Rogan ’28 third in women’s steeplechase final at track and field nationals

GENEVA, Ohio – Hamilton College’s Keira Rogan ’28 finished in third place out of 12 runners in the final of the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at SPIRE Academy on Friday afternoon, May 23.
 
Rogan eclipsed her own team record with a time of 10:24.46. Her previous best of 10:27.88 was set on April 4 in the Hamilton Outdoor Invitational. Rogan finished less than a second behind runner-up Audrey MacLean (10:23.59) of Middlebury College. Calvin University’s Sophie Bull was the race winner in 10:11.73.
 
Rogan was in third place after five of the eight laps and was never out of the top four after the first 200 meters. A lead pack of four runners emerged midway through the race and Rogan was in the middle of it.
 
Bull and MacLean pulled away in the seventh lap as Rogan slipped to fourth place. Rogan responded with her fastest lap of the race with a time of 1:20.65 in the final 400 meters as she moved back into third place and nearly caught MacLean.
 
Rogan clinched her spot in the final by winning her heat with a time of 10:37.18 on Thursday night. She was seeded third in Division III in the steeplechase going into this week’s championships.