2026 Brooks PR Invitational

Brooks PR Invitational 2026: Event-By-Event Recap and Results

Brooks PR Invitational 2026: Event-By-Event Recap and Results

The 2026 Brooks PR Invitational had some of the most elite fields in meet history, and we were on "record watch" from the get-go.

Jun 7, 2026 by Maxx Bradley
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The 2026 Brooks PR Invitational helped get the first weekend of national championship racing underway, with 22 races in the rearview mirror as we crowned a batch of national champions.

With the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships coming up on U.S. soil later this summer, the Brooks PR Invitational marked the beginning of a long stretch of high-stakes competition. 

Girls 2-Mile (4:05 p.m. EST)

Barrington (Ill.) sophomore Mia Sirois and La Jolla (Calif.) senior Chiara Dailey were neck and neck at the bell lap, and after Sirois did a bulk of the work, the Stanford commit, Dailey, ran 9:49.57 to pull away for the win. 

She used a 70-second final lap to move past Sirois, with the sophomore finishing runner-up in 9:51.68, as she earned a Brooks XC Golden Ticket to the Brooks XC Championships in December. 

Natasza Dudek (Anna Arbor Pioneer, Mich.) finished third in 10:00.22.

Boys 2-Mile (4:21 p.m. EST)

Through 800m, Caden Leonard is the leader, splitting 2:15.75 as the 10-person field comes in on pace for roughly 9:00. 

Camas (Wash.) senior Cohen Butler took the lead into the halfway point as the field clicked off a 65-second lap en route to a 4:31 first mile.

With two laps to go, the top sophomore in the nation, Denton-Guyer's Ruel Newberry, blew the race open, making a move ahead of the 1200m mark. 

Belen Jesuit Prep (Fla.) junior Marcelo Mantecon made a move to pass Newberry with a lap to go, but Newberry stayed right on his shoulder for the next 100m.

With 200m to go, Mantecon continued to lead Newberry, but Kavi Gibson was charging around the curve. 

Mantecon held on a close late charge from Gibson, with the Cary (N.C.) senior closing in a 58-second closing lap, running 8:45.04 to Mantecon's winning time of 8:44.88. 

Newberry still earned a Golden Ticket to the 2026 Brooks XC Championships, as the sophomore was third in 8:46.69 and will head to San Diego for his first trip to Balboa Park. 

Girls MS 400m (4:39 p.m. EST)

Trinity Williams, representing the Dave Bethany Track Club, pulled away from the field, running 54.64 as the lone finisher under 55 seconds.

Elycia Wilkerson and Zora North finished in second and third, running 55.08 and 55.59, respectively. 

Seven of the eight finishers ran sub-57. 

Boys MS 400m (4:45 p.m. EST)

Devlin Hart, an eighth-grader from the Track Houston Youth team, clocked 48.66 in the win, taking down Donald Greene (Southern Sprinters Elite) and Noel Titus (New Era Elite Track Club), who finished in second and third in 49.78 and 49.86. 

Girls 400m (4:55 p.m. EST)

Ashtyn Lewis (Iowa Colony, Texas) and Saniah Varnado (Long Beach, Calif.) took a trip beneath the 53-second barrier, running 52.63 and 52.99.

Sophia Castanada (Newberg, Ore.) nearly made it three under the barrier, finishing in a close third in 53.09.

Boys 400m (5:01 p.m. EST)

Down goes the defending champion!

After winning his first Brooks PR Invitational title as a freshman last year, Anaheim's (Calif.) Jaelen Hunter will have to settle for second place this year, with Concord (N.C.) senior Cameron Tucker running 46.46 for the win. 

Tucker kept the good times rolling after sweeping the 100m, 200m, and 400m at the NCHSAA 5A State Championship last month.

Girls 4x800m (5:11 p.m. EST)

The Sehome (Wash.) quartet blew away the competition, combining for an 8:56.58, with Tahoma (Wash.) and Stanwood (Wash.) rounding out the top three in 9:10.03 and 9:18.78. 

The Mariners now sit No. 13 in the nation, one of just 15 teams to run sub-9:00.

Girls 100mH (5:28 p.m. EST)

It was a photo finish!

Jasmine Jackson (Winslow Township) and Nia Armstrong (Sickles) were separated by just one-hundredth of a second, as the sophomore duo ran 13.33 and 13.34.

Jackson, just a few days removed from the NJSIAA State Meet of Champions, where she took down the field with a new personal best of 13.28, the third-fastest time nationwide. 

Armstrong's runner-up performance of 13.34 is one-hundredth of a second shy of her lifetime best from April's Pepsi Florida Relays. 

Taylor Foster (Brearley School) was third in 13.50. 

Boys 110mH (5:34 p.m. EST)

In all 13 races this season ahead of today, Klein Collins (Texas) senior Andrew Jones was unbeatable, and that didn't change once the gun went off in Washington.

The Texas A&M signee lowered Le'Ezra Brown's meet record of 13.29 from last year, becoming the first athlete in meet history to run sub-13.20.

Jones crossed in 13.14 ahead of Josh Hamblin (Weber), Avonte Earl (Houston Worthing), and Sutton Flint (Wash.), who ran 13.24, 13.43, and 13.45 as they finished 2-3-4. 

Girls/Boys MS 800m (5:44/5:51 p.m. EST)

IMG Academy's (Fla.) Alexandrea Fraser did a lot of the heavy lifting in the middle part of the race, and she used a late charge to earn the win in 2:12.91, followed by Claire Grinde and Jada Boydstun in 2:13.37 and 2:14.20,

Gunnar Hammett won the boys' title in 1:54.94, leading five more boys under 2:00.

Koda Nedley and Cashton Martinez were second and third in 1:55.86 and 1:57.22. 

Girls 800m (6:02 p.m. EST)

Wow.

Paige Sheppard did exactly what we've known she's been capable of all season. 

The Union Catholic Regional (N.J.) junior clocked 2:00.65 after negative splitting, closing in a 59.35-second lap. 

She now sits in a three-way tie for the No. 7 time in prep history, even with Sammy Watson and Sophia Gorriaran. 

She's also tied for the third-fastest mark ever run by a junior. 

Reagan Moore and Maty MacLean finished second and third in 2:04.08 and 2:04.41.

Boys 800m (6:02 p.m. EST)

Have a day, Carter Smith!

The senior from Pennsylvania, Carter Smith, ran away from the field in 1:48.55, splitting 53.6 for his second lap. 

He took down Mana Voss and Joshua Cooper, who both joined him under 1:50, the pair crossing in 1:49.47 and 1:49.63. 

Smith moved up from No. 15 to the No. 5 spot on the all-time Pennsylvania list, adding his name to the six-person contingent of boys to run under 1:49.

Boys 4x800m (6:20 p.m. EST)

In a race that saw six teams under 8:00 and three under 7:50, it was the group from Stadium High School that wound up outlasting the field. 

Mead and Cedar Park Christian took second and third after running 7:45.92 and 7:49.29, followed by Lewis and Clark (7:51.78), Bainbridge (7:51.78), and Gonzaga Prep (7:58.3).

Girls/Boys MS Mile (6:36/6:47 p.m. EST)

Talk about shattering a meet record.

Angelina Alder, younger sister of BYU All-American, Carmen Alder, and defending Brooks PR Invitational Mile champion, Lily Alder, the next sister on deck ran 4:38.25 as she shattered the meet record of 4:47.96, set by Brianna Reilly last year.

Alder also took down Sadie Engelhardt's (Ventura) middle school national record of 4:40.16, becoming the first seventh or eighth grader to run sub-4:40.

Reilly finished runner-up today after running 4:44.55, which was also under her previous record.

Amelia Bazeley was the third and final girl under the meet record, running 4:45.74. 

The boys' title went to Samuel Radtke, who held on to beat one of the top middle school talents ever, Luke Surface. The duo both ran under 4:20, crossing in 4:18.62 and 4:19.44, respectively. 

Radtke also became the first middle schooler in meet history to break 4:20, taking down Sean Reith's record of 4:20.73 from 2024.

Brantley Bair was third in 4:22.5, and was followed by a contingent of sub-4:45 milers, with 11 of those earning PBs. 

Girls/Boys Freshman Mile (7:01/7:11 p.m. EST)

In a battle that came all the way down to the finish, Evangeline Johnson Hess outlasted Kathryn Froelich and Addison Kegel, with the top-three finishers running 4:41.41, 4:41.60, and 4:41.74, respectively. 

The race that followed the battle between the trio was one of the fastest freshman races we've seen in quite some time, with Quenton Lanese and Jude Ritzenhein going 1-2 in 4:10.59 and 4:13.79. 

Archer VerHage and Eli Balkenbush made it four athletes under 4:15, with boys establishing a new lifetime best. 

Girls 100m  (7:25 p.m. EST)

Michigan junior Aubrey Wilson and Pennsylvania senior Amirah Nesmith were the only two girls in the field to notch PBs, as the duo ran 11.45 and 11.47.

Somto Igwilo finished third in 11.51, with the rest of the eight-girl field running under 11.80.

Boys 100m  (7:31 p.m. EST)

By the thinnest of margins, Benjamin Harris won the Brooks PR Invitational's shortest race, charging late while holding off Christian Witcher, with the duo both running 10.58, but Harris winning by the decimal.

Miles Outerbridge was third in 10.69, with Jorden Wells in fourth, also in 10.69.

Girls Mile  (7:41 p.m. EST)

What a finish from Aelo Curtis!

Her patience paid off this afternoon, as Curtis waited until the final 100m to surge past Kaitlyn Estep, who was runner-up behind Curtis' 4:39.11 in 4:40.22.

Curtis had the fastest lap of the entire race, with her 64.4-second final lap being exactly what she needed to win. 

Maysen Fletcher was third in 4:40.86.

Boys Mile  (7:51 p.m. EST)

Is there anything better than defending home turf while picking up the title in under 4:00? 

For Dylan Rowell, I'd imagine there isn't anything better than what he's feeling right now after running the fastest mile on Washington soil, 3:59.93. 

The Gonzaga commit used a 57.95 final lap to outlast Andrew Beroset, who was runner-up in 4:00.92.

Brian Burns, who broke 4:00 on Thursday in St. Louis, ran 4:01.37 for third. 

2026 Brooks PR Invitational Schedule:

  • 4:05 PM ET — High School Girls 2 Mile Run
  • 4:21 PM ET — High School Boys 2 Mile Run
  • 4:39 PM ET — Middle School Girls 400m
  • 4:45 PM ET — Middle School Boys 400m
  • 4:55 PM ET — High School Girls 400m Run
  • 5:01 PM ET — High School Boys 400m Run
  • 5:11 PM ET — Girls 4x800m Relay
  • 5:28 PM ET — High School Girls 100m Hurdles
  • 5:34 PM ET — High School Boys 110m Hurdles
  • 5:44 PM ET — Middle School Girls 800m
  • 5:51 PM ET — Middle School Boys 800m
  • 6:02 PM ET — High School Girls 800m Run
  • 6:09 PM ET — High School Boys 800m Run
  • 6:20 PM ET — Boys 4x800m Relay
  • 6:36 PM ET — Middle School Girls Mile
  • 6:47 PM ET — Middle School Boys Mile
  • 7:01 PM ET — Girls Freshman Mile National Championship
  • 7:11 PM ET — Boys Freshman Mile National Championship
  • 7:25 PM ET — High School Girls 100m
  • 7:31 PM ET — High School Boys 100m
  • 7:41 PM ET — High School Girls Mile
  • 7:51 PM ET — High School Boys Mile
  • 8:05 PM ET — Kids 400m

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