Utah State University Athletics

Lola Smith | TFRRS Profile

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2026); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2026); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2026).
 
2026 (FR)
Indoor: Placed seventh in the 400 meters at the Montana State-hosted Carignan Classic with a personal-best time of 58.21… Set a personal best in the 4x400-meter relay at the Weber State Indoor Invitational with a time of 3:54.77, helping USU finish second in the competition.
Outdoor: Finished 19th in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:03.60… Set a personal best of 1:02.14 in the 400-meter hurdles at the BYU Robison Invitational, finishing eighth in the competition.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time letterwinner in track & field at Edmond (Oklahoma) Memorial High School… Finished runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles at the OSSAA 6A State Track & Field Championships… Broke Edmond Memorial HS records in the 300-meter hurdles and the 4x400-meter relay… Won region titles in the 300-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay in 2023 and 2025… Helped the Bulldogs to four-straight region team titles from 2022-25 and 6A state titles in 2023 and 2025… Ran for the Eastside Steppers club team under coach DeAndre Moore and for Flytime Track Club under current Utah State assistant coach Rodney Burkes… Competed in volleyball, basketball, softball and cross country… Member of the National Honor Society… Graduated in 2025 with a 3.925 GPA… Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors… MW Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Adam and Liz Smith… Has two brothers and one sister… Grandfather, Gary Stears, played football at Rick’s College from 1980-82… Majoring in accounting…

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:

Event	Indoor	Outdoor
400 Meters	58.21
400-Meter Hurdles		1:02.14
4x400m Relay	3:51.79
600 Yards	1:26.39

POSTSEASON RESULTS:
MW OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Year	Event	Place	Time/Mark
2026	400-Meter Hurdles	19th (Prelims)	1:03.60