LOGAN, Utah — Utah State cross country will open its 2024 campaign by hosting the Utah State Alumni Challenge on Aug. 31 at the Steve and Dona Reeder Cross Country Course. The women's 5K will begin at 9 a.m. and the men's 7K at 9:40 a.m. (MT).
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MEET INFORMATION
Utah State Alumni Challenge
Date: Aug. 31, 2024
Start: Women's 5K @ 9 a.m.; Men's 7K @ 9:40 a.m.
Site: Logan, Utah
Venue: Steve and Dona Reeder Cross Country Course
Live Results:
Lickety Split Timing
5K Course Map:
5K Course
7K Course Map:
7K Course
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DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY ARTIE GULDEN
"Saturday will be a good indicator of where both teams are early in the season. The men will have great competition with both BYU and Weber State bringing teams along with competing against our alumni team and Westminster. The ladies will get to race our alumni team and Westminster. We will be holding out a handful of men and women so we are really looking for who's going to step up and rise to the occasion on Saturday. This weekend will be special as we have a number of guys from the 2019 Mountain West Championship squad coming back for the five-year reunion of that victory."
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LAST SEASON
Utah State's women's cross country team finished eighth at the NCAA Mountain Regionals in Lubbock, Texas, with 217 points. Then-junior
Emma Thornley earned all-region honors by finishing 23rd with a time of 20:15.9. The Aggie men took 10th at the NCAA Mountain Regionals with 300 points.
Utah State placed fifth in both the men's and women's competitions at the Mountain West Championships in Eagle, Idaho. Thornley earned first team all-MW honors as she finished fourth with a time of 20:23.3.
Across the 2023 season, the Aggies won seven team titles, four from the men and three from the women. The men and women swept titles at the USU-hosted Sagebrush Invitational, the Nevada-hosted 2024 NCAA Mountain Regional Preview and the USU-hosted Steve T. Reeder Memorial, while the men also claimed victory at the Utah Open.
Individually, the Aggies placed first overall twice as then-junior
Brennan Benson won the men's race at the USU-hosted Sagebrush Invitational and then-junior
Wyatt Evans won the men's race at the Utah Open. USU registered nine top-five finishes on the women's side and 12 top-five finishes on the men's side.
Utah State had 33 runners earn academic all-Mountain West honors, while 33 runners were named MW Scholar-Athletes.
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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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