Weekend Recap: Division Records Fall Across The Nation

Collegiate track & field athletes were back at it this weekend!

If you blink, you’ll miss a great mark – which is why our eyes are wide-open.

All-time marks keep pouring in and changing the record books.

Here are some moments that captured our attention the most.

Parker Breaks NCAA DIII 5000-Meter Record

Two races. Two records.

Kassie Parker did it again.

Parker, competing at the Payton Jordan Invitational, took down Missy Buttry’s 20-year-old all-time division best in the 5000 meters. The Loras standout went 15:37.00 to lop 0.48 seconds off the mark Buttry (now Rock) set back on April 17, 2003, during a sensational sophomore year.

Just a few weeks earlier, Parker bettered her own NCAA DIII record in the 10,000 meters to 32:36.22. That came at the Stanford Invitational.

Connect Four: Phillip Adds Another Record To His Ledger

Alex Phillip is leaving his mark on the NCAA DIII record book.

Already the owner of the indoor 3000- and 5000-meter records, as well as the outdoor 5000-meter standard, Phillip took more than seven seconds off the division’s 10,000-meter best with his 28:31.60 effort at the Payton Jordan Invitational (Ian La Mere held the record since 2016 at 28:38.63).