2025 BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

Elite Fields Announced For The BU Opener 2025

Elite Fields Announced For The BU Opener 2025

Meet organizer have announced the official elite fields for the 2025 BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.

Dec 4, 2025 by John Davern
Elite Fields Announced For The BU Opener 2025

We are closing in on the start of the 2025-26 Indoor Track and Field Season and elite window fields have been announced for the BU Opener on Saturday, December 6. The Elite Window is an all new addition to the BU Opener, which will feature a special elite window dubbed "FloTrack Night In America" for 90 straight minutes of the top action at Boston University. At the BU Opener, this window will feature the top heats in the 800m, Mile, 3000m and the 5000m. The Men's 600m World Record Attempt will also be included in this window.

Meet organizers have released the full list of athletes who will be competing during this window.

A number of the top collegiate stars will compete during the FloTrack Night In America window.

BU Opener Elite Window Entries

Men’s Elite 600m

  • Josh Hoey – Adidas
  • Kerem Ayhan – Garden State Track Club
  • Ryan Farrell – UNA
  • Pacer: Jonah Hoey

Men’s Elite 800m

  • Jonah Hoey - unattached
  • Jaxson Hoey - unattached
  • Klaus Scholz – Wingate
  • Thomas Cowan – Boston University
  • Miguel Abaitua – Loyola (ILL)
  • Aleix Lago – Wingate
  • Brandon Williams – Arkansas State
  • Owen Pett – Boston College
  • Pacer: Shamiso Sikaneta – Boston University

Women’s Elite 800m

  • Tessa Buswell – BYU
  • Emma Sullivan – Kennesaw State
  • Sydney Smith – Ottawa Lions TFC
  • Sami Oblad – BYU
  • Chloe Symon – Washington
  • Shelby MacIsaac – UNB Reds
  • Tayissa Buchanan – Penn State
  • Anne Elise Packard – BYU
  • Pacer: Olivia Dodds – Boston University

Men’s Elite Mile

  • Sair Salgado – UA DARK SKY DISTANCE
  • Laban Kipkemboi – Oklahoma State
  • Tinoda Matsatsa – Georgetown
  • Carter Cutting – BYU
  • Jack Stanley – Unattached
  • Camden Marshall – Indiana
  • Karsen Vesty – Boston University
  • Owan Logorodi – Arkansas
  • Jeffery Rogers – Oregon
  • Edwin Klanke – unattached
  • Beck Wittstadt – Duke
  • James Harding – Oregon
  • Pacer: Leroy Russell III

Women’s Elite Mile

  • Sophia Gorriaran – Harvard
  • Jenica Swartz – Washington
  • Kaylie Politza – Oklahoma State
  • Makayla Paige – North Carolina
  • Sydney Masciarelli – North Carolina
  • Helen Braybrook – CSU-Pueblo
  • Madi Surber – Oklahoma State
  • Olivia Millen – Michigan State
  • Jade Buridon – South Carolina
  • Emma McGill – unattached
  • Allura Markow – Oregon
  • Emmry Ross – Michigan
  • Sarah Forsyth – Michigan State
  • Pacer: Amy Piccolo

Men’s Elite 3k

  • Fouad Messaoudi – unattached
  • Sam Prakel – adidas
  • Ryan Schoppe – unattached
  • Foster Malleck – Under Armour
  • Simeon Birnbaum – Oregon
  • Colin Sahlman – NAU
  • Taha Er Raouy – Eastern Kentucky
  • George Couttie – Virginia Tech
  • Max Davies – Guelph
  • Jesse Hamlin – Butler 
  • Eric Holt – PUMA / Empire Elite TC
  • Ben Allen – Empire Elite TC
  • Isaac Basten – BAA
  • Joe Waskom – adidas
  • Reuben Reina – Washington
  • Isaiah Givens – Colorado
  • Dominic Serem - Colorado
  • Elliott Cook - Oregon
  • Benjamin Balazs - Oregon
  • Devan Kipyego – Iowa State
  • Pacer: Will Cuthbertson – Empire Elite TC

Women’s Elite 3k

  • Salma Elbadra – South Carolina
  • Vera Sjoberg – North Carolina
  • Angelina Napoleon – NC State
  • Allie Zealand – Liberty
  • Billah Jepkirui – Oklahoma State
  • Stephanie Brokaw – unattached
  • Sadie Englehardt – NC State
  • Juliet Cherubet – Oregon
  • Bahiya El Arfaoui – Oregon
  • Dalia Frias – Oregon
  • Wilma Nielsen – Oregon
  • Jessie Secor – Colorado
  • Chloe Foerster – Washington
  •  Rachel Forsyth – Michigan State
  • Mena Scatchard - unattached
  • Erin Vringer - Utah
  • Kaiya Robertson – Boise State
  • Tatum David - Virginia
  • Rosemary Longisa – Washington State
  • Elizabeth Khatevi – Texas A&M CC
  • Pacer: Samantha McDonnell - Oregon

Men’s Elite 5k

  • Samuel Habtom – New Mexico
  • Solomon Kipchoge – Washington State
  • Brian Masau – Oklahoma State
  • Denis Kipngetich – Oklahoma State
  • Marco Langon - Villanova
  • Gary Martin - Virginia
  • Collins Kiprotich - New Mexico
  • Abdel Laadjel - Oregon
  • Evans Kiplagat – New Mexico
  • Kelvin Cheruiyot - Florida
  • Robin Kewmoi Bera – Iowa State
  • Evans Kirui – Washington State
  • Hamza Chahid - Dawgsmenech
  • Meshack Kimutai – Iowa State
  • Rodgers Kiplimo – Iowa State
  • Sanele Masondo – Iowa State
  • Ethan Coleman – Notre Dame
  • Joash Ruto – Iowa State
  • Elkana Kipruto – Wichita State
  • Colton Sands – North Carolina
  • Evans Tanui – Arizona
  • Pacer: Joe DosReis

Women’s Elite 5k

  • Vanessa Fraser – Saucony
  • Pamela Kosgei – New Mexico
  • Hilda Olemomoi - Florida
  • Jane Hedengren – BYU
  • Riley Chamberlain – BYU
  • Silan Ayyildiz – Oregon
  • Diana Cherotich – Oregon
  • Sophia Kennedy – Stanford
  • Hannah Gapes – NC State
  • Isca Chelangat – Oklahoma State
  • Betty Kipkore – Iowa State
  • Chloe Thomas – Washington
  • Jadyn Keeler – North Dakota
  • Joy Naukot – West Virginia
  • Caren Kiplagat – Alabama
  • Mary Bonner Dalton – Notre Dame
  • Judy Chepkoech – Florida
  • Silvia Jelelgo – Clemson
  • Tia Wilson – Florida
  • Rosina Machu – Gonzaga
  • Marion Jepngetich – New Mexico
  • Pacer: Ellie Leather – Under Armour

Boston University Season Opener 2025 Schedule

Here's the full event schedule for the 2025 Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.

9:45 a.m. ET - Running Events

  • 9:45am Women’s 60H Final
  • 9:50am Men’s 60H Final
  • 9:55am Women’s 60m Trials
  • 9:59am Men’s 60m Trials
  • 10:05am Women’s 400m
  • 10:10am Men’s 400m
  • 10:20am Women’s 600m
  • 10:28am Men’s 600m
  • 10:40am Women’s 300m
  • 10:52am Men’s 300m
  • 11:05am Women’s 60m Final
  • 11:08am Men’s 60m Final
  • 11:12am Women’s 800m
  • 11:18am Men’s 800m
  • 11:27am Women’s 200m
  • 11:33am Men’s 200m
  • 11:45am Women’s 4x400m
  • 11:50am Men’s 4x400m
  • 12:00pm Women’s Mile
  • 12:25pm Men’s Mile
  • 1:00pm Women’s 3k
  • 1:55pm Men’s 3k

11:00 a.m. ET - Field Events

  • Women’s High Jump followed by Men’s High Jump
  • Women’s Shot Put followed by Men’s Shot Put
  • Women’s Pole Vault followed by Men’s Pole Vault
  • Women’s Long Jump followed by Men’s Long Jump
  • Women’s Weight Throw (Following men’s shot put) followed by Men’s WT
  • Women’s Triple Jump (Following men’s long jump)

3:00 p.m. ET - Elite Window

  • Women’s 800m Invite
  • Men’s 800m Invite
  • Women’s Mile Invite
  • Men’s Mile Invite
  • Women’s 3k Invite
  • Men’s 3k Invite
  • Women’s 5k Invite
  • Men’s 5k Invite
  • Men’s 600m Invite

4:30 p.m. ET - Women's 5K (9 heats)

7:10 p.m. ET - Men's 5K (9 heats)

9:30 p.m. ET - Meet Concludes

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