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2023-24 Track and Field Roster

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  • Senior
    Class
  • Twin Falls, Idaho
    Hometown
  • Twin Falls HS
    High School
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Mattie Geddes
Mattie Geddes
Senior
Class
Twin Falls, Idaho
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: Mountain West All-Conference Indoor: DMR (2023); Academic All-Mountain West (2020 XC, 2021 T&F, 2022 T&F, 2023 T&F, 2024 T&F); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2020 XC, 2021 T&F, 2021 XC, 2022 T&F, 2023 T&F, 2024 T&F); USTFCCCA All-Academic (2023); CSC Academic All-District (2023).

INDOOR RECORDS: Ranks second all-time at USU in the 800 meters with a time of 2:09.34, set in 2024... Ranks fourth all-time at USU in the mile with a time of 4:46.82, set in 2024... Ranks second all-time at USU in the distance medley relay with a time of 11:33.21, set in 2023... Also holds fourth-best time at USU in the DMR with a time of 11:46.95, set in 2024.

OUTDOOR RECORDS: School record holder in the 800 meters with a time of 2:06.45, set in 2024.

2024 (SR)
Indoor: Took eighth in the 800 meters at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a time of 2:13.17… Set a personal best in the 800 meters with a time of 2:09.34, which ranks second all-time in school history, as she placed fourth at the New Mexico-hosted Don Kirby Invitational… Placed 20th in the mile with a personal record time of 4:46.82 at the Washington Invitational… Won the 800 meters at the Utah State-hosted Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Meet with a time of 2:10.96… Won the 800 meters (2:14.04) and 4x400-meter relay (personal record time of 3:53.52) at the Idaho State-hosted Snake River Open.
Outdoor: Finished 34th in the opening round of the 800 meters with a time of 2:09.02 at the NCAA West First Rounds… Set a school record in the 800 meters with a time of 2:06.45 as she finished fourth in the finals at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Won the 800 meters with a time of 2:08.81 at the BYU-hosted Robison Invitational... Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete honors. 

2023 (JR)
Indoor: Named to the Mountain West all-conference team after placing third in the distance medley relay at the Indoor Championships with a career-best time of 11:33.21, ranking third all-time at USU… Also placed fifth in the 800 meters at the conference championships with a career-best time of 2:11.14, after having qualified through the prelims in fourth place with a time of 2:12.80… Won the mile at the Nebraska-hosted Mark Colligan Memorial with a career-best time of 4:54.93, ranking 10th all-time at USU… Won the 800 meters at the USU-hosted Speed and Power Meet with a time of 2:14.72.
Outdoor: Placed 46th in the 800 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships with a time of 2:10.33… Set the school record in the 800 meters with a time of 2:07.40 to finish sixth at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, after qualifying through the prelims in seventh place with a time of 2:08.46… Set the school record in the 800 meters with a time of 2:08.52 to finish 47th at the Long Beach State-hosted Bryan Clay Invitational, also placing 25th in the 1,500 meters with a career-best time of 4:29.69… Earned USTFCCCA all-academic, CSC academic all-district, academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete honors.

2022 (SO)
Cross Country (2021): Finished sixth with a time of 19:12 at the season-opening Utah State-hosted Sagebrush Invitational… Placed ninth with a time of 19:20.3 at the USU-hosted Steve T. Reeder Memorial Invitational… Finished 11th with a time of 19:29.2 to help the Aggies place second at the Utah Open... Earned Academic All-MW honors and was also named a MW Scholar-Athlete.
Indoor: Set personal bests in both the mile and the 3,000 meters as she placed third in the mile (5:04.65) at the Utah State-hosted Speed and Power Meet and third in the 3K (10:32.-09) at the BYU Invitational… Finished 12th in the mile with a time of 5:06.55 at the New Mexico-hosted Don Kirby Elite Invitational… Recorded a time of 5:07.32 in the mile at the Idaho State-hosted Stacy Dragila Invitational, finishing fifth in the race.
Outdoor: Set personal records in the 800 meters (2:15.57), mile (5:13.55), 3,000 meters (10:31.11) and the 4x400-meter relay (3:58.29) during the season… Placed second in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:42.64 and ninth in the 3,000 meters with her career-best time of 10:31.11 at the Utah Valley Invitational… Placed third in the 4x400-meter relay at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational with her time of 3:58.29, where she also placed fourth in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:40.38… Took third place in the 800 meters at the Idaho State-hosted Bengal Invitational with her career-best time of 2:15.57, also placing second in the 1,500 meters at the same competition with a time of 4:38.23... Earned Academic All-MW honors and was also named a MW Scholar-Athlete and a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2021 (FR)
Cross Country (2020): Placed 39th at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 21:32.9… Had a 14th-place finish at the Dixie State Invitational with a time of 21:34.0 to help the Aggies win the team title… Placed 60th at the Florida State Winter Classic with a time of 21:39.1, fourth among USU finishers… Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete honors.
Indoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Outdoor: Finished ninth in the 1,500 meters with a career-best time of 4:29.97 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Placed fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a personal-best time of 11:50.89 at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational… Ran a career-best time of 17:20.56 in the 5,000 meters at the Fresno State-hosted West Coast Relays, where she finished 26th in the event… Also ran a leg on the 4x1,600-meter relay team that placed second with a personal-best time of 19:50.04 at the Drake Relays… Garnered academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: Tabbed the Times-News Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year three straight years after capturing the Class 4A individual state championship as a sophomore, junior and senior at Twin Falls (Idaho) High School… Crossed the finish line in 17:30.09, nearly 40 seconds faster than the next-closest finisher, at the 2019 state cross country meet, where the Bruins place third as a team… Her state-title winning time was 12 seconds faster than the top time in Class 5A… Placed fifth at the Nike Cross Northwest Regionals in November of 2019 to qualify for the national race, where she finished 22nd overall… Placed ninth at the Nike Cross Nationals in 2018… Also captured individual state track & field titles in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters, respectively… As a sophomore in 2017, she won eight of the nine races she competed in during the cross country season… Helped Twins Falls HS to a second-place finish at the 2017 state cross country meet and a third-place finish in 2018… Spent her freshman season at Pinedale (Wyo.) HS, but competed in track & cross country for Jackson Hole (Wyo.) HS… Helped the Broncs capture the state cross country title in 2016… Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: The oldest of six children of Sharlyn and Matthew Geddes… Her mom was a member of the track & field and cross country teams at Weber State… Majoring in interior architecture and design.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:
EVENT INDOOR OUTDOOR
800 Meters 2:09.34 2:06.45
1,500 Meters NA 4:27.18
Mile 4:46.82 5:13.55
3,000 Meters 10:32.09 10:31.11
5,000 Meters NA 17:20.56
3,000-Meter SC NA 11:50.89
4x400-Meter Relay 3:53.52 3:58.29
4x1,600-Meter Relay NA 19:50.04
DMR 11:33.21 NA

POSTSEASON RESULTS:
MW CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR PLACE TIME
2020 39th 21:32.9

NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR EVENT PLACE TIME
2023 (Sacramento) 800 Meters 46th 2:10.33
2024 (Fayetteville) 800 Meters 34th 2:09.02

MW INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR EVENT PLACE TIME
2023 800 Meters 4th (prelims) 2:12.80q
2023 800 Meters 5th 2:11.14
2023 DMR 3rd 11:33.21
2024 DMR 4th 11:46.95
2024 800 Meters 7th (prelims) 2:10.35
2024 800 Meters 8th (finals) 2:13.17

MW OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR EVENT PLACE TIME
2021 1,500 Meters 9th 4:29.97
2023 800 Meters 7th (prelims) 2:08.46
2023 800 Meters 6th 2:07.40
2024 800 Meters 7th (prelims) 2:07.56
2024 800 Meters 4th (finals) 2:06.45
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