LOGAN, Utah – Utah State's men's and women's cross country teams head south for the Utah Open on Thursday, Oct. 19, in Salt Lake City.

The women's 5K will get underway at 1 p.m., at Sunnyside Park, while the men's 6K will begin at 1:40 p.m.

The USU women will face No. 4 BYU, No. 21 Utah, No. 27 Utah Valley and Salt Lake Community College. The Aggie men will be taking on SLCC.

Scheduled to race for the Aggies on the women's side are grad senior Bailey Brinkerhoff-Todd; senior Taylia Norris; juniors Karlee Christensen and Madison Strasner; sophomores Hazel Baird, Karlie Callahan, Emma Hillam, Meredith Price, Arianna Steiner-Hogan and KaryLee Taylor; and freshmen Brooklyn Hill, Caroline Moon and Cameron Moore.

On the men's side senior Yonas Mogos; juniors Ben Berlin and Wyatt Evans; and freshmen Carson Coleman, Drew Hogan, Samuel Jackson, Adam Wall and Kobe Yost are slated to compete.

Last week, the Utah State women and men took 32nd and 33rd, respectively, at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational. Camren Todd was the top Aggie finisher as the grad senior placed 56th in the men's 8K Championship with a time of 24:09.7.

For the Aggie women, junior Emma Thornley led the way as she finished 127th with a time of 21:21.4.

For more information on the Utah State track & field/cross country programs, follow the Aggies on Twitter at @USUTF_XC, on Facebook at USUTrack and on Instagram at USUTF_XC.

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