Utah State University Athletics

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2020 T&F, 2020 XC, 2021 T&F, 2023 T&F); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2020 XC, 2021 T&F, 2021 XC, 2022 T&F, 2023 T&F).

2023 (SR)
Indoor: Finished second in the 3,000 meters with a season-best time of 8:41.21 at the Utah State-hosted Speed and Power Meet… Placed seventh in the mile with a season-best time of 4:16.94 at the New Mexico-hosted Don Kirby Invitational.
Outdoor: Finished 13th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a season-best time of 9:21.42 at the San Francisco State-hosted Mike Fanelli Track Classic… Placed 14th in the 1,500 meters with a season-best time of 4:01.17 at the Utah Spring Classic… Earned academic all-Mountain West and MW Scholar-Athlete honors.

2022 (JR)
Cross Country (2021): Competed in four meets and finished in the top 10 at each one… Best finish of the season was at the Utah Open, where he placed fifth with a time of 19:13.8 to help the Aggies capture the team title… Finished sixth with a time of 22:06.0 at the Utah State-hosted Steve T. Reeder Memorial Invitational… Helped the Aggies capture the team title at the Idaho State Invitational as he placed ninth with a time of 18:51.3… Opened the season by placing 10th with a time of 22:25 at the USU-hosted Sagebrush Invitational... Named a MW Scholar-Athlete.
Indoor: Ran a career-best time of 8:40.10 in the 3,000 meters to finish eighth at the Idaho State-hosted Stacy Dragila Invitational… Placed second in the mile with a career-best time of 4:15.46 at the Idaho State-hosted Mountain State Games… Finished fourth in the mile with a time of 4:18.12 at the Utah State-hosted Speed and Power Meet.
Outdoor: Placed 10th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a career-best time of 9:18.92 at the San Francisco-hosted Mike Fanelli Track Classic… Opened the season by placing second in the steeplechase with a time of 9:33.35 at the Arizona-hosted Willie Williams Classic… Placed 12th in the steeplechase with a time of 10:19.96 at the BYU-hosted Robison Invitational... Was named a MW Scholar-Athlete and a USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2021 (SO)
Cross Country (2020): Placed 42nd at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 25:22.3… Was the top USU finisher in the Florida State Winter Classic Gold Race, placing 14th with a time of 25:25.5… Helped the Aggies win the team title at the Dixie State Invitational, finishing 21st with a time of 24:40.7… Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete accolades.
Indoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Outdoor: Placed third in the 1,500 meters with a career-best time of 3:55.06 at the Weber State Twilight Meet… Finished fourth in the 5,000 meters with a personal-best time of 15:36.46… Earned academic all-Mountain West and MW Scholar-Athlete accolades.

2020 (FR)
Indoor: Placed second in the 5,000 meters with a personal-best time of 15:06.66 at the Boise State-hosted Jackson’s/Nike Boise Indoor Invitational… Finished fifth in the 3,000 meters with a season-best time of 8:40.68 at the Boise State-hosted Bronco Challenge… Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

HIGH SCHOOL: A seven-time letterwinner in track & field and cross country at Sun Prairie (Wisconsin) High School… Earned first-team all-state honors, and was named to the all-conference team twice during his high school career… Helped the Cardinals to the WIAA Cross Country Sectional championship in 2016, as well as to a track & field conference championship… Recorded personal-best times of 15:56 in the 5K, 9:29 in the 3,200-meter run and 4:22 in the 1,600-meter run… Was named the team’s most valuable runner twice… Also participated in wrestling and was a four-time letterwinner at Sun Prairie HS.

PERSONAL: Son of Jeff and Kathy Hodges… Has one sister and two brothers… Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Anchorage, Alaska… Majoring in human development and family studies.

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