Utah State University Athletics

Ava Smith | TFRRS Profile

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2025, 2026); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2025, 2026); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2025, 2026).

2026 (SO)
Indoor: Set personal bests of 59.06 in the 400 meters and 12:03.72 in the DMR at the Idaho State-hosted Mountain State Games, finishing 22nd individually and helping USU to a relay victory… Helped USU to a third-place finish at the BYU December Invitational with a personal-best time of 3:51.79.
Outdoor: Ran a personal-best time of 1:02.02 in the 400-meter hurdles at the BYU Robison Invitational, placing seventh in the field… Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors… MW Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2025 (FR)
Indoor: Set a season best in the 4x400-meter relay of 3:50.01 and a personal-best 200-meter time of 26.39 at the Idaho State-hosted Mountain States Games, placing second and 28th, respectively… Part of USU’s winning 4x400-meter relay team at the Utah State-hosted Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Invitational, finishing in 4:06.96… Ran a season-best time of 59.97 in the 400 meters at the Idaho State-hosted Snake River Open, placing 15th.
Outdoor: Finished 11th in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:02.61… Set a personal best in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:50.10 as USU placed third at the BYU-hosted Robison Invitational… Took first in the 4x400-meter relay, finishing in 3:54.72, and ran a season-best time of 1:02.56 to place fifth at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational… Received Academic All-MW honors… MW Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time letterwinner in track and field at Desert Oasis High School in Las Vegas, Nevada… Was the state champion in the 300-meter hurdles and state runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles as a senior in 2024… Set the school record in the 300-meter hurdles in 2024… Helped the Diamondbacks to a regional runner-up finish in 2024… Recorded career-best times of 15:15 in the 5-kilometer run and 9:10 in the 3,200-meter run… Two-time letterwinner in soccer, serving as team co-captain… Graduated from Southwest Career and Technical Academy with a 3.93 GPA, and earned Academic All-State honors.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Spencer and Heather Smith… Has two brothers and one sister… Mother, Heather, competed for USU’s track and field team from 1998-2002 and ranks eighth all-time at USU in the indoor 4x400-meter relay… Majoring in interior architecture and design.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:

Event	Indoor	Outdoor
200 Meters	26.39
400 Meters	59.06
500 Meters	1:21.35
400-Meter Hurdles		1:02.02
4x400m Relay	3:50.01	3:50.10
DMR	12:03.72

POSTSEASON RESULTS:
MW OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Year	Event	Place	Time/Mark
2025	400-Meter Hurdles	11th (Prelims)	1:02.61