LOGAN, Utah — Utah State track & field teams are set to compete this weekend at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships in Clovis, California. The full competition will take place over four days from Wednesday, May 11, through Saturday, May 14.
 
Competition will begin with the start of the women's heptathlon and men's decathlon on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. (PT). The Championships will conclude on Saturday at approximately 8:45 p.m. (PT) with the men's and women's 4x400-meter relays. A full schedule of events is available through the MW.
 
The MW Outdoor Championships can be streamed via the Mountain West Network as well as through the MW App, available on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Android TV and both Apple and Android phones. Live results will also be available throughout the event.
 
At the 2021 MW Outdoor Championships, the Aggie men recorded a third-place finish, their fourth top-three finish in the previous five Outdoor Championships, while the Aggie women placed seventh in the team results. Former Aggie Kyle Morris claimed USU's lone individual title with a victory in the men's javelin.
 
This season at the 2022 Mountain West Indoor Championships, the men placed third overall with 73 points, while the women placed sixth with 38.50 points, matching their best team finish at the MW Indoor Championships in program history. USU also had five athletes place on the podium in individual events.
 
Utah State was last in competition two weekends ago at the Stanford-hosted Payton Jordan Invitational, the Idaho State-hosted Bengal Invitational and the Fresno State Invitational.
 
At the Fresno State Invitational, junior Bailey Brinkerhoff posted USU's first title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:36.96, while freshman Emma Thornley delivered USU's second title in Fresno with a win in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:00.67. Senior Mica Rivera finished fourth in the invitational finals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:28.40, which ranks eighth all-time in school history. Junior Tori Bailey moved to third all-time at USU in the women's discus, placing seventh in the event with a mark of 52.26 meters (171-5). In the invitational finals of the 5,000 meters, senior Katie Haviland placed eighth with a time of 16:34.92, ranking fifth all-time at USU. Junior Abby Jensen also improved to fifth all-time at USU in the 1,500 meters, placing third in the event with a time of 4:25.30. Sophomore Olivia Smith became the 10th Aggie in program history to break the one-minute mark in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing with a time of 59.99 to place fourth.
 
At the Idaho State Invitational, the high marks for the Aggies came in the distance events as sophomore Mattie Geddes registered two top-three finishes on the women's side. Geddes placed second in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:38.23 and placed third in the 800 meters with a time of 2:15.57.
 
For the Aggie men, freshman Walker Cole finished second in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:42.52. Freshman Ben Berlin recorded USU's final top-three finish in Idaho, placing third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:22.12.
 
At the Stanford-hosted Payton Jordan Invitational, USU's three participants each posted marks ranking in the top 10 all-time in school history. Senior Devin Pancake now ranks third all-time in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:43.30, placing eighth in the event. In the 5,000 meters, a mere four-hundredths of a second separated junior Spencer Nelson and graduate senior Connor Weaver. Nelson finished sixth with a time of 13:48.09 while Weaver finished right behind in seventh with a time of 13:48.13. Nelson and Weaver now rank third and fourth all-time in the event at USU, respectively.
 
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