Upcoming Event: Women's Cross Country versus SDSU Classic on October 3, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
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6:00 p.m.
Women's Cross Country
vs SDSU Classic
South Dakota State University Athletics
2024 Women's Cross Country Roster
Hillyard, Ashlyn
Ashlyn Hillyard
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Plano, Tex.
- High School:
- Plano Senior H.S.
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
(Cross Country PBs)
5k - 17:28.7
6k - 20:28.0
2024-25:
OUTDOOR:
INDOOR:
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in two meets... Placed 12th in the Augustana Twilight with a 5K time of 17:37.7 (9/6)... Finished 49th at the Roy Griak with a time of 22:51.4 (9/20).
2024 - SDSU
OUTDOOR: Placed 18th in the 10,000m with a time of 34:45.53 at the Stanford Invitational (3/30)... Took eighth in the 5000m with a time of 17:52.50 at the Summit League Outdoor Championships (5/11).
INDOOR: Finished 17th in the 3000m with a time of 10:25.30 at the Iowa State Classic (2/3)... Took sixth in the 3000m with a time of 10:10.51 at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10)... Finished seventh in the 5000m with a time of 17:22.83 at the Summit League Indoor Championships (2/23).
Senior - Colorado State (2022)
(Cross Country):Â Appeared in six meets during the season, including the Mountain West Championships, NCAA Mountain Regional and NCAA Championship... Placed the highest overall at the Mountain West Championships with a 16th place finish and a career-best 20:28.0 in the 6K, helping the Rams to a second-place finish after crossing fourth for the team.
Junior - Colorado State (2021-22)
(Cross Country):Â Competed in six meets including the Mountain West Championships, NCAA Mountain Regional, and NCAA Championships...Scored in all races (top-5 Rams)...Fourth Ram to cross at nationals in 130th to help the team's 17th-place finish...Fifth Ram to cross at regionals in 31st en route to the team's fourth-place finish...Placed 23rd as the fifth Ram to finish at conference...Best finish was third on the team at Nuttycombe for 45th and helped CSU defeat six teams ranked higher.
(Indoor):Â Competed in four meets, including the Mountain West Championships...Earned one point for the team's championship after placing eighth in the 5K...Recorded a 3000m PR and sixth-best time in school history at conference after crossing at 9:33.51 for 10th...Also hit two other PRs, the mile with a time of 5:04.76 at Potts Invite and 5000m at 16:11.99 which is 3rd in CSU history, at the Iowa State Classic.
(Outdoor):Â Competed in five meets, including the Mountain West Championships and NCAA West Prelims...Earned two team points with her seventh-place 10K finish at conference...She crossed with a time of 34:31.07 for 11th in school history...She also finished 12th in the 5K at conference...At NCAA West prelims, she placed 36th in the 5K for her first regional outdoor track appearance...Ran the third-best 5K in school history at the Bryan Clay Invite.Â
Sophomore - Colorado State (2020-21)
(Cross Country):Â Ran in all four meets...Finished ninth at the Colorado State-Wyoming Dual as the eighth Ram to cross...Fifth Ram scorer at the Battle Born Collegiate XC Challenge, helping CSU finish seventh...Placed 53rd in the Battle Born race with a time of 21:09.2...Seventh Ram to finish in the MW Championships at 32nd place...Finished 97th as the second Ram to cross the finish line at the NCAA Championships with a time of 21:29.1.
(Indoor):Â Did not appear.
(Outdoor):Â Competed in four meets...At MW Championships, placed ninth in the 10K which was her event debut and marked the 17th-best time in school history...Made outdoor collegiate debut with a second-place finish in the 1500m with a time of 4:41.03 at the Doug Max Invitational...Clocked a 16:42.11 - good for then 16th all-time - in the 5,000m at West Coast Relays in which she finished 14th...Also placed fourth in the 5000 at Jack Christiansen Invite.
Freshman - Colorado State (2019-20)
(Cross Country): In collegiate debut, finished 12th overall at Wyoming Invite 5K, representing CSU's fourth scorer en route to the first-place team finish...Placed 91st, fourth for CSU, at the Joe Piane Invitational 5k with a career-best time of 17:28.67...Finished third for the Rams in the Nuttycombe Invite 6k race with a time of 21:22.4...Scored as the fifth Ram at MW Championships...Fourth Ram to cross at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships.
(Indoor):Â Appeared in three meets...Placed ninth in 5000m at Mountain West Championships as the second Ram finisher...Made collegiate track debut at Colorado Invitational, finishing 13th in the 3000m...Made 5000m debut at Don Kirby Invitational, placing 18th.
(Outdoor):Â Season canceled due to COVID-19.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Plano Senior HS in Plano, Texas...Three-time district champion in cross country...State cross country champion in 2019...Holds school records in 5K cross country (16:38.3), outdoor track 3,200 meters (10:28.35)
(Cross Country PBs)
5k - 17:28.7
6k - 20:28.0
2024-25:
OUTDOOR:
INDOOR:
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in two meets... Placed 12th in the Augustana Twilight with a 5K time of 17:37.7 (9/6)... Finished 49th at the Roy Griak with a time of 22:51.4 (9/20).
2024 - SDSU
OUTDOOR: Placed 18th in the 10,000m with a time of 34:45.53 at the Stanford Invitational (3/30)... Took eighth in the 5000m with a time of 17:52.50 at the Summit League Outdoor Championships (5/11).
INDOOR: Finished 17th in the 3000m with a time of 10:25.30 at the Iowa State Classic (2/3)... Took sixth in the 3000m with a time of 10:10.51 at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10)... Finished seventh in the 5000m with a time of 17:22.83 at the Summit League Indoor Championships (2/23).
Senior - Colorado State (2022)
(Cross Country):Â Appeared in six meets during the season, including the Mountain West Championships, NCAA Mountain Regional and NCAA Championship... Placed the highest overall at the Mountain West Championships with a 16th place finish and a career-best 20:28.0 in the 6K, helping the Rams to a second-place finish after crossing fourth for the team.
Junior - Colorado State (2021-22)
(Cross Country):Â Competed in six meets including the Mountain West Championships, NCAA Mountain Regional, and NCAA Championships...Scored in all races (top-5 Rams)...Fourth Ram to cross at nationals in 130th to help the team's 17th-place finish...Fifth Ram to cross at regionals in 31st en route to the team's fourth-place finish...Placed 23rd as the fifth Ram to finish at conference...Best finish was third on the team at Nuttycombe for 45th and helped CSU defeat six teams ranked higher.
(Indoor):Â Competed in four meets, including the Mountain West Championships...Earned one point for the team's championship after placing eighth in the 5K...Recorded a 3000m PR and sixth-best time in school history at conference after crossing at 9:33.51 for 10th...Also hit two other PRs, the mile with a time of 5:04.76 at Potts Invite and 5000m at 16:11.99 which is 3rd in CSU history, at the Iowa State Classic.
(Outdoor):Â Competed in five meets, including the Mountain West Championships and NCAA West Prelims...Earned two team points with her seventh-place 10K finish at conference...She crossed with a time of 34:31.07 for 11th in school history...She also finished 12th in the 5K at conference...At NCAA West prelims, she placed 36th in the 5K for her first regional outdoor track appearance...Ran the third-best 5K in school history at the Bryan Clay Invite.Â
Sophomore - Colorado State (2020-21)
(Cross Country):Â Ran in all four meets...Finished ninth at the Colorado State-Wyoming Dual as the eighth Ram to cross...Fifth Ram scorer at the Battle Born Collegiate XC Challenge, helping CSU finish seventh...Placed 53rd in the Battle Born race with a time of 21:09.2...Seventh Ram to finish in the MW Championships at 32nd place...Finished 97th as the second Ram to cross the finish line at the NCAA Championships with a time of 21:29.1.
(Indoor):Â Did not appear.
(Outdoor):Â Competed in four meets...At MW Championships, placed ninth in the 10K which was her event debut and marked the 17th-best time in school history...Made outdoor collegiate debut with a second-place finish in the 1500m with a time of 4:41.03 at the Doug Max Invitational...Clocked a 16:42.11 - good for then 16th all-time - in the 5,000m at West Coast Relays in which she finished 14th...Also placed fourth in the 5000 at Jack Christiansen Invite.
Freshman - Colorado State (2019-20)
(Cross Country): In collegiate debut, finished 12th overall at Wyoming Invite 5K, representing CSU's fourth scorer en route to the first-place team finish...Placed 91st, fourth for CSU, at the Joe Piane Invitational 5k with a career-best time of 17:28.67...Finished third for the Rams in the Nuttycombe Invite 6k race with a time of 21:22.4...Scored as the fifth Ram at MW Championships...Fourth Ram to cross at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships.
(Indoor):Â Appeared in three meets...Placed ninth in 5000m at Mountain West Championships as the second Ram finisher...Made collegiate track debut at Colorado Invitational, finishing 13th in the 3000m...Made 5000m debut at Don Kirby Invitational, placing 18th.
(Outdoor):Â Season canceled due to COVID-19.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Plano Senior HS in Plano, Texas...Three-time district champion in cross country...State cross country champion in 2019...Holds school records in 5K cross country (16:38.3), outdoor track 3,200 meters (10:28.35)
Cross Country Weekly Update (09.23.2025)
Tuesday, September 23
Cross Country Weekly Update (09.16.25)
Tuesday, September 16
Cross Country Weekly Update (09.09.2025)
Tuesday, September 09
Cross Country Weekly Update (09.03.2025)
Wednesday, September 03
