Utah State University Athletics

HONORS: First-Team All-Mountain West Indoor: 3,000m (2018); 4,000m DMR (2017); USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2018); Academic All-Mountain West (2017 T&F, 2018 T&F).

INDOOR RECORDS: Ranks fifth all-time in USU history in the DMR (9:49.24) and fifth in the 3,000m (8:15.24).

2018 (SO)
Cross Country (2017): Placed 249th at the NCAA National Cross Country Championships with a time of 34:50.04... Finished 59th at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships with a time of 32:02.1... Placed 27th at the Mountain West Championships with a mark of 24:48.41... Competed in three other races with his best finish coming at the Utah State-hosted Sagebrush Invitational, as he placed ninth with a time of 21:41.857.
Indoor: Garnered first-team all-Mountain West honors after placing first in the 3,000 meters with a personal-best time of 8:15.24, which ranks fifth all-time in school history, at the Indoor Championships… Also placed 15th in the prelims of the mile with a time of 4:15.26 at the Indoor Championships… Captured third place in the mile with a personal-best time of 4:10.83 at the New Mexico-hosted Don Kirby Invitational.
Outdoor: Placed 17th in the first round of the 1,500 meters with a personal-best time of 3:48.18 at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships… Finished fifth in the 1,500 meters (3:49.69) and 20th in the 5,000 meters (14:46.11) at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Qualified for the finals of the 1,500 meters by placing first in the prelims with a time of 3:54.13… Record career-best time of 1:53.11 in the 800 meters at the Utah/Weber State-hosted Spring Classic, where he finished ninth in the event… Earned academic all-MW and USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.

2017 (FR)
Cross Country (2016): Redshirted during the season.
Indoor: Earned first-team all-Mountain West honors after placing second in the DMR with a career-best time of 9:49.24, which ranks fifth all-time in school history, at the Indoor Championships… Placed 17th in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:40.22 at the Indoor Championships… Set season bests of 4:14.47 in the mile at the Boise State-hosted Ed Jacoby Invitational and 8:20.08 in the 3,000 meters at the Washington Invitational… Recorded five first-place finishes during the season, including capturing the DMR crown with a time of 10:13.73 at the Ed Jacoby Invite.
Outdoor: Placed ninth in the 1,500 meters (3:53.81) and 18th in the 5,000 meters (15:55.38) at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Set season-best times of 1:57.61 in the 800 meters at the Utah State-hosted Mark Faldmo Invitational and 3:49.91 in the 1,500 meters at the Stanford-hosted Cardinal Classic… Ran a career-best time of 14:30.93 in the 5,000 meters at the UC Irvine-hosted Spring Collegiate Classic… Recorded five top-10 finishes during the season... Earned academic all-MW honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: An 11-time letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Cody (Wyo.) High School... Earned All-American honors in cross country... Two-time state champion in cross country... State champion in the indoor 1,600m and 3,200m... State Champion in the outdoor 800m, 1,600m, 3,200m... Led Cody HS to runner-up finishes in cross country in 2015 and track & field in 2015 and 2016. Recorded career-best times of 15:17 in the 5k, 8:19 in the 3,000m, 4:10 in the mile and 1:53 in the 800m.

PERSONAL: One of four children of Richard Smith and Maggie Kirkham... Cousin, Russell Cicerone, plays soccer for Buffalo... Majoring in landscape architecture.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:

	Indoor	Outdoor
800m	na	1:53.11
1,500m	na	3:48.18
Mile	4:10.83	na
3,000m	8:15.24	na
5,000m	na	14:30.93
4,000m DMR	9:49.24	na
NCAA Outdoor West Prelims
2018	1,500m	17th	3:48.18
MW Indoor Championships
2017	DMR	2nd	9:49.24
2017	3,000m	17th	8:40.22
2018	Mile	15th	4:15.26
2018	3,000m	1st	8:15.24
MW Outdoor Championships
2017	1,500m	9th	3:53.81
2017	5,000m	18th	15:55.38
2018	1,500m	5th	3:49.69
2018	5,000m	20th	14:46.11