Utah State University Athletics

Garrett Woodhouse | TFRRS Profile
HONORS: Mountain West Men’s Cross Country Freshman of the Week (9/21/21); USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2025 T&F, 2026 T&F); Academic All-Mountain West (2025 T&F, 2025 XC, 2026 T&F); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021 XC, 2022 T&F, 2025 T&F, 2025 XC, 2026 T&F); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2022, 2025, 2026).

OUTDOOR RECORDS: Ranks third all-time at USU in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:40.33, set in 2026.

2026 (JR)
Cross Country (2025): Finished 13th at the Utah State Alumni Challenge with a 7K time of 21:20.2… Took 17th at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run with an 8K time of 23:32.4… Placed 132nd at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational with an 8K time of 24:43.5… Finished 20th at the Mountain West Championships with an 8K time of 23:29.8, leading the Aggies to a fifth-place finish… Took 41st at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, finishing the 10K race in 31:23.2 to help USU to a sixth-place finish… Earned Academic All-MW recognition… MW Scholar-Athlete.
Indoor: Finished sixth in his section of the 5,000 meters at the Washington Invitational with a personal-best time of 14:09.41… Took seventh in the 3,000 meters with a personal-best time of 8:24.76 at the Idaho State-hosted Snake River Open.
Outdoor: Placed 28th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase quarterfinals at the NCAA West First Rounds with a time of 8:53.97… Finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a time of 8:44.46… Set a personal best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:40.33 at the Azusa Pacific-hosted Bryan Clay Invitational, placing 15th in the field and clocking the third-fastest time in program history… USTFCCCA All-Academic Team selection… Academic All-MW honoree… MW Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2025 (SO)
Indoor: Finished first in the 5,000 meters at the Idaho State-hosted Mountain States Games with a season-best time of 14:43.51… Part of USU’s winning DMR team at the Weber State Invitational, finishing in a personal-best time of 10:14.26.
Outdoor: Placed 20th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase quarterfinals at the NCAA West First Rounds with a time of 8:51.69… Finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a time of 8:50.22… Set a season best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:46.89 as he placed 11th at the Azusa Pacific-hosted Bryan Clay Invitational… Finished first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the San Francisco State-hosted Mike Fanelli Track Classic with a time of 8:53.67… Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team… Earned Academic All-MW honors… MW Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2022 (FR)
Cross Country (2021): Qualified for both the Pan American Cross Country Championships and NACAC (North America, Central America and Caribbean) Cross Country Championships by placing fourth with a time of 26:44 in the Under 20 8K race at the USATF Cross Country Championships… Led Utah State to the team title at the Utah Open, where he placed first with a time of 18:44.6… Finished fourth with a time of 22:00.8 at the Utah State-hosted Steve T. Reeder Memorial Invitational… Placed fifth with a time of 18:42.4 to help the Aggies win the Idaho State Invitational… Named the Mountain West Freshman of the Week after placing 14th with a time of 25:12.00 at the Montana State Invitational, helping Utah State capture the team crown… Made his collegiate debut at the Utah State-hosted Sagebrush Invitational, where he placed ninth with a time of 22:25... MW Scholar-Athlete.
Indoor: Won the mile with a career-best time of 4:15.15 at the Utah State-hosted Speed and Power Meet… Placed first in the 3,000 meters with a season-best time of 8:28.96 at the Idaho State-hosted Stacy Dragila Invitational… Finished 19th in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:05.56 at the New Mexico-hosted Don Kirby Elite Invitational.
Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor season… Mountain West Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Oakton (Virginia) High School, where he was a 12-time letterwinner in cross country and track & field… Helped lead the Cougars to the state cross country title in 2020 and the track & field team to district titles in 2019 and 2021… Earned All-American honors in the 4xMile as a senior in 2021… Was the cross country district champion in 2019, indoor 3,200-meter district and region champion in 2020, and cross country region champion in 2020… Ran personal-best times of 9:11 in the 3,200 meters and 15:18 in the 5K… Was a 4.0 Scholar-Athlete and National Honor Society member.

PERSONAL: Son of Scott and Andrea Woodhouse… Has two brothers and one sister… Brother, Bradford, competed for USU track & field and cross country in 2023-24… Cousin, Ana Weaver, was a member of USU’s track & field and cross country teams from 2022-25… Served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Asunción, Paraguay from 2022-2024… Majoring in computer science with a minor in chemistry… Pursuing a career in medical AI.

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