LOGAN, Utah – Utah State track and field will host the annual Aggie Invitational at Ralph Maughan Track Stadium in Logan, Utah, on Friday and Saturday, April 24-25.

MEET INFORMATION
Aggie Invitational
Date: April 24-25, 2026
Start: Friday @ 3 p.m.; Saturday @ 11 a.m. (MT)
Site: Logan, Utah
Venue: Ralph Maughan Track Stadium
Live Results: Illinois Prep Top Timing
Streaming: Mountain West Network (Friday Hammer and Javelin, Saturday Track and Jumps)
Competitions: Meet Schedule and Program
Admission: FREE

RUNNING IT BACK
Utah State returns nine all-MW performers from the 2025 outdoor season as the Aggie men placed third at the MW Outdoor Championships with 114.5 points and the women finished ninth with 38 points. 
 
Senior Logan Hammer his third-straight conference title in the men's pole vault with a meet-record clearance of 5.65 meters (18-6.5). Junior Landon Bott won the men's 800 meters with a time of 1:49.68, adding the outdoor gold to his indoor gold from the 2025 indoor championships. Seniors Marshall Rasmussen and Javin Richards completed the Aggie sweep of the pole vault podium with respective marks of 5.11 meters (16-9.25) and 4.96 meters (16-3.25). In the throws group, junior Walker Deede won his second-straight MW silver medal in the javelin with a throw of 68.72 meters (225-5) and junior Joseph Turner uncorked a throw of 56.37 meters (184-11) to win bronze in the discus. Two then-freshmen added to the men's medal count with Ayodele Ojo, Jr. winning silver in the 100 meters in 10.32 and Taite Priestley winning bronze in the high jump with a leap of 2.09 meters (6-10.25). On the women's side, junior Shelby Jensen won silver in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:48.44.

BEST IN THE WEST
Utah State has 14 individuals or relay teams (12 men, two women) who rank in the top-25 in the NCAA West Region in their respective events. Graduate Logan Garnica and junior Garrett Woodhouse rank third and 14th in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, while Jensen ranks 16th on the women's side. Hammer, Richards and Rasmussen place fifth, 16th and 24th, respectively, in the men's pole vault while Richards also ranks 24th in the decathlon. Bott ranks sixth in the region in the men's 800 meters, while Deede ranks 10th in the men's javelin. Sophomore Shay Jones owns the region's 14th-fastest time in the women's 400 meters. Ojo and freshman David Konan rank 16th and 20th in the region, respectively, in the men's 100 meters. The men's 4x100-meter relay team of Richards, sophomore Mathew Hall, Konan and Ojo rank 19th in the West region. Priestley ranks 25th regionally in the men's high jump. The top-48 individuals and top-24 relay teams in each of the West and East Regions will qualify for the NCAA First Rounds.

RECORD SCRATCH
Utah State athletes broke two school records at the Bryan Clay Invitational from April 16-18. Garnica broke his own school record in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing with a time of 8:29.92 that topped his previous record by four seconds. Senior Sarah Ellis set the women's 5,000-meter record, which she held for two weeks last season, with a time of 15:50.07, breaking Emma Thornley's record by 11.37 seconds.

USU has also made its mark on the MW record book in 2026. Bott broke the conference record in the men's 800 meters with his time of 1:45.83, besting the previous record of 1:46.01 set by Colorado State's Bryan Berryhill in 2001. Garnica's steeplechase record also ranks fourth in MW history and Ojo's top 100-meter time of 10.14 is tied for fifth in conference history.

AWARDS SEASON
Freshman Henry Tait earned MW Men's Freshman of the Week honors on March 24, his first career MW weekly award and the Aggies' first accolades of the outdoor campaign. Freshman Karina Cooper won the women's freshman honors on March 31, the second such award of her career. Utah State student-athletes claimed a total of 12 MW weekly awards in the 2025-26 indoor season, the most in program history and the second-straight indoor season with at least 10 awards earned. 
 
INDOOR SEASON BY THE NUMBERS
– Utah State track and field athletes posted 64 performances that ranked in the top 10 in school history during the indoor track and field season. Petersen led the women's team with six top-10 marks in the 60-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay, while six Aggie men co-led their squad with three top-10 performances each. The women's team posted 34 top-10 performances, paced by 18 top-10 times from the sprint group. The men's team was close behind with 30 top-10 performances, led by the distance squad's tally of 12 top-10 times.

– Utah State had 10 athletes earn all-MW honors at the 2026 Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships. Hammer won an individual gold medal in the men's pole vault. Bott (DMR), Green (DMR), sophomore Jayden Holdsworth (DMR), freshman Tayshaun Ogomo (800 meters), Ojo (60 meters) and freshman Caleb White (DMR) claimed runner-up finishes for the Aggie men. Priestley (high jump), Rasmussen (pole vault) and Richards (heptathlon) each earned bronze medals to complete the Aggies' all-conference roster.

– Aggie athletes broke or tied eight school records during the 2026 indoor campaign. Utah State opened the 2025-26 indoor season with a record-setting performance at the BYU December Invitational from Dec. 10-11, as Hammer, Richards and freshman Adia 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 Jensen broke the program record in the women's 3,000 meters with a time of 9:21.31 and 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. At the MW indoor championships, sophomore Shay Jones tied the USU record in the women's 400 meters of 53.05.

– Three USU men qualified for the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, tying the most entries in Utah State history and outpacing all but one Mountain West institution. Bott (800 meters), Hammer (pole vault) and Ojo (60 meters) all earned Second-Team All-American honors.

LAST MEET
Utah State claimed eight titles and 15 podium finishes while posting 16 performances, including two school records and a MW conference record, that rank in the top-10 in school history at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California, the Pacific Coast Invitational and the Beach Invitational in Long Beach, California.

FOLLOW ALONG
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