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2023-24 Track and Field Roster

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  • Senior
    Class
  • Santa Clarita, Calif.
    Hometown
  • Saugus HS
    High School
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Abbey Bryant
Abbey Bryant
Senior
Class
Santa Clarita, Calif.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: Outdoor All-Mountain West 100-Meter Hurdles (2023, 2024); Academic All-Mountain West (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2022, 2024); USTFCCCA All-Academic (2023).

INDOOR RECORDS: Ranks second all-time at USU in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.39, set in 2024.

OUTDOOR RECORDS: Ranks second all-time at USU in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.36, set in 2024.

2024 (SR)
Indoor: Placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.47 seconds at the Mountain West Indoor Championships… Set a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.39 seconds, which ranks second all-time in school history, as she won the event at the Utah State-hosted Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Meet.
Outdoor: Placed 25th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.36 at the NCAA West First Rounds… Won bronze at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.41 after setting a personal best time of 13.36, which ranks second in school history, in the preliminaries… Set a personal best in the 200 meters with a time of 25.45 (10th) and 4x100-meter relay with a time of 46.94 (first) at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational… Won the 100-meter hurdles title with a time of 13.38 at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational... Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete honors. 

2023 (JR)
Indoor: Placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a time of 8.72, qualifying through the preliminary round with a fifth-place finish and a time of 8.66… Won the 60-meter hurdles at the USU-hosted Speed and Power Meet with a career-best time of 8.60, ranking fifth all-time at USU.
Outdoor: Placed 41st in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships with a time of 14.04… Named to the outdoor all-Mountain West team after placing third in the 100-meter hurdles at the MW Championships with a time of 13.65, also setting a career-best in the preliminary rounds with a time of 13.59, ranking seventh all-time at USU… Also placed eighth in the 4x100-meter relay at the MW Outdoor Championships with a time of 47.61… Finished 20th in the 200 meters at the West Coast Relays with a career-best time of 25.64, also taking seventh in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.60… Earned academic all-MW and USTFCCCA all-academic honors.

2022 (SO)
Indoor: Placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.75 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships after advancing to the finals by finishing fifth with a time of 8.69 in the prelims… Moved into fifth place all-time at Utah State in the 60-meter hurdles with a first-place time of 8.62, set at the USU-hosted Speed and Power Meet and matched at the New Mexico-hosted Don Kirby Elite Invitational… Her time of 8.62 at the Speed and Power Meet proved to be a George Nelson Fieldhouse facility record… Placed first with a time of 8.83 in the 60-meter hurdles at the BYU Invitational, where she also set a personal best in the 200 meters with a time of 26.39, finishing eighth.
Outdoor: Placed ninth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.64 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships after advancing to the finals by finishing with a time of 14.09 in the prelims… Also placed fifth with a career-best time of 47.24 in the 4x100-meter relay at the MW Outdoor Championships… Finished second in the 100-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 13.82, which ranks ninth all-time in school history, at the BYU-hosted Robison Invitational… … Set a personal record in the 200 meters with a time of 25.86 at the Long Beach Invitational… Registered four top-three finishes and eight top-10 finishes on the season... Earned Academic All-MW honors and was also named a MW Scholar-Athlete and a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2019 (FR)
Indoor: Placed 14th in the prelims of the 60-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 8.85 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships… Recorded career-best times of 8.16 in the 60 meters at the Montana State Dual Meet and 1:00.41 in the 400 meters at the Boise State-hosted Jacksons/Nike Boise Indoor… Best finish of the season came at the Boise State-hosted Bronco Invitational, where she placed third in the 4x400-meter relay with a career-best time of 4:00.90.
Outdoor: Placed 15th in the prelims of the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.77 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Recorded season-best time of 14.47 in the same event at the BYU-hosted Clarence Robison Invitational… Ran a season-best time of 26.33 in the 200 meters at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational and a personal-best time of 1:08.54 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Arizona State-hosted Sun Angel Classic… Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-time letterwinner in track & field at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California… Named first-team all-league… Named the varsity team MVP… Recorded career-best times of 14.46 in the 100-meter hurdles and 44.20 in the 300-meter hurdles as a senior… Also competed on the Centurions’ girls soccer team… Named the most improved player of the year on the soccer team after helping lead Saugus HS to a second-place finish in the league… Tabbed a senior honor scholar.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Sean and Angela Bryant… Has two sisters… Aunt, Marci Broadbent, played for the USU soccer team from 1999-2000… Served in the Tahiti Pape'ete Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from July of 2019 to March of 2020, and the Utah Salt Lake City South Mission from July of 2020 to December of 2020... Majoring in French.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:

EVENT INDOOR OUTDOOR
60 Meters 8.16 NA
60-Meter Hurdles 8.39 NA
100 Meters    NA 13.80
100-Meter Hurdles NA 13.36
400-Meter Hurdles NA 1:08.54
200 Meters 25.80 25.45
400 Meters 1:00.41 NA
4x100-Meter Relay NA 46.94
4x400-Meter Relay 4:00.90 NA

POSTSEASON RESULTS:
NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR EVENT PLACE TIME/MARK
2023 100-Meter Hurdles 41st 14.04
2024 100-Meter Hurdles 25th 13.36

MW INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR EVENT PLACE TIME/MARK
2019 60-Meter Hurdles 14th (prelims) 8.85
2022 60-Meter Hurdles 5th (prelims) 8.69
2022 60-Meter Hurdles 7th 8.75
2023 60-Meter Hurdles 5th 8.66q
2023 60-Meter Hurdles 7th 8.72
2024 60-Meter Hurdles 5th 8.43q
2024 60-Meter Hurdles 5th 8.47

MW OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
YEAR EVENT PLACE TIME/MARK
2019 100-Meter Hurdles 15th (prelims) 14.77
2022 100-Meter Hurdles 8th (prelims) 14.09
2022 100-Meter Hurdles 9th 14.64
2022 4x100-Meter Relay 5th 47.24
2023 100-Meter Hurdles 4th (prelims) 13.59
2023 100-Meter Hurdles 3rd 13.65
2023 4x100-Meter Relay 8th 47.61
2024 100-Meter Hurdles 4th 13.36q
2024 4x100-Meter Relay DNF DNF
2024 100-Meter Hurdles 3rd 13.41
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