LOGAN, Utah – Utah State's track & field teams will travel to Seattle, Wash., this weekend to compete at the University of Washington-hosted UW Invitational on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1.

The meet will be held at the Dempsey Indoor Track & Field Arena on the UW campus, and is set to feature student-athletes from more than 27 different universities, along with various club and unattached athletes.

Competition will begin Friday at 2 p.m. (MT) with the men's heptathlon events, followed by the women's pentathlon events. The meet is set to conclude Saturday at approximately 6p.m. (MT) with the women's then the men's 4x400-meter relays.

Live video for the meet is available for a subscription fee on runnerspace.com.

In its last meet, Utah State traveled to the Boise State-hosted Ed Jacoby Invitational in Nampa, Idaho, where the Aggies captured two individual titles and 14 top-three finishes. Junior thrower Josh Barclay captured his second indoor shot put title of the season, throwing for a distance of 17.81 meters (58-5.25) to capture first place, while senior teammate Kyle Morris took second with a mark of 17.45 meters (57-3.00).

The other title the Aggies earned during the weekend came courtesy of the men's distance medley relay team. Consisting of senior J.D. Thorne, sophomores Roberto Porras and Devin Pancake, and freshman Josh Wintch, the quartet crossed the finish line in 10 minutes, 14.31 seconds.

Karen Christensen had a pair of second-place finishes on the women's side for the Aggies. The junior from Orem, Utah, crossed the finish line in the 600 meters with a personal-best time of 1:35.80, as well as ran a leg on the DMR team, which clocked a time of 12:15.48.

Freshman Reagan Hoopes placed second in the 3,000 meters (10:11.28), while fellow freshman Hannah Lybbert and sophomore Anna Parkinson captured third in the high jump and pole vault with career-best marks of 1.66 meters (5-05.25) and 3.55 meters (11-07.75), respectively.
 
Links to live results and a full schedule of events are available on utahstateaggies.com.
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