2026 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Mia Cochran
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- High School:
- Moon Area
- Prev School:
- Arkansas
2026 All-America Second Team (Mile, Indoors)
2026 Big Ten Indoor DMR Champion
2025 All-Region Cross Country
2025 All-America First Team (DMR, Indoors)
2024 All-America First Team (DMR, Indoors)
2023 Regional Cross Country Runner-Up
2026 Outdoors: Scored at conference and advanced to the NCAA West Prelim quarterfinals in the 1,500-meters, placing 14th overall just two spots short of advancing … ran 4:12.07 in the West Prelim quarterfinals, and also raced the 5,000-meters on the same day, placing 35th … broke 4:10 for the first time in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invite, going 4:09.95 to win heat two … took eighth in the 1,500m final at Big Ten Outdoors, and 16th in the 5k … at Penn Relays, led off the DMR which was fifth in 10:49.27 and ran on the fourth-place 4x800m relay … earned Spring Academic All-Big Ten honors and USTFCCCA All-Academic distinction … Summer: Lowered 1,500m PR to 4:08.36 at the Portland Track Festival on June 21 … won the Yakima Mile road race in 4:29.75 … headed to Europe and ran a 3,000m PR of 8:53.34 in Cork, Ireland in July … a big 800m PR of 2:03.95 in Kortrijk, Belgium on July 11 … returned stateside to race at the USA Outdoor Championships, placing 20th overall in the 1,500m in 4:12.12.
2026 Indoors: Earned All-America Second Team in the mile and was part of the Big Ten indoor DMR Champions … at NCAA Indoors in Fayetteville, took seventh in her semifinal heat and 11th overall in 4:33.35 … at Big Ten Indoors, ran the 800m leg on the DMR that won and set the Meet Record in 10:56.18, then also raced the 3,000-meters and took seventh in 9:03.80 … set a mile PR of 4:29.10 at the Saucony Battle for Boston, going to No. 4 in Husky history … went to No. 7 in Husky history in the 3,000-meters with a time of 8:57.00 at the Husky Classic … anchored the DMR that punched its NCAA ticket with a time of 10:45.03 to win the Husky Classic, going to No. 3 in school history … ran a then-PR in the mile of 4:30.98 in the Dempsey season opener.
2025 Cross Country: Led the Huskies at three out of five races, including at the NCAA Championships, helping the team to a 19th-place national placing … at NCAAs, finished 58th overall in a time of 19:38 … also led the squad at NCAA Regionals, finishing 11th overall in 19:53 to earn All-West Region … was 22nd overall at the Big Ten Championships, fourth on the squad, to help UW to a fourth-place finish … the top Husky across the line at the Wisconsin Invitational, in 28th-place, in 20:23 … at the season-opening Loyola Lakefront Invite, was 14th overall in 20:02 and second on the squad … a Fall Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2025 Outdoors: Set PRs in both the 1,500m and 5,000m and came up just shy of reaching the NCAA finals in the 5k … at NCAA West Prelims, had a heartbreaking fall in the final hundred meters to fall out of a qualifying position for nationals … made the Big Ten Outdoor final in the 1,500-meters, placing 10th in 4:17.30 … set a 5,000m PR of 15:40.96 to open the outdoor season at the Stanford Invite, good for No. 9 in school history … ran a 1,500m PR of 4:12.65 at the Bryan Clay Invitational … at the Penn Relays, ran the lead-off leg on the 4x1500m relay squad that took second-place in the Championship of America heat … Summer: Ran a 3k in 9:10.35 at the Cork City Sports meet in Ireland on July 7 … raced at the Morton Games in Ireland on July 11, running 4:15.78 for 1,500m.
2025 Indoors: A First Team All-American on the DMR in her first season as a Husky … ran the anchor 1,600m leg on the DMR at NCAA Indoors, coming across in eighth-place in 11:02.31 … the podium DMR finish helped the women’s program finish a program-record fourth-place at NCAAs … set a new mile PR of 4:33.64 at the Mile City meet in her first race as a Dawg … ran another mile time of 4:33.77 at the UW Invitational, and a third 4:33 time (4:33.64) at the BU Terrier Last Chance Meet … at Big Ten Indoors, ran the lead-off leg on the DMR that took fifth … set a 3,000m PR of 8:59.65 at the Husky Classic, going to fifth in UW history.
Transferred to Washington for the start of the 2025 indoor track season
2024 Cross Country At Arkansas: Second on the Razorbacks squad at the NCAA Championships finishing 41st overall, just one place and less than a second away from All-America honors … top-10 at Regionals, placing 9th at the South Central Championships, helping Arkansas win the team title … placed 11th at the SEC Championships, third on the squad, running 19:37 for 6k … at Pre-Nationals, placed 18th overall as the No. 2 finisher for UA … took the win at the Chile Pepper XC Festival, finishing the 5k in 15:56.
2024 Track At Arkansas: At NCAA West Prelims, placed 13th in the 5,000-meters in 16:06.56, just missing out on NCAA Outdoors by one spot … scored at SEC Outdoors in the 1,500m with a sixth-place finish, and in the 5,000m with an eighth-place run … set a 1,500m PR of 4:15.46 at the John McDonnell Invite … opened the outdoor season with a 5k PR of 15:57.43 at the Stanford Invitational, winning her heat … indoors, earned First Team All-America honors as part of the distance medley relay, leading off the team at NCAA Indoors in Boston as they finished fourth in 10:56.15 … at SEC Indoors, was eighth in the 3,000m in 9:20.77 and fifth on the DMR … set a mile PR of 4:34.70 at the Arkansas Qualifier, taking third … ran a 3k best of 9:07.36 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite.
2023 Cross Country At Arkansas: Helped Arkansas take ninth at the NCAA Championships with a 96th-place finish, third on the team, in 20:39 … the NCAA South Central Regional runner-up behind teammate Sydney Thorvaldson as Arkansas took the team title … finished 16th overall at the SEC Championships … opened the season at the Cowboy Preview with a sixth-place finish.
2023 Track At Arkansas: Competed four times during the indoor season and redshirted the outdoor season … last race was the Husky Classic in Seattle on Feb. 11, running the 3k in 9:29.86 … a mile time of 4:45.50 at the Razorback Invite … ran a 5k at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Dec. 3, 2022, clocking 16:12.98.
2022 Cross Country At Arkansas: Stellar first fall season, culminating at the NCAA Championships where she finished 64th overall and second on the squad as the Razorbacks placed 21st as a team … took fourth overall at South Central Regionals in 20:27 as Arkansas won the title … third on the Razorbacks and 12th overall at first SEC Championship as UA took second … finished 80th overall at the Nuttycombe Invitational in Wisconsin … finished sixth in the Chile Pepper Festival helping Arkansas win the title … collegiate debut at the Cowboy Jamboree, finishing 24th overall in 20:54.
High School and Personal: Born in Marion, Ohio … parents are Wade Cochran and Alecia Evans … has two siblings, Paige Cochran and Matthew Evans … father ran the Boston Marathon multiple times … 2022 graduate of Moon Area High School in Moon Township, Pennsylvania … also competed in swimming for eight years … won 10 total state titles in track and cross country … established school records in six events – 400m, 800m, 1,600m, Mile, 3,000m, and 3,200m … senior season included Pennsylvania State 3A titles in cross country, indoor 3,000m, and a three-event sweep outdoors in 800m (2:11.26), 1,600m (4:46.53), and 3,200m (10:13.62) … set state meet record in 3,200m with 10:13.62 … competing at 2022 Brooks PR Invitational in June, ran a career best of 4:39.23 in mile … third in mile at 2022 Penn Relays (4:47.17) … fifth in mile at 2022 New Balance Nationals with a PR of 4:42.49 … ran 4:47.83 in mile to place third in 2022 Millrose Games … a third consecutive cross country State 3A title … placed ninth at Eastbay Northeast Regional (18:01.7) and finished eighth at Eastbay Championships (17:35.2) … as a junior, claimed State 3A titles in cross country as well as 1,600m (4:51.01) and 3,200m (10:20.04) double outdoors … Earned All-America honor in mile, placing third at The Outdoor Nationals (4:45.07) … indoors, finished eighth in Two Mile at adidas Nationals … claimed her first State 3A title in cross country as a sophomore with a 17:53.0 performance.
Major Meets
2022 SEC XC – 12th (3rd UA)
2022 Regional XC – 4th (2nd UA)
2022 NCAA XC – 64th (2nd UA)
2023 SEC XC – 16th (4th UA)
2023 Regional XC – 2nd (2nd UA)
2023 NCAA XC – 96th (3rd UA)
2024 SEC Indoor TF – 8th, 3000m | 5th, DMR
2024 NCAA Indoors – 4th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2024 SEC Outdoor TF – 6th, 1500m | 8th, 5000m
2024 NCAA Prelims TF – 13th, 5000m
2024 SEC XC – 11th (3rd UA)
2024 Regional XC – 9th (2nd UA)
2024 NCAA XC – 41st (2nd UA)
At UW
2025 Big Ten Indoor TF - 15th, 3000m | 5th, DMR
2025 NCAA Indoors - 8th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2025 Big Ten Outdoor TF - 10th, 1500m
2025 NCAA Prelims TF - 16th, 5000m
2025 Big Ten XC - 22nd (4th UW)
2025 Regional XC - 11th (1st UW)
2025 NCAA XC - 58th (1st UW)
2026 Big Ten Indoor TF - 7th, 3000m | 1st, DMR (B1G Champion)
2026 NCAA Indoors - 11th, Mile (All-America Second Team)
2026 Big Ten Outdoor TF - 8th, 1500m | 15th, 5000m
2026 NCAA Prelims TF - 14th, 1500m | 35th, 5000m
2026 USA Outdoor Champs - 20th, 1500m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......2:03.95
1500m…….4:08.36
3000m.......8:53.34
5000m…….15:40.96
Indoor Bests
Mile…….4:29.10
3000m…….8:57.00
5000m…….16:12.98
Academic Honors
2026 USTFCCCA All-Academic TF
2026 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2025 Fall Academic All-Big Ten
2026 Big Ten Indoor DMR Champion
2025 All-Region Cross Country
2025 All-America First Team (DMR, Indoors)
2024 All-America First Team (DMR, Indoors)
2023 Regional Cross Country Runner-Up
2026 Outdoors: Scored at conference and advanced to the NCAA West Prelim quarterfinals in the 1,500-meters, placing 14th overall just two spots short of advancing … ran 4:12.07 in the West Prelim quarterfinals, and also raced the 5,000-meters on the same day, placing 35th … broke 4:10 for the first time in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invite, going 4:09.95 to win heat two … took eighth in the 1,500m final at Big Ten Outdoors, and 16th in the 5k … at Penn Relays, led off the DMR which was fifth in 10:49.27 and ran on the fourth-place 4x800m relay … earned Spring Academic All-Big Ten honors and USTFCCCA All-Academic distinction … Summer: Lowered 1,500m PR to 4:08.36 at the Portland Track Festival on June 21 … won the Yakima Mile road race in 4:29.75 … headed to Europe and ran a 3,000m PR of 8:53.34 in Cork, Ireland in July … a big 800m PR of 2:03.95 in Kortrijk, Belgium on July 11 … returned stateside to race at the USA Outdoor Championships, placing 20th overall in the 1,500m in 4:12.12.
2026 Indoors: Earned All-America Second Team in the mile and was part of the Big Ten indoor DMR Champions … at NCAA Indoors in Fayetteville, took seventh in her semifinal heat and 11th overall in 4:33.35 … at Big Ten Indoors, ran the 800m leg on the DMR that won and set the Meet Record in 10:56.18, then also raced the 3,000-meters and took seventh in 9:03.80 … set a mile PR of 4:29.10 at the Saucony Battle for Boston, going to No. 4 in Husky history … went to No. 7 in Husky history in the 3,000-meters with a time of 8:57.00 at the Husky Classic … anchored the DMR that punched its NCAA ticket with a time of 10:45.03 to win the Husky Classic, going to No. 3 in school history … ran a then-PR in the mile of 4:30.98 in the Dempsey season opener.
2025 Cross Country: Led the Huskies at three out of five races, including at the NCAA Championships, helping the team to a 19th-place national placing … at NCAAs, finished 58th overall in a time of 19:38 … also led the squad at NCAA Regionals, finishing 11th overall in 19:53 to earn All-West Region … was 22nd overall at the Big Ten Championships, fourth on the squad, to help UW to a fourth-place finish … the top Husky across the line at the Wisconsin Invitational, in 28th-place, in 20:23 … at the season-opening Loyola Lakefront Invite, was 14th overall in 20:02 and second on the squad … a Fall Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2025 Outdoors: Set PRs in both the 1,500m and 5,000m and came up just shy of reaching the NCAA finals in the 5k … at NCAA West Prelims, had a heartbreaking fall in the final hundred meters to fall out of a qualifying position for nationals … made the Big Ten Outdoor final in the 1,500-meters, placing 10th in 4:17.30 … set a 5,000m PR of 15:40.96 to open the outdoor season at the Stanford Invite, good for No. 9 in school history … ran a 1,500m PR of 4:12.65 at the Bryan Clay Invitational … at the Penn Relays, ran the lead-off leg on the 4x1500m relay squad that took second-place in the Championship of America heat … Summer: Ran a 3k in 9:10.35 at the Cork City Sports meet in Ireland on July 7 … raced at the Morton Games in Ireland on July 11, running 4:15.78 for 1,500m.
2025 Indoors: A First Team All-American on the DMR in her first season as a Husky … ran the anchor 1,600m leg on the DMR at NCAA Indoors, coming across in eighth-place in 11:02.31 … the podium DMR finish helped the women’s program finish a program-record fourth-place at NCAAs … set a new mile PR of 4:33.64 at the Mile City meet in her first race as a Dawg … ran another mile time of 4:33.77 at the UW Invitational, and a third 4:33 time (4:33.64) at the BU Terrier Last Chance Meet … at Big Ten Indoors, ran the lead-off leg on the DMR that took fifth … set a 3,000m PR of 8:59.65 at the Husky Classic, going to fifth in UW history.
Transferred to Washington for the start of the 2025 indoor track season
2024 Cross Country At Arkansas: Second on the Razorbacks squad at the NCAA Championships finishing 41st overall, just one place and less than a second away from All-America honors … top-10 at Regionals, placing 9th at the South Central Championships, helping Arkansas win the team title … placed 11th at the SEC Championships, third on the squad, running 19:37 for 6k … at Pre-Nationals, placed 18th overall as the No. 2 finisher for UA … took the win at the Chile Pepper XC Festival, finishing the 5k in 15:56.
2024 Track At Arkansas: At NCAA West Prelims, placed 13th in the 5,000-meters in 16:06.56, just missing out on NCAA Outdoors by one spot … scored at SEC Outdoors in the 1,500m with a sixth-place finish, and in the 5,000m with an eighth-place run … set a 1,500m PR of 4:15.46 at the John McDonnell Invite … opened the outdoor season with a 5k PR of 15:57.43 at the Stanford Invitational, winning her heat … indoors, earned First Team All-America honors as part of the distance medley relay, leading off the team at NCAA Indoors in Boston as they finished fourth in 10:56.15 … at SEC Indoors, was eighth in the 3,000m in 9:20.77 and fifth on the DMR … set a mile PR of 4:34.70 at the Arkansas Qualifier, taking third … ran a 3k best of 9:07.36 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite.
2023 Cross Country At Arkansas: Helped Arkansas take ninth at the NCAA Championships with a 96th-place finish, third on the team, in 20:39 … the NCAA South Central Regional runner-up behind teammate Sydney Thorvaldson as Arkansas took the team title … finished 16th overall at the SEC Championships … opened the season at the Cowboy Preview with a sixth-place finish.
2023 Track At Arkansas: Competed four times during the indoor season and redshirted the outdoor season … last race was the Husky Classic in Seattle on Feb. 11, running the 3k in 9:29.86 … a mile time of 4:45.50 at the Razorback Invite … ran a 5k at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Dec. 3, 2022, clocking 16:12.98.
2022 Cross Country At Arkansas: Stellar first fall season, culminating at the NCAA Championships where she finished 64th overall and second on the squad as the Razorbacks placed 21st as a team … took fourth overall at South Central Regionals in 20:27 as Arkansas won the title … third on the Razorbacks and 12th overall at first SEC Championship as UA took second … finished 80th overall at the Nuttycombe Invitational in Wisconsin … finished sixth in the Chile Pepper Festival helping Arkansas win the title … collegiate debut at the Cowboy Jamboree, finishing 24th overall in 20:54.
High School and Personal: Born in Marion, Ohio … parents are Wade Cochran and Alecia Evans … has two siblings, Paige Cochran and Matthew Evans … father ran the Boston Marathon multiple times … 2022 graduate of Moon Area High School in Moon Township, Pennsylvania … also competed in swimming for eight years … won 10 total state titles in track and cross country … established school records in six events – 400m, 800m, 1,600m, Mile, 3,000m, and 3,200m … senior season included Pennsylvania State 3A titles in cross country, indoor 3,000m, and a three-event sweep outdoors in 800m (2:11.26), 1,600m (4:46.53), and 3,200m (10:13.62) … set state meet record in 3,200m with 10:13.62 … competing at 2022 Brooks PR Invitational in June, ran a career best of 4:39.23 in mile … third in mile at 2022 Penn Relays (4:47.17) … fifth in mile at 2022 New Balance Nationals with a PR of 4:42.49 … ran 4:47.83 in mile to place third in 2022 Millrose Games … a third consecutive cross country State 3A title … placed ninth at Eastbay Northeast Regional (18:01.7) and finished eighth at Eastbay Championships (17:35.2) … as a junior, claimed State 3A titles in cross country as well as 1,600m (4:51.01) and 3,200m (10:20.04) double outdoors … Earned All-America honor in mile, placing third at The Outdoor Nationals (4:45.07) … indoors, finished eighth in Two Mile at adidas Nationals … claimed her first State 3A title in cross country as a sophomore with a 17:53.0 performance.
Major Meets
2022 SEC XC – 12th (3rd UA)
2022 Regional XC – 4th (2nd UA)
2022 NCAA XC – 64th (2nd UA)
2023 SEC XC – 16th (4th UA)
2023 Regional XC – 2nd (2nd UA)
2023 NCAA XC – 96th (3rd UA)
2024 SEC Indoor TF – 8th, 3000m | 5th, DMR
2024 NCAA Indoors – 4th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2024 SEC Outdoor TF – 6th, 1500m | 8th, 5000m
2024 NCAA Prelims TF – 13th, 5000m
2024 SEC XC – 11th (3rd UA)
2024 Regional XC – 9th (2nd UA)
2024 NCAA XC – 41st (2nd UA)
At UW
2025 Big Ten Indoor TF - 15th, 3000m | 5th, DMR
2025 NCAA Indoors - 8th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2025 Big Ten Outdoor TF - 10th, 1500m
2025 NCAA Prelims TF - 16th, 5000m
2025 Big Ten XC - 22nd (4th UW)
2025 Regional XC - 11th (1st UW)
2025 NCAA XC - 58th (1st UW)
2026 Big Ten Indoor TF - 7th, 3000m | 1st, DMR (B1G Champion)
2026 NCAA Indoors - 11th, Mile (All-America Second Team)
2026 Big Ten Outdoor TF - 8th, 1500m | 15th, 5000m
2026 NCAA Prelims TF - 14th, 1500m | 35th, 5000m
2026 USA Outdoor Champs - 20th, 1500m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......2:03.95
1500m…….4:08.36
3000m.......8:53.34
5000m…….15:40.96
Indoor Bests
Mile…….4:29.10
3000m…….8:57.00
5000m…….16:12.98
Academic Honors
2026 USTFCCCA All-Academic TF
2026 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2025 Fall Academic All-Big Ten
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