VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Jadin O’Brien broke her own school record along with the ACC and facility records en route to earning her third-consecutive NCAA pentathlon champion on Friday afternoon at the Virginia Beach Sports Center.
O’Brien and teammate Alaina Brady were two of the 16 student-athletes competing in the 2025 pentathlon on Friday. Siona Chisholm qualified in the 5000m race to represent the Irish on Friday afternoon.
Jadin O’Brien posted the fastest time in the 60m hurdles among all four heats with a personal-best time of 8.16. Alaina Brady posted a time of 8.48 in the event for sixth overall. O’Brien cleared 1.69m on the high jump as Brady added a 1.63m effort. O’Brien posted the second-best shot put throw of the day with a 14.5m mark. Brady came in at 13.18m for the sixth-best performance in the shot put.
O’Brien held the lead through four events after a 6.19m long jump. She used a big kick out of the final turn of the 800m run to post a time of 2:12.65 for 926 points in the event. Her overall mark of 4596 set a new school record, a new ACC record, and a new facility record while securing O’Brien’s third-consecutive NCAA Championship in the pentathlon.
Brady added a 5.53m long jump and finished the day with a 2:28.18 in the 800m race for a cumulative point total of 3956 to finish 15th.
Chisholm battled for over 2000m of her race but ultimately did not finish.
Day two of the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships begins at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Notre Dame’s Madison Schmidt will compete in the women’s high jump beginning at noon.