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Senior
Hometown
Cheyenne,
Wyoming
Last School
Cheyenne Central High School
Roster Years
2018-2020-2023
BYU Highlights
- Three-time All-American
- Four-time All-WCC selection
- Three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree
- Four-time All-WCC Academic selection
- Earned All-Mountain Region honors (2022)
- WCC Women's Cross Country Individual Champion (2022)
- Has competed in 24-career meets, including appearances at:
- Four WCC Championships
- Three NCAA Mountain Regionals
- Four NCAA National Championships
- Career-best WCC finish: 1st
- Career-best Regional finish: 7th
- Career-best Nationals Finish: 15th
- Two meet wins
- Five top-3 finishes
- 10 top-5
- 13 top-10
- 6k collegiate-best: 19:47.2 to win WCC Championships on Oct. 28, 2022
- Named WCC Women's Runner of the Week Oct. 18, 2022
Personal
- Married to Jessco Nielsen
- Major: Mathematics Education
- Parents are Marcus and Angela Frentheway
- Has four siblings (Ethan, Jacob, Jason and Annie)
- Instagram: aubreymarie.f
- Twitter: @aubsfrentheway
Before BYU
- Placed 25th in the 5000m championship race at the Nike Cross Nationals 2017
- Two-time WHSAAA 4A state champion in the 1600m and 3200m (2018)
- Broke the state record as a member of the 4X800m team
- Two-time WHSAAA 4A state champion in the 1600m and 3200m (2018)
- Was the Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year in Wyoming in 2018
- Was the 3200m champion at the 2018 Indoor Simplot Games
- A four-time all-state honoree in cross country
- Also recruited by Utah State, Boise State, Wyoming and East Carolina
Career Results
Women's Track & Field Athlete Profile
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2018
| 2018: Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Event | Time | Distance |
| 150 | NCAA National Championships | 21:26.1 | 6K |
| 39 | NCAA Mountain Region Championships | 21:03.8 | 6K |
| 8 | WCC Championships | 21:11.3 | 6K |
| 50 | Pre-Nationals Invitational | 21:12.7 | 6K |
| 44 | Notre Dame Joe Piane Invitational | 17:43.6 | 5K |
| 5 | BYU Autumn Classic | 17:51.0 | 5K |
Sophmore Year
2021
- Earned All-American honors after placing 38th at NCAA Nationals
- Contributed to the Cougars's third-straight podium finish at NCAA Nationals
- Named to the All-Region team after finishing seventh at the NCAA Mountain Regional
- Named to the All-WCC First Team after a fourth-place finish at the WCC Championships
- Competed in six meets during the 2021 season
- Named to WCC All-Academic First Team
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Place |
Meet | Time | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autumn Classic | 17:39.1 | 5K |
| 4 | FSU XC Open | 20:36.8 | 6K |
| 13 | Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational | 20:22.2 | 6K |
| 4 | WCC Championships | 20:08.9 | 6K |
| 7 | NCAA Mountain Regional | 20:26.6 | 6K |
| 38 | NCAA XC Championships | 19:55.7 | 6K |
Junior Year
2022
- Earned All-American honors
- Earned All-Mountain Region honors
- WCC Women's Cross Country Individual Champion
- Named All-WCC First Team
- Named WCC Women's Runner of the Week on Oct. 18 for her performance at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational. Her 20:06.6 finish helped the Cougars to a fourth-place team finish.
- Named to WCC Women's Cross Country All-Academic First Team for fourth-consecutive season with a 3.58 GPA in mathematics education
- Received USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for third consecutive season
| Place | Meet | Time | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Run Elite Classic | 17:24.8 | 5k |
| 4th | Cowboy Jamboree | 20:23.1 | 6k |
| 11th | Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational | 20:06.6 | 6k |
| 1st | WCC Championships | 19:47.2 | 6k |
| 3rd | NCAA Mountain Regional | 20:04.9 | 6k |
| 32nd | NCAA National Championships | 20:09.9 | 6k |
Senior Year
2023
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
| 2019: Sophomore | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Event | Time | Distance |
| 18 | Bill Dellinger Invitational | 20:24.5 | 6K |
| 3 | BYU Autumn Classic | 188:00.6 | 5K |
| 7 | Big Wave Invitational | 18:30.00 | 5K |
Medical Redshirt Year
2020-2021
- Member of the Cougars' National Championship-winning team
- Earned All-American honors after a 15th-place finish at the NCAA Championships
- Named to All-WCC First Team
- Named to the Academic All-WCC First Team
| 2020-2021: Junior | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Event | Time | Distance |
| 15 | NCAA National Championships | 20:34.9 | 6K |
| 2 | WCC Championships | 20:04.4 | 6K |
| 4 | Silver State Collegiate Challenge | 20:00.02 | 6K |
| 3 | OSU Invitational | 21:00.01 | 6K |
2021 WCC Preseason Team-WXC.jpg
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WXC Aubrey Frentheway nears finish line and 2020-21 NCAA Championships
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W Cross Country | Apr, 01
BYU women’s cross country named National Scholar Team of the Year
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W Cross Country | Feb, 25Cross country racks up WCC honors
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W Cross Country | Feb, 12Women’s Cross Country Picked to win WCC
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W Cross Country | Oct, 17BYU women’s cross country dominates OSU Invitational, men finish third