LOGAN, Utah – Utah State track and field will compete at the 2026 Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships from Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 26-28, which will be hosted for the first time by Nevada at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada.
 
MEET INFORMATION
2026 Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships
Date: Feb. 26-28, 2026
Start: Thursday @ 11 a.m.; Friday @ 12:30 p.m.; Saturday @ 10:30 a.m. (MT)
Site: Reno, Nevada
Venue: Reno-Sparks Convention Center
Live Results: Record Timing
Live Streaming: Mountain West Network
Competitions: Schedule, Start Lists and Championships Central
 
ON THE STARTING LINE
Utah State will send 28 men and 28 women to the MW Indoor Track and Field Championships. Aggie athletes entered in each event are listed below with their seed and qualifying performances.
 
USU Men:
 

Event	USU Athletes
60 Meters	1. Ayodele Ojo, Jr., 6.57; 5. David Konan, 6.74.
200 Meters	4. Diego Aguirre-Stewart, 21.20.
400 Meters	20. Caleb White, 49.86.
800 Meters	1. Landon Bott, 1:45.72; 3. Ernest Green, 1:49.37; 7. Tayshaun Ogomo, 1:50.34; 8. Samuel Green, 1:50.41.
Mile	7. Jayden Holdsworth, 3:59.90; 11. Joshua Armstrong, 4:02.95; 15. Ethan Peterson, 4:06.13; 19. Drew Hogan, 4:09.50.
3,000 Meters	10. LJ Floyd, 7:57.76; 11. Jayden Holdsworth, 7:58.18; 12. Logan Garnica, 7:59.79; 14. Joshua Armstrong, 8:01.43; 19. Michael Amitava Maiorano, 8:10.71; 20. Joshua McKee, 8:11.30; 23. Joseph McKee, 8:13.01; 26. John Simmons, 8:18.40; 28. Bryce Hill, 8:19.24; 29. Ethan Peterson, 8:27.55; T-32. Drew Hogan, NT.
5,000 Meters	8. LJ Floyd, 13:47.78; 11. Joshua McKee, 14:06.50; 12. John Simmons, 14:08.36; 13. Michael Amitava Maiorano, 14:18.37.
4x400-Meter Relay	8. Utah State, 3:19.11.
DMR	2. Utah State, 10:07.41.
High Jump	3. Taite Priestley, 2.14 meters (7-0.25).
Pole Vault	1. Logan Hammer, 5.63 meters (18-5.5); T-6. Marshall Rasmussen, 5.10 meters (16-8.75); T-10. Javin Richards, 5.00 meters (16-4.75); 13. Ethan Hammer, 4.98 meters (16-4).
Long Jump	4. Sam Beckwith, 7.45 meters (24-5.5).
Triple Jump	T-8. Sam Beckwith, NM.
Shot Put	3. Joseph Turner, 18.19 meters (59-8.25); 11. Brock Bissegger, 15.54 meters (51-0); 14. Blake Johns, 15.03 meters (49-3.75).
Weight Throw	10. Joseph Turner, 17.52 meters (57-5.75); 12. Blake Johns, 16.68 meters (54-8.75).
Heptathlon	2. Javin Richards, 5,536 points.

 
USU Women:
 

Event	USU Athletes
60 Meters	10. Adia Ross, 7.50; 16. Nia Moore, 7.57.
200 Meters	T-26. Nia Moore, 24.96.
400 Meters	10. Shay Jones, 54.97; 17. Heidi Harper, 55.71; 28. Elly Jeppsen, 57.90.
800 Meters	12. Annie Ivins, 2:11.04; 13. Alison Richter, 2:11.31; Sally Roos, 2:11.54; 25. Lexi Toronto, 2:13.27; 34. Gracynn Smith, 2:18.01.
Mile	3. Shelby Jensen, 4:44.06; 17. Ava Trimble, 4:53.35; 19. Caroline Moon, 4:55.05.
3,000 Meters	11. Shelby Jensen, 9:21.31; 12. Natalie Swain, 9:26.97; 25. Sarah Ellis, 9:41.04; 28. Hailey Shakespear, 9:48.91; 29. Brie Smith, 9:52.84; 31. Caroline Moon, 9:57.65; 34. Meredith Sanford, 10:06.69.
5,000 Meters	6. Sarah Ellis, 16:20.05; 8. Brie Smith, 16:42.98; 9. Hailey Shakespear, 16:47.20; T-12. Natalie Swain, NT.
60-Meter Hurdles	3. Krysthina Vlahovic, 8.46; 4. Claire Petersen, 8.50.
4x400-Meter Relay	7. Utah State, 3:44.68.
DMR	2. Utah State, 11:54.13.
High Jump	3. Presley Gray, 1.79 meters (5-10.5), 17. Madeline Carmona, 1.55 meters (5-1).
Pole Vault	4. Karina Cooper, 4.04 meters (13-3); 10. Sabrina Fairbanks, 3.85 meters (12-7.5).
Long Jump	19. Elle Jacobson, 5.68 meters (18-7.75); T-24. Sophie Chandler, 5.61 meters (18-5).
Shot Put	9. Milly Garren, 14.26 meters (46-9.5); 12. Ruby Jordan, 13.30 meters (43-7.75).
Weight Throw	7. Milly Garren, 17.88 meters (58-8); 11. Ruby Jordan, 16.68 meters (54-8.75).
Pentathlon	6. Sophie Chandler, 3,625 points; 13. Gracynn Smith, 3,441 points.

 
Team points are awarded based on individual finishes in each event, with the first-place athlete receiving ten points, the runner-up earning eight points, the third-place competitor garnering six points, and proceeding down to the eighth-place athlete, who receives one point. All-Mountain West honors are awarded to the top-three finishers in each event.
 
AWARDS SEASON
Utah State student-athletes have earned 12 Mountain West weekly awards during the indoor season, the most in program history. USU earned a record-setting total of five awards on Dec. 16, with freshman Adia Ross winning MW Women's Track Athlete and Freshman of the Week honors, senior Logan Hammer claiming his seventh career MW Men's Field Athlete of the Week award, sophomore Presley Gray winning MW Women's Field Athlete of the Week and sophomore Ayodele Ojo, Jr. earning MW Men's Track Athlete of the Week. Junior Sam Beckwith and freshman Lexi Toronto claimed the MW Men's Field Athlete of the Week and MW Women's Freshman of the Week awards, respectively, on Jan. 13. Ojo earned his second MW Men's Track Athlete of the Week honor and freshman Sally Roos claimed the Aggies' third-straight MW Women's Freshman of the Week award on Jan. 20. On Feb. 3, junior Landon Bott won the MW Men's Track Athlete of the Week honor and freshman Karina Cooper earned MW Women's Freshman of the Week accolades. Freshman David Konan earned his first career weekly award on Feb. 10, winning MW Men's Freshman of the Week honors.

RECORD SCRATCH
Utah State opened the 2025-26 indoor season with a record-setting performance at the BYU December Invitational from Dec. 10-11. Hammer, senior Javin Richards and Ross broke school records in the men's pole vault (5.63 meters (18-5.5), men's heptathlon (5,536 points) and women's 60 meters (7.48), respectively. Ojo became the fourth Aggie to set a school record in 2025-26 when he ran the 60 meters in 6.55 at the Snake River Open on Jan. 16, topping both the Utah State record of 6.61, set in 2014, and the MW record of 6.60, set in 2015. Bott broke the men's 800-meter school record in front of the Aggie faithful at the Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Invitational on Jan. 30, crossing the line in 1:47.79. Three records fell on the final weekend of the regular season, as junior Shelby Jensen broke the program record in the women's 3,000 meters with a time of 9:21.31 and sophomore Jayden Holdsworth ran USU's first-ever four-minute mile of 3:59.90 at the Husky Classic while Bott broke his own 800-meter record by finishing in 1:47.55 at the Tyson Invitational.

RUNNING IT BACK
Utah State enters the indoor season returning seven All-Mountain West performers from last year as the Aggie men placed third at the 2025 MW Indoor Championships with 109 points and the women finished eighth with 43 points.
 
Hammer and junior Landon Bott claimed MW titles in 2025, with Bott winning the 800 meters in 1:52.38 and Hammer winning his second-straight pole vault title with a clearance of 5.52 meters (18-6.5). The USU men's distance medley relay team earned all-conference honors for its 9:42.46 time, taking second place at the MW Indoor Championships, as Bott and seniors Ernest Green and Samuel Green return from that group. Ernest Green also earned all-conference honors as he won silver in the 800 meters with a time of 1:52.59. Sophomore Diego Aguirre-Stewart took silver in the 200 meters, clocking in at 20.93. Sophomore Taite Priestley earned his first career All-MW honors in the high jump, tying for bronze with a height of 2.04 meters (6-8.25). Senior Marshall Rasmussen joined Hammer on the pole vault podium, winning silver with a jump of 5.21 meters (18-1.25).

Hammer won two Mountain West Men's Field Athlete of the Week awards last season. Sophomore Daniel Chase won MW Men's Track Athlete of the Week once and MW Men's Freshman of the Week twice, while Aguirre-Stewart and Gray each won MW Freshman of the Week honors once.
 
WELCOME TO LOGAN
Utah State track and field welcomed six transfers (two men, four women) and 22 freshmen (10 men, 12 women) to the program this season. 14 of the 28 newcomers (six men, eight women) are entered to compete at the MW Indoor Championships.
 
ROAD TO NATIONALS
In addition to conference honors, Utah State student-athletes have their eyes on qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Mar. 13-14. Three Aggies currently rank among the top-16 athletes nationally in their event, which would qualify them for the national championships. Bott ranks sixth in the nation in the men's 800 meters with a standardized time of 1:45.72, Ojo ranks 10th in the men's 60 meters with an altitude-adjusted time of 6.57 and Hammer ranks 13th in the men's pole vault with a clearance of 5.63 meters (18-5.5).

LAST MEET
Utah State student-athletes claimed six titles, 12 podium finishes and posted 12 performances ranking in USU's top 10 all-time, including three program records, at the Arkansas-hosted Tyson Invitational, the New Mexico-hosted Don Kirby Elite Invitational, the Idaho State-hosted Mountain States Games and the Washington-hosted Husky Classic.
 
FOLLOW ALONG
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