ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — No. 17 BYU women’s track and field collected six more All-American honors in its opening day of competition at the 2023 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

Meet Central

Complete Results

Taylor Rohatinsky, Annalise Hart, Alena Ellsworth and Sadie Sargent combined to clock 11:03.55 and finish seventh in the distance medley relay. With a seventh-place finish the Cougars garnered First Team All-American honors for the fifth time in seven seasons. At 11:03.55, BYU finished ahead of NC State, Kentucky, Duke, Oregon and Washington. The Cougars finished just behind Georgetown (11:02.41) and Oklahoma State (11:02.57).

Aubrey Frentheway ran 16:38.77 to take 12th in the 5,000-meters and record her first-career indoor All-American honor, this a Second Team citation.

Claire Seymour took care of business in the 800-meter semifinal with a fourth-place qualifying finish at 2:02.92. Seymour, the top returning 800 runner from 2022 indoor nationals, will compete for a national title in tomorrow’s final at 4:30 p.m. MST.  The senior from Modesto, California finished national runner-up a season ago.

Cailee Faulkner and Riley Chamberlain competed in the pole vault and mile, respectively, on Friday. Faulkner took home Honorable Mention All-American status while Chamberlain’s honors will be determined following Saturday’s mile final.

The BYU women compete in three events on Saturday beginning with Cierra Tidwell Allphin in the high jump at 1 p.m. MST on ESPN+.

PROVO, Utah — No. 17 BYU women's track and field will compete 11 athletes in seven different events at the 2023 NCAA Division I Indoor National Championships at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico March 10-11. 

Read below for a full event schedule as well as notes on each athlete. 

Event Schedule

 ^Qualified | *Did not Qualified 

BYU Qualifiers

Cailee Faulkner // 5'8, So. // Mesa, Arizona // Mountain View High School

• Ranked No. 8 nationally
• Holds BYU women's indoor pole vault record with clearance of 4.40m/14-5.25
• PR/Qualifying Mark: 4.40m/14-5.25 (Feb. 25 at BYU February home meet)
• 2023 MPSF Indoor Women's Pole Vault Champion
• Second-career indoor nationals appearance (finished tied for 14th in 2022).
• BYU's first-ever women's pole vaulter to win back-to-back individual indoor conference titles.
• BYU's first women's pole vaulter to qualify for back-to-back indoor nationals since Becky Jackson (1997-98).
• Looks to win BYU's first-ever indoor women's national title in a field event.

Riley Chamberlain // 5'10, Fr. // Loomis, California // Del Oro High School

• Ranked No. 14 nationally
• Ranked No. 4 all-time at BYU in the women's indoor mile with a time of 4:33.14
• PR/Qualifying Mark: 4:33.14 (Jan. 28 at Razorback Invitational)
• First-career nationals appearance
• Looks to win BYU's first women's indoor mile national title since 1983 and second all-time.

Claire Seymour // 5'7, Sr. // Modesto, California // Enochs High School

• Ranked No. 22 nationally 
• Ranked No. 2 all-time at BYU in the women's indoor 800-meters with a personal record of 2:02.20 (Feb. 2021 at Husky Classic)
• Third consecutive indoor nationals appearance, finishing as a First Team All-American in each of the last two seasons.
• Qualifying Mark: 2:02.75 (Feb. 25 at Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational in Seattle)
• Becomes BYU's third all-time 800 runner to qualify for three consecutive indoor nationals (Shea Collinsworth, 2015-17 and Lacey Cramer Bleazard 2009-11).
• Looks to win BYU's first women's indoor 800 title since 2012 and fourth all-time. 

Aubrey Frentheway // 5'1, Sr. // Cheyenne, Wyoming // Cheyenne Central High School

• Ranked No. 6 nationally
• Ranked No. 3 all-time at BYU in the women's indoor 5000-meters with a time of 15:32.82.
• PR/Qualifying Mark: 15:32.82 (Feb. 10 at David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston)
• First-career appearance at indoor nationals
• Looks to help BYU win back-to-back women's 5000 indoor titles (Courtney Wayment, 2022)

Taylor Rohatinsky // 5'6, Fr. // Highland, Utah // Lone Peak High School

• Helped BYU clock a school record and qualifying time of 10:49.24 (Feb. 17 at Arkansas Qualifier)
• Ranked No. 5 all-time at BYU in the women's indoor mile with a time of 4:33.79 (Feb. 10 at David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston)
• First-career indoor nationals appearance.
• Looks to help BYU win its second women's DMR title in three seasons.

Annalise Hart // 5'10, Jr. // Highlands Ranch, Colorado // Thunder Ridge High School

• Helped BYU clock a school record and qualifying time of 10:49.24 (Feb. 17 at Arkansas Qualifier).
• Ranked No. 9 all-time at BYU in the women's indoor 400-meters with a time of 54.79 (Feb. 25 at Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational in Seattle).
• First-career indoor nationals appearance.
• Looks to help BYU win its second women's DMR title in three seasons.

Alena Ellsworth // 5'10, Sr. // Gilbert, Arizona // Highland High School

• Helped BYU clock a school record and qualifying time of 10:49.24 (Feb. 17 at Arkansas Qualifier).
• 2023 marks her third-career indoor nationals appearance.
• Part of back-to-back school record-setting DMR squads.
• Ranked No. 4 all-time at BYU in both the 400 and 800.
• Looks to help BYU win its second women's DMR title in three seasons.

Sadie Sargent // 5'7, Sr. // Coalville, Utah // North Summit High School

• Helped BYU clock a school record and qualifying time of 10:49.24 (Feb. 17 at Arkansas Qualifier).
• Ranked No. 9 all-time at BYU in the women's indoor mile with a time of 4:35.94 (Jan. 28 at Razorback Invitational).
• Ranked No. 4 all-time at BYU in the women's indoor 3000-meters with a time of 8:57.08 (Feb. 25 at Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational in Seattle).
• First-career appearance at indoor nationals.
• Looks to help BYU win its second women's DMR title in three seasons.
• Looks to win BYU's second indoor 3000 title in three seasons (Courtney Wayment, 2021).

Distance Medley Relay History

• 2023 marks BYU's seventh consecutive season qualifying a women's DMR squad for indoor nationals.
• Alena Ellsworth, Lauren Ellsworth-Barnes, Olivia Hoj Simister and Courtney Wayment combined to win the 2021 national title with a time of 10:52.96 (then a school record). 
• Alena Ellsworth returns to the Albuquerque Convention Center for the first time since it played host to the 2020 Indoor National Championships. Ellsworth, Lauren Ellsworth-Barnes, Anna Camp-Bennett and Whittni Orton were slated to compete for DMR title prior to the meet's abrupt cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Cierra Tidwell Allphin // 5'8, Jr. // Gilbert, Arizona // Highland High School

• Ranked No. 9 nationally
• Tied with Andrea Stapleton-Johnson for No. 2 all-time at BYU in the women's indoor high jump with a clearance of 1.87m/6-1.5.
• PR/Qualifying Mark: 1.87m/6-1.5 (Feb. 25 at BYU February home meet).
• Second-career indoor nationals appearance, finished tied for eighth in 2022. 
• Looks to win BYU' first-ever women's indoor field title.

Lexy Halladay-Lowry // 5'8, So. // Boise, Idaho // Mountain View High School

• PR/Qualifying Time: 8:57.39 (Feb 24 at Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational in Seattle)
• Ranked No. 5 all-time at BYU in the women's indoor 3000 at 8:57.39.
• First-career indoor nationals appearance.
• Looks to win BYU's second women's 3000 title in three seasons (Courtney Wayment, 2022)