PUEBLO, Colo.  Western Colorado's Allison Beasley on Friday evening added another All-American award to her resume, racing to a fifth-place finish in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2025 NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships. 

Earning a spot in the championship final of the event during the qualifying heats Thursday at the Colorado State University Pueblo ThunderBowl, Beasley fought off the charge from the host school's Margot Thomas on the final lap Friday to cross the finish in fifth with a time of 10 minutes, 36.30 seconds, to Thomas' sixth-place time of 10:36.80. 

Event winner Ava O'Connor of Adams State broke to the lead early and only lengthened the gap between the chasing pack over the entirety of the race. 

A group of three runners were next in line, followed by a larger group that included Beasley, who ran through the 1,000m mark of the race in sixth place. Over the next lap, however, Beasley staked a claim to fifth place that, despite the late challenge from Thomas, she would not relinquish. 

The track & field All-American honor is Beasley's fourth in her career. She placed second in the steeplechase at the 2023 outdoor championships, the same year in which she earlier earned All-American recognition during the indoor season after finishing seventh in the mile and as a member of the third-place distance medley relay at the 2023 indoor championships. 

Western's Nykole Meshew was also a competitor Friday at the ThunderBowl, having qualified for the national meet in the women's high jump. 

Meshew cleared the opening height of 1.63-meters (5 feet-4.25 inches) on her first attempt but was unable to clear the next height of 1.68m (5-6) to finish her championship in a tie for 16th place. 

Beasley's finish put Western up on the team scoreboard, in 23rd place, with one day remaining in the championship meet.