LOGAN, Utah — Utah State track & field had 10 student-athletes named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team, it was announced by the organization on Tuesday. 
  
The honorees include graduate students Bridger Altice, Djamilliah Paepke-Chile and Camren Todd, seniors Abbey Bryant, Caden Dupee, Maddie Edwards, Mattie Geddes and Brandon Ovington, junior Emma Thornley and sophomore Logan Garnica. 
  
Altice, who is working on a master's in electrical engineering, maintained a 3.83 graduate GPA. This season, Altice earned a ninth-place finish in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:18.28 and took 10th place in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:36.38 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships. Altice also took 14th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:29.06 and 15th in the 1,500 meters with a PR time of 3:52.58 at the MW Outdoor Championships. Altice logged the sixth-best outdoor 5,000-meter performance in program history with a time of 13:56.16 as he took third in his heat at the Azusa Pacific-hosted Bryan Clay Invitational. 
  
Paepke-Chile, with a master's in sports management, kept a 3.79 graduate GPA. This season, Paepke-Chile placed 17th in the javelin with a PR mark of 49.01 meters (160-9) at the NCAA West First Rounds. That mark ranks third all-time in school history. 
  
Todd, who finished up a master's in civil and environmental engineering, posted a 3.87 graduate GPA. At the NCAA West First Rounds, Todd placed 27th in the 10,000 meters with a time of 29:43.02. Todd also set a PR in the 10,000 meters, which ranks third in school history, as he took eighth with a time of 28:43.08 at the Stanford Invitational. During the indoor season, he finished fourth in the 3,000 meters with a PR time of 8:16.87 at the MW Indoor Championships.  
  
Bryant, with a major in French, logged a 3.79 GPA. Bryant set the second-best finishes in school history in both the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.39 and the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.36 this academic year. Bryant took 25th in the 100-meter hurdles matching her PR with a time of 13.36 at the NCAA West First Rounds. In the indoor season, she placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.47 seconds at the MW Indoor Championships. 
  
Dupee, with a major in biochemistry, maintained a 3.81 GPA. In the outdoor season, Dupee placed fifth in the decathlon with 6,350 points and ninth in the javelin with a mark of 51.62 meters (169-4) at the MW Outdoor Championships. At the MW Indoor Championships, he finished seventh in the heptathlon with 4,821 points and 12th in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.36 meters (14-3.5). 
  
Edwards, with a major in data analytics, kept a 3.98 GPA. Edwards set the school record in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.22 as she won gold at the MW Outdoor Championships. She also ranks second on the USU all-time leaderboard in the outdoor 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:39.88, fifth in the indoor 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:43.27 and seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.61. Edwards advanced to the quarterfinals of the 400-meter hurdles, where she finished 17th with a time of 58.25 at the NCAA West First Rounds. 
  
Geddes, with a major in interior architecture and design, posted a 3.96 GPA. Geddes set the school record in the 800 meters with a time of 2:06.45 as she finished fourth at the MW Outdoor Championships. She also ranks second in the indoor 800 meters with a time of 2:09.34, fourth in the indoor mile with a time of 4:46.82 and fourth in the DMR with a time of 11:46.95 on the USU all-time leaderboard with results posted during the indoor season. At the NCAA West First Rounds, Geddes placed 34th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:09.02. 
  
Ovington, with a major in psychology, posted a 3.68 GPA. In the outdoor season, Ovington placed sixth in the shot put with a PR mark of 17.12 meters (56-2) at the MW Outdoor Championships. At the MW Indoor Championships, Ovington took seventh in the shot put with a PR mark of 16.08 meters (52.9.25).  
  
Thornley, with a major in kinesiology, logged a perfect 4.0 GPA. During the outdoor season, Thornley placed 27th in the 10,000 meters with a time of 35:49.68 at the NCAA West First Rounds, took bronze in the 10,000 meters with a time of 34:17.99 at the MW Outdoor Championships and set a PR in the 10,000 meters with a time of 33:34.62, which ranks third in school history, as she won her section at the Stanford Invitational. In the indoor season, Thornley placed 10th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:09.58 and 16th in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:54.67 at the MW Indoor Championships. She posted PRs in the mile with a time of 4:59.83, which ranks sixth all-time in school history, and 5,000 meters with a time of 16:29.30, which ranks fifth all-time in school history. 
  
Garnica, with a major in human development and family studies, maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA. During the outdoor season, he posted a PR in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:44.88, which ranks sixth in school history. At the NCAA West First Rounds, Garnica placed 28th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:06.13. During the indoor season, Garnica placed 17th in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:23.72 at the MW Indoor Championships. 
  
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