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Track and Field 4/9/2026 2:08:00 PM
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State track and field will compete at the Weber State Spring Classic in Ogden, Utah, on Friday, April 10, and the Utah Spring Classic in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday, April 11. Senior Javin Richards will compete in the men's decathlon at the Bryan Clay Multis in Azusa, California, from Thursday-Friday, April 9-10.
 
MEET INFORMATION
Bryan Clay Multis
Date: April 9-10, 2026
Start: Thursday @ 4 p.m.; Friday @ 3:30 p.m. (MT)
Site: Azusa, California
Venue: Cougar Stadium
Live Results: FinishedResults
Competitions: Meet Schedule and Info
 
Weber State Spring Classic
Date: April 10, 2026
Start: Friday @ 11 a.m. (MT)
Site: Ogden, Utah
Venue: Chick Hislop Track & Field
Live Results: Sporttrax
Competitions: Schedule and Info
 
Utah Spring Classic
Date: April 11, 2026
Start: Saturday @ 10 a.m. (MT)
Site: Salt Lake City, Utah
Venue: McCarthey Family Track & Field Complex
Live Results: AthleticLIVE
Competitions: Meet Schedule and Info
 
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 nine athletes or relay teams (seven men's, two women's) who rank in the top-25 in the NCAA West Region in their respective events. Ojo and freshman David Konan rank seventh and 10th in the region, respectively, in the men's 100 meters. Sophomore Shay Jones owns the region's seventh-fastest time in the women's 400 meters. Deede ranks eighth in the men's javelin. Hammer and Richards place eighth and 13th, respectively, in the men's pole vault in the West Region. Graduate Logan Garnica and junior Garrett Woodhouse rank 10th and 18th in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase. In the relays, the women's 4x400-meter team of sophomore Heidi Harper, graduate Annie Ivins, Jones and junior Claire Petersen rank 21st in the region. The top-48 individuals and top-24 relay teams in each of the West and East Regions will qualify for the NCAA First Rounds.
 
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), senior Ernest 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 competed well against national competition at the Pepsi Florida Relays in Gainesville, Florida, and the Stanford Invitational in Stanford, California, claiming two titles and eight podium finishes while posting eight performances that rank in the top-10 in school history.
 
FOLLOW ALONG
Fans can follow the Utah State track and field programs on X at USUTF_XC, on Facebook at USUTrack and on Instagram at USUTF_XC. Aggie fans can also follow the Utah State athletic program on X at USUAthletics or on Facebook at Utah State University Athletics.
 
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Players Mentioned

Logan Garnica

Logan Garnica

Freshman
Marshall Rasmussen

Marshall Rasmussen

Sophomore
Logan Hammer

Logan Hammer

Freshman
Javin Richards

Javin Richards

Freshman
Karina Cooper

Karina Cooper

Jumps
Freshman
Heidi Harper

Heidi Harper

Sprints
Sophomore
Shelby Jensen

Shelby Jensen

Dist.
Junior
Shay Jones

Shay Jones

Sprints
Sophomore
Annie Ivins

Annie Ivins

Sprints
Graduate Student
Claire Petersen

Claire Petersen

Sprints
Junior
Adia Ross

Adia Ross

Sprints
Freshman
Landon Bott

Landon Bott

Mid. Dist.
Junior

Players Mentioned

Logan Garnica

Logan Garnica

Freshman
Marshall Rasmussen

Marshall Rasmussen

Sophomore
Logan Hammer

Logan Hammer

Freshman
Javin Richards

Javin Richards

Freshman
Karina Cooper

Karina Cooper

Freshman
Jumps
Heidi Harper

Heidi Harper

Sophomore
Sprints
Shelby Jensen

Shelby Jensen

Junior
Dist.
Shay Jones

Shay Jones

Sophomore
Sprints
Annie Ivins

Annie Ivins

Graduate Student
Sprints
Claire Petersen

Claire Petersen

Junior
Sprints
Adia Ross

Adia Ross

Freshman
Sprints
Landon Bott

Landon Bott

Junior
Mid. Dist.
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