LOGAN, Utah – Utah State track & field had 13 student-athletes selected to the 2024 Outdoor Track & Field All-Mountain West team, it was announced by the conference on Wednesday. The top three finishers in each event at the MW Outdoor Championships earn all-conference honors.
Utah State's 13 honorees rank third-most in the conference, only behind Colorado State (24) and Air Force (21).
On the men's side, senior
Gavin Beierle, junior
Godwin Charles, sophomores
Logan Hammer and
Javin Richards, and freshmen
Walker Deede,
Landon Bott and
Joseph Turner earned all-MW honors. On the women's side, seniors
Abbey Bryant,
Olivia Smith and
Autumn Kidd, and juniors
Emma Thornley,
Adi Nielson and
Maddie Edwards came away with the distinction.
Hammer and Charles were named all-MW after winning titles in the men's pole vault and triple jump, respectively. Hammer set a USU and MW record with a vault of 5.62 meters (18-5.25) to capture his second-straight league pole vault title, while Charles won the triple jump with a leap of 15.88 meters (52-1.25) to top his own program record.
Richards joined Hammer on the podium in the men's pole vault, finishing second with a height of 4.79 meters (16-3.5), while also placing third in the decathlon. His decathlon score of 6,731 points ranks 10th in school history.
Three male throwers earned medals for Utah State. Turner placed second in the discus with a throw of 55.39 meters (181-8), the sixth-best mark in USU program history, while Beierle placed third with a throw of 54.36 meters (178-4). Beierle also took third in the shot put with a 17.92 meters (58-9.5) throw to earn his third outdoor all-conference honor. In the men's javelin, Deede placed second with a 66.36 meters (217-8) heave, a throw that ranks eighth-best in program history.
In the men's 800 meters, Bott finished with a time of 1:49.52 to place second.
In women's track, Edwards won the Mountain West title in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.22, setting a new Utah State program record. Bryant placed third in the 100-meter hurdles as she finished with a time of 13.41 to earn the second all-conference accolades of her career, while Thornley also placed third in the 10,000 meters at 34:17.00.
The women's 4x400-meter relay team of Nielson, Smith, Kidd and Edwards made the podium, placing third with a time of 3:39.88.
Utah State track & field is next in action at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The competition will take place Wednesday through Saturday, May 22-25.
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