Top NCAA DI Track and Field Records Broken This Season (2024-25)

2025 NCAA track and field record-breaking performances

The 2025 track and field season looks to continue the record-breaking performances after 20+ collegiate records were broken in 2023 and 25+ records were broken in 2024. The collegiate records that were broken during the 2024–25 DI track and field season are shown below.

The indoor season began with fireworks. Multiple long-standing records were broken within the first few meets of the year. In the men’s 400-meter dash, fans witnessed history as the NCAA indoor record was shattered with a stunning performance that stunned even seasoned analysts. Meanwhile, the women’s mile saw a breakthrough performance from a rising middle-distance runner who ran faster than any woman in NCAA indoor history, eclipsing a record that had stood for nearly a decade. In field events, the men’s pole vault saw a new high—literally—while women athletes in the long jump soared into the record books with distances never before achieved in college competition.

As the outdoor season arrived, the pace didn’t slow down. The men’s 100-meter dash produced a blistering new NCAA record, turning heads not only in college circles but across the global athletics scene. In the women’s 800 meters, a brilliant tactical race ended with a record-breaking time that outpaced even Olympic hopefuls. The men’s 3000-meter steeplechase saw a new collegiate best, demonstrating the growing depth of talent in endurance events. The throwing events also had their moment: the women’s javelin record was broken with a massive throw that redefined expectations, while the men’s high jump reached heights never before cleared at the collegiate level.

Altogether, the 2025 season featured more than a dozen new NCAA Division I records. Athletes from powerhouse programs and smaller schools alike rose to the occasion, showing that elite talent is spread far and wide. Coaches cited improvements in training techniques, athlete nutrition, and sport-specific technology as key factors behind the wave of new records. This season also marked a significant rise in freshman and sophomore standouts, pointing to a bright future for American athletics.

Women’s outdoor records

DATE	EVENT	ATHLETE	SCHOOL	MARK
2/22/25	60 meter hurdles	Inara Ukawuba	California	8.46s
3/29/25	4×800 meter relay	Liam Anna Podojil Ainsley Erzen Sanu Jallow Analisse Batista	Arkansas	8:16.12	WATCH
3/29/25	Pole vault	Brynn King	Roberts Wesleyan	4.75m	WATCH
4/18/25	3000 meter steeplechase	Doris Lemngole	Alabama	9:10.13	WATCH
4/25/25	300 meter hurdles	Saira Prince	Arkansas	39.63s	WATCH
4/26/25	Mile	Şilan Ayyildiz	Oregon	4:25.50
5/3/25	Pole vault	Amanda Moll	Washington	4.76m	WATCH
5/19/25	Pole vault	Amanda Moll	Washington	4.78m	WATCH
6/12/25	Pole Vault	Hana Moll	Washington	4.79m	WATCH
6/14/25	3000 meter steeplechase	Doris Lemngole	Alabama	8:58.15	WATCH
6/14/25	400 hurdles	Savannah Sutherland	Michigan	52.46s	WATCH

Men’s outdoor records

DATE	EVENT	ATHLETE	SCHOOL	MARK
2/15/25	Weight throw	Ryan Johnson	Iowa	24.59m
2/22/25	60 meters	Chase Williams	California	6.86s
3/27/25	1500 meters	Liam Murphy	Villanova	3:33.02	WATCH
3/29/25	10,000 meters	Ishmael Kipkurui	New Mexico	26:50.21	WATCH
4/13/25	Discus	Mykolas Alekna	California	75.56m^	WATCH
4/18/25	5,000 meters	Habtom Samuel	New Mexico	13:05.87	WATCH
6/11/25	Decathlon 100 meters	Peyton Bair	Mississippi State	10.25	WATCH
6/11/25	Decathlon 400 meters	Peyton Bair	Mississippi State	46.00	WATCH

Women’s indoor records

DATE	EVENT	ATHLETE	SCHOOL	MARK
12/7/24	5000 meters	Doris Lemngole	Alabama	14:52.57	WATCH
2/14/25	Distance Medley Relay (DMR)	Carmen Alder, Meghan Hunter, Tessa Buswell, Riley Chamberlain	BYU	10:37.58*	WATCH
2/15/25	Mile	Şilan Ayyildiz	Oregon	4:23.46	WATCH
2/15/25	Pole Vault	Amanda Moll	Washington	4.88m	WATCH
2/21/25	Distance Medley Relay (DMR)	Julia Nielsen, Moriah Oliveira, Mia Barnett, Silan Ayyildiz	Oregon	10:42.05	WATCH
2/28/25	Pole Vault	Amanda Moll	Washington	4.91m	WATCH
3/15/25	400 meters	Isabella Whittaker	Arkansas	49.24s	WATCH

*All-conditions best (ran on oversized track)

Men’s indoor records

DATE	EVENT	ATHLETE	SCHOOL	MARK
12/7/24	3000 meters	Ethan Strand	North Carolina	7:30.15	WATCH
1/18/25	600 yards	Jenoah McKiver	Florida	1:05.75*	WATCH
1/18/25	1000 meters	Tinoda Matsatsa	Georgetown	2:16.84	WATCH
2/1/25	Mile	Ethan Strand	North Carolina	3:48.32	WATCH
2/1/25	1500m	Ethan Strand	North Carolina	3:33.41	WATCH
2/8/25	1500m	Gary Martin	Virginia	3:33.41	WATCH
2/14/25	Distance Medley Relay (DMR)	Ronan McMahon-Staggs, Bodi Ligons, Kyle Reinheimer, Nathan Green	Washington	9:14.10^	WATCH
2/21/25	Distance Medley Relay (DMR)	Wes Porter, Alex Sherman, Conor Murphy, Gary Martin	Virginia	9:14.19	WATCH