Terrier Twelve - #1: Women’s Track & Field Captures Third Patriot League Indoor Title; Sjöberg Shines on National Stage
August 13, 2025 | General, Women's Track & Field
Returning for a 17th year, the Terrier Twelve recognizes the top achievements of Boston University teams and student-athletes from the previous year. Check back each Monday and Wednesday this summer as we unveil this year's Terrier Twelve on GoTerriers.com.'
Claiming the top spot in this year's Terrier Twelve is women's track & field, which won its third Patriot League indoor title and was represented on the national stage in each of the NCAA cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field championships by Vera Sjöberg.
BU had a historic season as the team set 10 school records, finished second or first in each of the three championships, claimed five major Patriot League awards, three Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors and two USTFCCCA regional awards.
Beginning in the cross country season, the Terriers finished as runners-up at the Patriot League Championships with 36 points, the best mark in program history. Sjöberg won the Patriot League title with a time of 19:45.9 and was joined on the First Team All-Patriot League by sophomore Ola Szulska (fifth place) and senior Daisy Liljegren (seventh place).
The Terriers then went to the NCAA Northeast Regionals and Sjöberg took seventh, earning her All-Northeast Region team honors and qualifying her for the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Madison, Wisconsin. The Terriers had their best team finish since 2008 as they picked up eighth place. At the national meet, Sjöberg earned 42nd place, just two spots out from an All-America honor. She was BU's first representative at the meet since 2021 and the only Patriot League representative.
At the Patriot League Indoor Championships, the Terriers scored 166 points to win its first title since 2016, the second-most points scored indoors in program history. Director of Track & Field Grant Cartwright was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year while Sjöberg picked up Highest Point Scorer and Track Athlete of the Meet honors and junior Peace Omonzane took home Field Athlete of the Meet honors.
Sjöberg won the mile, 3000m and 5000m titles, becoming the first athlete in League history to win all three of those events in back-to-back years and. She set a meet record in the mile with a 4:40.71 time. Omonzane won both the long and triple jump and set a school and meet record in the long jump with a 6.20m leap.
Also taking home gold medals were junior Ellie Roan (weight throw) and freshman Olivia Hughes (pentathlon) as BU earned seven golds and 12 total medals, including a sweep of the triple jump podium.
Sjöberg, the Stockholm, Sweden native, continued on to run at her first NCAA Indoor Championships in Virgina Beach, Virginia and finished eighth in the mile, capturing First Team All-America status — BU's first recipient of the award indoors since 2014.
At the Outdoor Championships, the Terriers earned a second-place finish, once again relying on Sjöberg (Track Athlete of the Meet) and Omonzane (Field Athlete of the Meet), who helped bring in five of the team's six gold medals as BU finished with 167 points. BU finished with 30 medals total.
Omonzane continued her horizontal jumps dominance as she swept the long and triple jump gold medals again and set meet records in both events, including a school record in the long jump (6.44m). She became the first Patriot League athlete to win all four horizontal jumps gold medals since 2012. Sjöberg won three gold medals, taking crowns in the 1500m, 5000m and 4x800m. In all three of those events, she set meet records with times of 4:14.37, 16:11.40 and 8:39.22, respectively.
Roan once again won a gold medal, taking the crown in the hammer throw for the second straight year, and BU concluded with 17 total medals. Both horizontal jumps podiums were swept by the Terriers for the first time since BU joined the Patriot League in 2014.
Five student-athletes went on to compete at the NCAA East First Rounds in Jacksonville, Florida: Sjöberg (1500m, 5000m), Omonzane (long jump, triple jump), Roan (hammer throw), freshman Caroline Collins (1500m) and senior Asia Hamilton (long jump). From there, Sjöberg advanced to the NCAA Championships in the 1500m and the 5000m, marking the first time in program or Patriot League history that a woman would compete in two events at the same NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Against a stacked field and in front of a roaring crowd Eugene, Oregon, Sjöberg put on a historic performance as she finished second nationally in the 5000m — the best finish by a Patriot League or BU athlete ever at the NCAA Outdoor Championships — and earned First Team All-America honors. She also took 11th in the 1500m and was named a Second Team All-American.
Following the season, Sjöberg was named the USTFCCCA Northeast Region Track Athlete of the Year. At the 2025 Scarlet & White Awards, the now-graduate was named the recipient of the Mildred Barnes Award and BU's Woman of the Year.
2024-25 Terrier Twelve
#2 – Men's Ice Hockey Wins Beanpot, Advances to National Title Game
#3 - Women's Ice Hockey Wins First Hockey East Title in Ten Years
#4 – Softball Overcomes Inexperience to Reach Third Straight NCAA Tournament
#5 – Women's Soccer Secures 2025 Patriot League Championship
#6 – Women's Tennis Claims 29th Conference Title
#7 – Women's Rowing Repeats as Patriot League Champions
#8 – Lightweight Rowing Fills Trophy Case in Historic Spring Slate
#9 – Men's Track & Field and Cross Country Stays Consistent Near Top of PL
#10 – Terriers Set GPA Records
#11 – Men's Soccer Repeats as PL Regular Season Champions
#12 – Men's Lacrosse Advances to PL Title Game for Second Straight Season
Claiming the top spot in this year's Terrier Twelve is women's track & field, which won its third Patriot League indoor title and was represented on the national stage in each of the NCAA cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field championships by Vera Sjöberg.
BU had a historic season as the team set 10 school records, finished second or first in each of the three championships, claimed five major Patriot League awards, three Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors and two USTFCCCA regional awards.
Beginning in the cross country season, the Terriers finished as runners-up at the Patriot League Championships with 36 points, the best mark in program history. Sjöberg won the Patriot League title with a time of 19:45.9 and was joined on the First Team All-Patriot League by sophomore Ola Szulska (fifth place) and senior Daisy Liljegren (seventh place).
The Terriers then went to the NCAA Northeast Regionals and Sjöberg took seventh, earning her All-Northeast Region team honors and qualifying her for the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Madison, Wisconsin. The Terriers had their best team finish since 2008 as they picked up eighth place. At the national meet, Sjöberg earned 42nd place, just two spots out from an All-America honor. She was BU's first representative at the meet since 2021 and the only Patriot League representative.
At the Patriot League Indoor Championships, the Terriers scored 166 points to win its first title since 2016, the second-most points scored indoors in program history. Director of Track & Field Grant Cartwright was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year while Sjöberg picked up Highest Point Scorer and Track Athlete of the Meet honors and junior Peace Omonzane took home Field Athlete of the Meet honors.
Sjöberg won the mile, 3000m and 5000m titles, becoming the first athlete in League history to win all three of those events in back-to-back years and. She set a meet record in the mile with a 4:40.71 time. Omonzane won both the long and triple jump and set a school and meet record in the long jump with a 6.20m leap.
Also taking home gold medals were junior Ellie Roan (weight throw) and freshman Olivia Hughes (pentathlon) as BU earned seven golds and 12 total medals, including a sweep of the triple jump podium.
Sjöberg, the Stockholm, Sweden native, continued on to run at her first NCAA Indoor Championships in Virgina Beach, Virginia and finished eighth in the mile, capturing First Team All-America status — BU's first recipient of the award indoors since 2014.
At the Outdoor Championships, the Terriers earned a second-place finish, once again relying on Sjöberg (Track Athlete of the Meet) and Omonzane (Field Athlete of the Meet), who helped bring in five of the team's six gold medals as BU finished with 167 points. BU finished with 30 medals total.
Omonzane continued her horizontal jumps dominance as she swept the long and triple jump gold medals again and set meet records in both events, including a school record in the long jump (6.44m). She became the first Patriot League athlete to win all four horizontal jumps gold medals since 2012. Sjöberg won three gold medals, taking crowns in the 1500m, 5000m and 4x800m. In all three of those events, she set meet records with times of 4:14.37, 16:11.40 and 8:39.22, respectively.
Roan once again won a gold medal, taking the crown in the hammer throw for the second straight year, and BU concluded with 17 total medals. Both horizontal jumps podiums were swept by the Terriers for the first time since BU joined the Patriot League in 2014.
Five student-athletes went on to compete at the NCAA East First Rounds in Jacksonville, Florida: Sjöberg (1500m, 5000m), Omonzane (long jump, triple jump), Roan (hammer throw), freshman Caroline Collins (1500m) and senior Asia Hamilton (long jump). From there, Sjöberg advanced to the NCAA Championships in the 1500m and the 5000m, marking the first time in program or Patriot League history that a woman would compete in two events at the same NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Against a stacked field and in front of a roaring crowd Eugene, Oregon, Sjöberg put on a historic performance as she finished second nationally in the 5000m — the best finish by a Patriot League or BU athlete ever at the NCAA Outdoor Championships — and earned First Team All-America honors. She also took 11th in the 1500m and was named a Second Team All-American.
Following the season, Sjöberg was named the USTFCCCA Northeast Region Track Athlete of the Year. At the 2025 Scarlet & White Awards, the now-graduate was named the recipient of the Mildred Barnes Award and BU's Woman of the Year.
2024-25 Terrier Twelve
#2 – Men's Ice Hockey Wins Beanpot, Advances to National Title Game
#3 - Women's Ice Hockey Wins First Hockey East Title in Ten Years
#4 – Softball Overcomes Inexperience to Reach Third Straight NCAA Tournament
#5 – Women's Soccer Secures 2025 Patriot League Championship
#6 – Women's Tennis Claims 29th Conference Title
#7 – Women's Rowing Repeats as Patriot League Champions
#8 – Lightweight Rowing Fills Trophy Case in Historic Spring Slate
#9 – Men's Track & Field and Cross Country Stays Consistent Near Top of PL
#10 – Terriers Set GPA Records
#11 – Men's Soccer Repeats as PL Regular Season Champions
#12 – Men's Lacrosse Advances to PL Title Game for Second Straight Season
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