LOGAN, Utah – Utah State track and field will split its squad during the last weekend of regular season competition on Friday and Saturday, February 14-15. Selected distance runners will travel to Boston, Massachusetts, for the BU Valentine Invitational. Invited sprinters and field athletes are heading to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the Tyson Invitational. The remainder of the team will compete at the Mountain State Games in Pocatello, Idaho.
 
MEET INFORMATION
BU Valentine Invitational
Date: Feb. 14-15, 2025 
Start: Friday @ 7 a.m.; Saturday @ 7 a.m. (MT)
Site: Boston, Massachusetts
Venue: Track & Tennis Center
Live Results: Lancer Timing
Competitions: Meet Schedule 
 
Tyson Invitational
Date: Feb. 14-15, 2025 
Start: Friday @ Noon.; Saturday @ 9:30 a.m. (MT)
Site: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Venue: Randal Tyson Track Center
Live Results: Flash Results
Competitions: Meet Schedule 
 
Mountain State Games
Date: Feb. 14-15, 2025 
Start: Friday @ 10 a.m.; Saturday @ 10 a.m. (MT)
Site: Pocatello, Idaho
Venue: ICCU Dome
Live Results: AthleticLIVE
Competitions: Meet Schedule
 
DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY ARTIE GULDEN
"This is our last opportunity to compete prior to the Mountain West Championships. We are looking for folks in all the different event groups to step up and show they are ready to score points for the team at the conference meet.
 
"We will be spread across three meets, but all of them will give our student-athletes a great chance to go up against fantastic competitors. It should be a fun weekend. I am excited to follow the results and the great things we'll do."
 
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. Hammer broke his own record the following week by clearing 5.55 meters (18-2.5) at the Snake River Open on Jan. 17. At the Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Invite on Feb. 1, Hammer broke both his own record and the George Nelson Fieldhouse record with his mark of 5.60 meters (18-4.5).
  
AWARDS SEASON
Freshman Daniel Chase won Mountain West 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 on January 14. The trio was honored again the following week, with Chase earning MW Men's Freshman of the Week, Hammer repeating as MW Men's Field Athlete of the Week and freshman Abbie Scott winning MW Women's Field Athlete of the Week and Women's Freshman of the Week on January 21. This is the first time that a trio of athletes have been honored in consecutive weeks in conference history. Hammer is the first Utah State track and field athlete to earn six or more MW weekly accolades since Dillon Maggard earned nine from 2017-18. Freshman Presley Gray added to the Aggies' accolades when she won MW Women's Freshman of the Week honors on February 11.
 
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. 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 continued its indoor season by capturing 14 individual titles and 31 podium finishes at the Stacy Dragila Invitational in Pocatello, Idaho, and the Wolf Pack Classic in Reno, Nevada. Aggie athletes had four performances from the two meets that ranked in the top 10 all-time in Utah State history.
  
FOLLOW ALONG
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