LOGAN, Utah – Utah State gymnastics team will compete in the seventh annual Les Olson IT Best of Utah Meet on Monday, Jan. 12, at the Maverik Center in West Valley City.
 
The podium event, which also features in-state rivals BYU, Southern Utah and Utah, will begin at 7 p.m.
 
The ticket presale window for the Les Olson IT Best of Utah Meet begins on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 10 a.m., and ends on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 10 p.m. Fans using University presale codes will receive $6 off the ticket price.
 
During the presale, Utah State fans will have access to the discounted pricing by clicking here. The university presale code for the Aggies is: 26AGGIES. All tickets go on sale at full price on Friday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m.
 
Utah has won the past six Best of Utah competitions at the Maverik Center, while Utah State has placed second once, third three times and fourth twice.
 
Head Coach Kristin White
"Competing at the Les Olson IT Best of Utah Meet is always a fun and exciting competition for our student-athletes and fans. We are fortunate to have such a prestigious event for the four gymnastics universities in Utah, and we hope all our Aggie fans join us on Monday, Jan. 12th. Competing in front of a large crowd on a podium is always great preparation for the postseason. Our team is young and hungry, and we are looking forward to Aggie Nation purchasing tickets and helping us pack the Maverik Center!"
 
About the 2026 Aggies
Utah State returns nine letterwinners and 12 total gymnasts from last year's team that won the 2025 Mountain West Championship, its seventh conference title in program history, and qualified for NCAA Regionals for the 28th time in program history.
 
Among those returning for Utah State include a trio of first-team All-Mountain West performers in senior Avery Bibbey (bars), junior Nyla Morabito (vault, floor), and junior Sydney Jelen (beam). Four more returners earned second-team All-MW honors a year ago in junior Isabella Vater (floor), and sophomores Kaylie Medrano (vault), Olivia Orengo (floor) and Lundyn VanderToolen (bars).
 
Also returning are graduate Amari Evans, senior Marley Peterson, senior Chelsea Southam, junior Mya Witte and junior Hattie Wright.
 
Utah State welcomes six newcomers to this year's team in freshmen Anabelle Dewey (Mount Juliet, Tenn.), Mara Gruber (Arden Hills, Mich.), Brylea Johnson (Plymouth, Minn.), Charley Laufer (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Alianna Valdez (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Sienna Yelle (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
 
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