LOGAN, Utah – Utah State's men's and women's cross country teams are back in action this weekend in a pair of meets across the country. The Aggie women will be competing in the Princeton Fall Classic on Friday, October 18, in Princeton, New Jersey, and both the men and women will be racing in the 2024 Wisconsin Pre-Nationals on Saturday, October 19, in Madison, Wisconsin.
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MEET INFORMATION 
 
Princeton Fall Classic
Date: Oct. 18, 2024 
Start: Women's 6K @ 8:30 a.m. (MT) 
Site: Princeton, New Jersey
Venue: Princeton West Windsor Fields 
Live Results: Leone Timing
Course Map: Course Map
 
2024 Wisconsin Pre-Nationals
Date: Oct. 19, 2024 
Start: Men's 8K @ 8:40 a.m.; Women's 6K @ 10:40 a.m. (MT) 
Site: Madison, Wisconsin
Venue: Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course 
Live Results: PT Timing
Streaming: RunnerSpace
Course Map: Course Map
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DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY ARTIE GULDEN 
"This is a big weekend for our teams. Both will be looking to try to beat some schools from other NCAA regions to put ourselves in position to hopefully get a bid to the NCAA Championships. The competition will be great for both teams and if we can rise to the occasion, it could be a special weekend."
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AGGIES IN THE POLLS
Utah State men's cross country broke into last week's NCAA DI Cross Country National Coaches' Poll at No. 30. The Aggie men are also ranked No. 5 in the Mountain Region rankings, while the women are ranked No. 6 regionally.
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HOW SWEEP IT IS
Aggie runners swept the Mountain West's weekly awards on October 15, with freshman Joshua Armstrong winning Men's Athlete and Freshman of the Week, senior Sammi Lee winning Women's Athlete of the Week, and freshman Ava Trimble winning Women's Freshman of the Week. It was the first time that any school had claimed all four cross country awards since the conference began awarding Freshman of the Week honors in 2021. These individual honors came after Utah State swept the team titles at the USU-hosted Steve T. Reeder Memorial Invitational on October 11.
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YOUTH MOVEMENT
Five Aggies have already claimed Mountain West Men's Freshman of the Week honors this season. Freshman Jedidiah Megargel won the weekly honors following his seventh-place finish in the Utah State Alumni Challenge on August 31, freshman Luke Stockett claimed the award thanks to a 21st-place finish in the BYU Autumn Classic on September 13, freshman Michael Moffat won the award following his seventh-place finish at the UC Riverside Invitational on September 21, freshman Joshua McKee claimed the honors after a 14th-place finish at the Paul Short Run on October 5, and freshman Joshua Armstrong claimed the Freshman and Athlete of the Week honors with his third-place finish at the Steve T. Reeder Memorial Invitational on October 11. Utah State is the first cross country program in Mountain West history to claim a given individual honor five-consecutive times, and the first Mountain West program in any sport to have five different athletes claim the same honor in consecutive weeks.
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LAST MEET 
Utah State's cross country teams claimed both team titles at the Steve T. Reeder Memorial Invitational on October 11, in Logan, Utah. Senior Sammi Lee finished in second place in the women's 5K with a time of 18:31.47, leading a deep Aggie contingent to a best-possible 15 team points. Freshman Joshua Armstrong took third place with a time of 21:29.56 in the men's 7K race to lead the Aggies, who scored 21 team points.
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FOLLOW ALONG 
Fans can follow the Utah State cross country programs at twitter.com/USUTF_XC, on Facebook at USUTrack and on Instagram at instagram.com/USUTF_XC. Aggies fans can also follow the Utah State athletic program at twitter.com/USUAthletics or on Facebook at Utah State University Athletics.  
  
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