz, Connor McMillan, Connor Weaver and Clayton Young combined to break the NCAA record for most entries in a single event from one school. The previous record was set by BYU in 1975 when the team sent five decathletes to the NCAA Championships.

Jacob Heslington, Matt Owens, Kenneth Rooks and Clayson Shumway will run in the men’s 3000m steeplechase semifinal on Wednesday. Talem Franco will compete in the men’s 1500m semifinal on Wednesday to give the Cougars 11 men’s distance runners at Nationals.

The men’s 4x400m will finish up Wednesday’s competition with their semifinal. The relay team consists of Michael Bluth, Blake Ellis, Abram Schaap and Colten Yardley. All qualifiers from the semifinals will race again on Friday.

On Friday, Rickey Fantroy Jr. will compete in the men’s triple jump final. Fantroy Jr. qualified for the NCAA Championships with a career-best 15.55m/51-0.25 on his final attempt to secure the final entry.

Mantz and Young double-qualified for the NCAA Championships and will race in the men’s 5000m final Friday evening. This is the third-straight outdoor season that Young has double-qualified for Nationals in both the 5000m and 10,000m.

The table below contains a more detailed schedule of when the Cougars compete. ESPN will provide primary broadcast coverage for the four-day meet. A full schedule listing what events will be broadcast on which ESPN network can be found here. Live results and general meet information can be found on ncaa.org. Follow @BYUTFXC on Twitter or @byutrackfieldxc on Instagram for team updates throughout the meet.

Wednesday, June 5

Thursday, June 6

Friday, June 7

Saturday, June 8

* -- If qualified