BOSTON — Oregon's James West is now a two-time NCAA record-holder.

The redshirt senior ran the fastest indoor 1,500-meter time in collegiate history on Thursday at the BU Last Chance meet.

Racing among a field of professionals, the distance standout crossed the finish line in 3 minutes, 36.93 seconds and surpassed former UO great Edward Cheserek on the collegiate all-time list. Cheserek owned the previous best of 3:37.01 from 2017, a mark he set on the same BU track on his way to the collegiate record in the mile (3:52.01).

Thursday’s performance marks the second collegiate record for West within the past month. He was also part of the Ducks’ distance medley relay that broke the NCAA record in a time of 9:24.52 at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 31). West teamed with Jacob Miller, Charlie Hunter and Cooper Teare for the record-breaking performance.

Taking a shot at the Olympic standard of 3:35.00, West finished fourth overall in the invitational field. Josh Thompson of Portland's Bowerman Track Club, won the race in 3:34.77.

West owns a pair of top-10 NCAA season marks, ranking sixth nationally at 3,000 meters (7:47.10) and seventh in the mile (3:57.43). Both personal-best time also rank among the top 10 in UO history.

Also on Thursday, senior Jackson Mestler finished eighth in the invitational 3,000 (7:59.46) as the only collegian in the field. The race featured a 1-2-3-4 finish by the Bowerman Track Club as Lopez Lomong won in 7:37.74, followed by Ryan Hill (7:38.03), Evan Jager (7:38.25) and Grant Fisher (7:39.99).

Karissa Schweizer, also from the Bowerman Track Club, won the women's invitational 3,000 in 8:25.70.