HONORS: All-American: Cross Country (2024); All-Region: Cross Country (2024); First-Team All-Mountain West: Cross Country (2020); Second-Team All-Mountain West: Cross Country (2022); Mountain West All-Conference Outdoor: 10,000 Meters (2021, 2022); Elite 90 Award: Cross Country (2020, 2022); Mountain West Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week (10/20/21; 10/4/22); USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2020 XC, 2024 XC, 2025 T&F); CSC Academic All-American (2025); CSC Academic All-District (2024, 2025); Academic All-Mountain West (2020 T&F, 2020 XC, 2021 T&F, 2023 XC, 2024 T&F, 2024 XC, 2025 T&F); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2020 XC, 2021 T&F, 2021 XC, 2022 T&F, 2022 XC, 2023 T&F, 2023 XC, 2024 T&F, 2024 XC, 2025 T&F); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025).
OUTDOOR RECORDS: Owns the Utah State record in the 10,000 meters with a time of 28:10.91, set in 2025… Ranks fifth all-time at USU in the 5,000 meters with a time of 13:53.64, set in 2021.
2025 (GR)
Cross Country (2024): Finished 25th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships with a 10K time of 29:17.4, becoming USU’s fifth-ever men’s cross country All-American… Placed fourth at the UC Riverside Invitational with an 8K time of 23:38.6… Finished first at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run with an 8K time of 23:18.8, becoming the third Aggie runner to win the event… Took 17th at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals, leading all USU runners with an 8K time of 23:10.1… Placed 14th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a 10K time of 29:39.3, earning all-region honors and helping Utah State to a fourth-place finish and at-large nationals berth.
Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor season.
Outdoor: Broke the Utah State record in the 10,000 meters with a time of 28:10.91 at the Stanford Invitational, finishing 16th… Placed 26th in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA West First Rounds with a time of 29:09.45… Took 10th in the 5,000 meters at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a time of 13:56.87… Set a personal best in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:51.06 as he placed fifth at the Utah Tech Invitational.
2024 (SR)
Cross Country (2023): Was the top Aggie finisher at the Virginia Invitational, placing 40th with an 8K time of 23:55.8… Took 56th with an 8K time of 24:09.7 at the Wisconsin-hosted Nuttycombe Invitational as the top Aggie finisher for his second race in a row… Placed 32nd at the Mountain West Championships with an 8K time of 24:27.0, helping Utah State finish fifth… Finished 73rd at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a 10K time of 30:55.8.
Indoor: Finished fourth in the 3,000 meters with a personal-record time of 8:16.87 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships… Set a personal best in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:23.46 as he placed 12th at the Washington Invitational… Took second in the mile with a career-best time of 4:12.13 at the Idaho State-hosted Snake River Open… Won the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:25.58 at the Idaho State-hosted Mountain State Games.
Outdoor: Finished 27th in the 10,000 meters with a time of 29:43.02 at the NCAA West First Rounds… Placed fourth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 13:59.83 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Set a season best in the 10,000 meters with a time of 28:43.08, which ranked third in school history, as he took eighth at the Stanford Invitational… Won his section of the 5,000 meters with a time of 13:59.79 at the Stanford-hosted Payton Jordan Invitational.
2023 (SR)
Cross Country (2022): Placed 125th with a 10K time of 30:25.6 at the NCAA Championships, helping Utah State finish 26th as a team… Finished 54th with a 10K time of 29:20.3 at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships… Earned second-team All-Mountain West honors after placing ninth with an 8K time of 23:58.4 at the conference championships, helping the Aggies finish third as a team… Was the first Aggie to cross the finish line at the Wisconsin-hosted Nuttycombe Invitational, placing 25th with an 8K time of 23:31.0… Tabbed the MW Athlete of the Week after leading Utah State to a third-place finish out of 46 teams at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run, where he finished third overall out of 428 runners with an 8K time of 23:07.4… Earned the Elite 90 Award for the second time in his career, an honor presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s championships.
Indoor: Finished 16th in the 3,000 meters with a season-best time of 8:47.56 at the New Mexico-hosted Don Kirby Invitational… Placed 18th in the 5,000 meters with a season-best time of 14:35.99 at the Washington Invitational.
Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor season.
2022 (JR)
Cross Country (2021): Finished 68th with a time of 31:59.5 at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, helping Utah State finish eighth out of 17 teams… Placed 55th with a time of 25:11.6 at the Mountain West Championships, where the Aggies finished third… Named the MW Athlete of the Week after placing ninth out of 227 finishers with a time of 23:36.2 at the Wisconsin-hosted Nuttycombe Invitational, where Utah State placed 11th out of 32 teams… Was the second Aggie finisher at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run, placing fourth with a time of 23:35.8 to help Utah State finish fourth out of 40 teams.
Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor season
Outdoor: Earned first-team All-Mountain West honors after placing second in the 10,000 meters with a time of 31:15.29 at the Outdoor Championships… Finished sixth in the 5,000 meters with a season-best time of 13:58.64 at the Fresno State Invitational… Opened the season by placing 12th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:13.88 at the San Francisco State-hosted Mike Fanelli Track Classic.
2021 (SO)
Cross Country (2020): Was the second Aggie runner across the finish line at the NCAA National Championships with a time of 30:50.2 to place 42nd and help Utah State finish 11th as a team… Earned first-team all-conference honors after finishing third with a time of 23:41.0 at the Mountain West Championships… Captured the individual title and led Utah State to the team title with a by crossing the finish line first with a time of 23:40.5 at the Dixie State Invitational… Finished 11th with a time of 23:49.3 to lead all Aggies in the Florida State Winter Classic Garnet Race… Was the first USU athlete to ever earn the Elite 90 Award, an honor presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s championships.
Indoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Outdoor: Finished 21st in the semifinals of the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:06.54 at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships… Garnered first-team All-Mountain West honors after placing second in the 10,000 meters with a season-best time of 29:46.11, which ranked 10th all-time in school history, at the Outdoor Championships… Placed 14th in the 5,000 meters with a career-best time of 13:53.64, which ranked third all-time in school history, at the Fresno State-hosted West Coast Relays.
2020 (FR)
Indoor: Placed third in the 5,000 meters with a season-best time of 15:09.17 at the Boise State-hosted Jackson’s/Nike Boise Indoor Invitational… Ran season-best times of 4:25.31 in the mile at the North Dakota State-hosted Bison Team Cup, 8:39.31 in the 3,000 meters at the Boise State-hosted Ed Jacoby Invitational and a career-best 10:14.97 in the DMR at the Washington Invitational.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ran cross country at Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah… Earned all-state honors as a junior in 2015… Placed 33rd overall as an individual at the Nike Cross Nationals in 2016… Recorded career-best times of 15:15 in the 5-kilometer run and 9:10 in the 3,200-meter run… Graduated from Davis HS at the top of his class with a 4.0 GPA, and earned academic all-state honors.
PERSONAL: Son of Michael and Susan Todd… Has three sisters and one brother… Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Bangkok, Thailand, from 2017-19… Married fellow distance runner Bailey Brinkerhoff, a member of Utah State’s women’s track & field team, in December of 2021… Sister, Marissa Dance, played volleyball at Idaho State… Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in May 2023… Pursuing a master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering.
PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:
Event |
Indoor |
Outdoor |
1,500 Meters |
|
3:51.06 |
Mile |
4:12.13 |
|
3,000 Meters |
8:16.87 |
|
5,000 Meters |
14:23.46 |
13:53.64 |
10,000 Meters |
|
28:10.91 |
DMR |
10:14.97 |
|
POSTSEASON RESULTS:
NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Year |
Place |
Time |
2020 |
42nd |
30:50.2 |
2022 |
125th |
30:25.6 |
2024 |
25th |
29:17.4 |
NCAA WEST FIRST ROUNDS
Year |
Event |
Place |
Time/Mark |
2021 (College Station) |
5,000 Meters |
21st |
14:06.54 |
2024 (Fayetteville) |
10,000 Meters |
27th |
29:43.02 |
2025 (College Station) |
10,000 Meters |
26th |
29:09.45 |
NCAA CROSS COUNTRY REGIONALS
Year |
Place |
Time |
2021 |
68th |
31:59.5 |
2022 |
54th |
29:20.3 |
2023 |
73rd |
30:55.8 |
2024 |
14th |
29:39.3 |
MW CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Year |
Place |
Time |
2020 |
3rd |
23:41.0 |
2021 |
55th |
25:11.6 |
2022 |
9th |
23:58.4 |
2023 |
32nd |
24:27.0 |
MW INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Year |
Event |
Place |
Time/Mark |
2024 |
3,000 Meters |
4th |
8:16.87 |
MW OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Year |
Event |
Place |
Time/Mark |
2021 |
10,000 Meters |
2nd |
29:46.11 |
2022 |
10,000 Meters |
2nd |
31:15.29 |
2024 |
5,000 Meters |
4th |
13:59.83 |
2025 |
5,000 Meters |
10th |
13:56.87 |