LOGAN, Utah – Utah State track and field will travel north to Pocatello, Idaho, on Thursday and Friday, January 16-17, for the Idaho State-hosted Snake River Open.
 
MEET INFORMATION
Snake River Open
Date: Jan. 16-17, 2025 
Start: Thursday @ 1 p.m.; Friday @ 12 p.m.
Site: Pocatello, Idaho
Venue: ICCU Dome
Live Results:  AthleticLIVE
Competitions: Meet Schedule and Information
 
DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY ARTIE GULDEN
"We were really pleased with a lot of the results last week and look to build on them this week, keeping the positive momentum moving forward. We are hoping for some improvements from those that competed last week and strong openers from those who will be competing in their first indoor meet."
  
REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK
Junior Logan Hammer, who holds the USU outdoor pole vault record, made Aggie history by clearing 5.50 meters (18-0.5) at the BYU Indoor Invitational on January 11, setting the Utah State indoor pole vault record. His mark bested the previous record of 5.45 meters (17-10.5), which was set by Lance White in 1994 and matched by Mark Calvin in 1998. The native of Nampa, Idaho, is one of five Utah State field athletes to own the indoor and outdoor school records in a single event, joining Godwin Charles (men's triple jump), Brenn Flint (women's shot put), Sonia Grabowska (women's pole vault) and Chari Hawkins (women's high jump).
  
AWARDS SEASON
Utah State student-athletes earned four Mountain West weekly accolades on January 14, as announced by the conference. Freshman Daniel Chase won MW Men's Track Athlete of the Week and Men's Freshman of the Week, junior Logan Hammer won MW Men's Field Athlete of the Week and freshman Abbie Scott won MW Women's Freshman of the Week. This is the first MW weekly honor for Chase and Scott, while Hammer collected his fifth career honor. Hammer is the first Utah State track and field athlete to earn five or more MW weekly accolades since Dillon Maggard earned nine from 2017-18.


STILL AT THE PEAK
Utah State returns six all-MW performers from last year as the Aggie men placed fourth at the MW Indoor Championships with 94 points and the women finished 10th with 27 points.
 
The USU men's distance medley relay team earned all-conference honors for their 10:07.76 time, taking first place at the MW Indoor Championships, as graduate Brennan Benson, sophomore Landon Bott, and junior Drew Hogan return from that group. Benson, who won the mile with a time of 4:11.48, and Bott, who placed second in the 800 meters with a time of 1:48.81, which ranks third in school history, were additionally recognized as all-conference honorees. Senior Kelton Chenworth claimed his second all-conference honor for his second-place finish in the high jump with a mark of 2.06 meters. Logan Hammer, an outdoor All-American, won the pole vault by clearing 5.06 meters, while fellow junior Javin Richards placed third with a mark of 4.96 meters.
 
Hammer won two MW Men's Field Athlete of the Week awards last season, while Bott won MW Men's Track Athlete and Freshman of the Week honors.

WELCOME TO LOGAN
Utah State track and field has welcomed four transfers (two men, two women) and 33 freshmen (12 men, 21 women) to the program this season. Eight of the 33 newcomers competed during the cross country season this fall, including MW Cross Country Freshman of the Week award winners Luke Stockett and Ava Trimble.

LAST MEET
Utah State started off the New Year by capturing 14 individual titles and 31 podium finishes at the BYU Indoor Invitational and Weber State Indoor Invitational. Four performances from the meets ranked in the top 10 all-time in Utah State history, including Hammer's record-setting performance in the pole vault. Chase matched the Weber State facility record of 6.26 in the 55 meters, tying four-time Olympic silver medalist Frankie Fredericks.
  
FOLLOW ALONG
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