13.5 seconds. Can you believe that’s all that stood between Jane Hedengren and the 40-year-old record she would have touched at the NCAA Cross Country 6k run today? Runner-up position doesn’t sound all too bad, but for Hedengren, who made her debut at the Pre-Nationals Invitational, shattering the course record in 18:42.3, she cemented herself as one of the most looked-forward-to new talents straight out of BYU. But today, she had to settle for second place. That’s not all; the BYU women lost the team title as well. Naturally, emotions ran high, but right when it got heavy, their coach stepped in!

Trying to defend their NCAA Cross Country crown, the national champions, a.k.a., BYU, had to settle for second place just behind NC State. It was certainly a close competition between the Brigha

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