Taylor Roe and Molly Born Earn First Team All-America Honors; Galvydyte Breaks OSU Record

EUGENE, Ore. – Oklahoma State track & field kicked it over to the women for day two of the NCAA Outdoor Championships, highlighted by a pair of school records and a pair of first team All-Americans in the 10,000 Meters.

Defending NCAA outdoor 800 Meter runner-up Gabija Galvydyte starred in her preliminary race, breaking her own school record and advancing automatically to the final with her mark of 2:00.11.

Galvydyte went toe-to-toe with a pair of Stanford national champions in Juliette Whittaker and Roisin Willis, with the trio going all the way to the line separated by just .12 seconds. Whittaker and Galvydyte earned the two automatic qualifying spots, with Galvydyte's time being the 12th-fastest mark in NCAA history outdoors.

Following Galvydyte was a trio of Cowgirls in the women's 10,000 Meter Final. Taylor Roe, Molly Born and Gabby Hentemann each toed the line as the only team in the field with three women in the final. Roe took the lead on the second lap and led for roughly the first 7,000 meters before being passed by five-time NCAA Champion Parker Valby of Florida. Roe would go on to finish third overall to pick up her second All-America honor outdoors, as she also finished third in the outdoor 5K in 2022. Her time of 32:17.45 also broke the school record in the event.

Finishing right behind Roe was Molly Born, who finished fourth overall with a time of 32:27.18, which was also under the previous school record set by Born at last year's NCAA Championships. This is Born's first first team All-America finish outdoors to go along with her All-America finishes in cross country and indoors earlier this season.

Roe and Born were the first pair of Cowgirls to earn first team All-America honors in the same event and year outdoors since Sinclaire Johnson and Jenny Celis-Martinez did so in the 1,500 Meters in 2019. The Cowgirls have a long history of All-Americans in the 10,000 Meters, with the pair becoming the tenth and 11th  Cowgirls to score at the outdoor championships, with the previous nine listed below:

• Christine McMiken – Second (1984)
• Christine McMiken – Second (1985)
• Christine McMiken – Second (1986)
• Jackie Goodman – First (1989)
• Donna Levy – Second (1992)
• Sara Wells – Fourth (2001)
• Mary Davies – Eighth (2005)
• Mary Davies – Third (2006)
• Gabby Hentemann – Sixth (2022)
• Taylor Roe – Third (2024)
• Molly Born – Fourth (2024)

Heading into Saturday, the Cowgirls sit tied for seventh in the team standings with 11 points overall. The program record is 24 points set back in 2016, where the Cowgirls placed 12th (also a program record).  

Friday's schedule picks up with Bailey Golden and Olivija Vaitaityte competing in the first four events of the women's Heptathlon followed by Brian Musau and Alex Maier in the men's 5,000 Meters to wrap up the events for the Cowboys, who sit tied for 18th with six points.

The entirety of the NCAA Outdoor Championships are broadcast live on ESPN2, with field events having their own dedicated streams on ESPN+. Live results for the meet can be found here.

Remaining Competition schedule (all times CT):
Friday

• Women's Heptathlon first three events – Bailey Golden, Olivija Vaitaityte (3:00 p.m.)
• Women's Heptathlon 200 Meters – Golden, Vaitaityte (9:43 p.m.)
• Men's 5,000 Meter Final – Maier, Brian Musau (9:55 p.m.)

Saturday

• Women's Heptathlon Long Jump and Javelin Throw – Golden, Vaitaityte (12:30 and 1:45 p.m.)
• Women's Triple Jump Final – Winny Bii (4:50 p.m.)
• Women's 800 Meter Final - Galvydyte (5:44 p.m.)
• Women's Heptathlon 800 Meters – Golden, Vaitaityte (6:13 p.m.)
• Women's 5,000 Meter Final – Roe (6:25 p.m.)

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Women's Individual Results
800 Meters - Semifinals
3. Gabija Galvydyte - 2:00.11* - Q

10,000 Meters – Final
3. Taylor Roe - 32:17.45*
4. Molly Born - 32:27.18
13. Gabby Hentemann - 33:26.53
* = Denotes School Record

Women's Team Standings After Day 1
1. No. 5 Florida - 26 Points
2. No. 13 Nebraska - 22 Points
3. No. 4 Oregon - 15 Points
4. No. 17 Washington – 14.5 Points
5. Rice - 14 Points
6. No. 21 Colorado State - 12 Points
T7. No. 22 Oklahoma State - 11 Points