Utah State University Athletics

TITLES: Mountain West Outdoor Champion: 400-Meter Hurdles (2024).

HONORS: All-Mountain West Outdoor: 400-Meter Hurdles (2024), 4x400-Meter Relay (2024); Academic All-Mountain West (2021, 2023, 2024); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).

INDOOR RECORDS: Ranks seventh all-time at USU in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.61, set in 2024... Ranks fifth all-time at USU in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:43.27, set in 2024.

OUTDOOR RECORDS: Holds the Utah State record in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.22, set in 2024... Ranks second all-time at USU in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:39.88, set in 2024.

2024 (JR)
Indoor: Placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.62 seconds and seventh in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:43.27, which ranks fifth all-time in school history, at the Mountain West Indoor Championships… Set a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.61 seconds, which ranks seventh all-time in school history, during the preliminaries at the Mountain West Indoor Championships… Placed fifth in the 400 meters with a personal record time of 56.74 at the Washington Invitational… Won the 4x400-meter relay at the Utah State-hosted Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Meet with a time of 3:53.00.
Outdoor: Finished 17th in the quarterfinals of the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 58.25 at the NCAA West First Rounds… Won gold in the 400-meter hurdles with a school record time of 57.22 and finished third in the 4x400-meter relay with a personal best time of 3:39.88, which ranks second in school history, at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Also finished ninth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.90, after setting a personal best in the preliminaries with a time of 13.81, at the MW Outdoor Championships… Set a personal best in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 47.50 as she helped the Aggies finish fifth at the BYU-hosted Robison Invitational… Won the 400-meter hurdles (58.73) and the 4x400-meter relay (3:46.08) at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational... Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete honors. 

2023 (SO)
Indoor: Placed seventh in the 4x400-meter relay at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a career-best time of 3:46.57, also placing 20th in the 60-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 9.09… Placed third in the 600 meters at the USU-hosted Speed and Power Meet with a career-best time of 1:39.24, also finishing eighth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.18.
Outdoor: Placed seventh in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a career-best time of 1:00.69, qualifying for the final round after placing seventh in the prelims with a time of 1:01.04… Placed fourth in the 4x400-meter relay at the Fresno State Invitational with a career-best time of 3:48.75, also finishing 19th in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:04.01…  Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete honors.

2022 (SO)
Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor season due to injury.
Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor season due to injury... Was named a MW Scholar-Athlete and a USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2021 (FR)
Indoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Outdoor: Placed eighth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.93 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Qualified for the finals of the 400-meter hurdles by placing sixth in the prelims with a personal-best time of 1:01.24… Finished third in the 100-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 14.88 at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational… Placed 10th in the 4x400-meter relay with a personal-best time of 3:58.37 at the BYU-hosted Robison Invitational… Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete accolades.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-time letterwinner in track & field at American Fork (Utah) High School… Holds the school record in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 43.28… Placed second at the UHSAA 6A State Championships in the 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles as a junior to earn all-state honors, and third in the 200-meter hurdles… Was named the team’s hurdler of the year in 2019 and sprinter of the year in 2018… Senior season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic… Helped the Cavemen to a fifth-place finish at state in 2018 and a sixth-place finish in 2019… Set personal-best times of 12.41 in the 100-meter dash, 15.04 in the 100-meter hurdles, 25.41 in the 200-meter hurdles and 43.28 in the 300-meter hurdles… Also played on the tennis team for two seasons… A three-year member of the National Honor Society, graduated from American Fork HS at the top of her class with a 4.0 GPA… Recipient of USU’s Presidential Scholarship and earned academic all-state honors.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Clint and Kara Edwards… Has two older brothers and a younger sister… Majoring in accounting.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:

EVENT	INDOOR	OUTDOOR
200 Meters	NA	25.48
400 Meters	56.74	NA
600 Meters	1:39.24	NA
60-Meter Hurdles	8.61	NA
100-Meter Hurdles	NA	13.81
400-Meter Hurdles	NA	57.22
4x100-Meter Relay	NA	47.50
4x400-Meter Relay	3:43.27	3:39.88

POSTSEASON RESULTS:
NCAA WEST FIRST ROUNDS

YEAR	EVENT	PLACE	TIME
2024	400-Meter Hurdles	24th (first round)	58.69
2024	400-Meter Hurdles	17th (quarterfinals)	58.25

MW INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEAR	EVENT	PLACE	TIME
2023	60-Meter Hurdles	20th (prelims)	9.09
2023	4x400-Meter Relay	7th	3:46.57
2024	60-Meter Hurdles	7th (prelims)	8.61
2024	60-Meter Hurdles	7th (finals)	8.62
2024	4x400-Meter Relay	7th	3:43.27

MW OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEAR	EVENT	PLACE	TIME
2021	400-Meter Hurdles	8th	1:01.93
2023	400-Meter Hurdles	7th (prelims)	1:01.04
2023	400-Meter Hurdles	7th	1:00.69
2023	4x400-Meter Relay	DQ (lane violation)	DQ
2024	400-Meter Hurdles	1st (prelims)	58.40
2024	100-Meter Hurdles	7th (prelims)	13.81
2024	4x100-Meter Relay	DNF	DNF
2024	100-Meter Hurdles	8th (finals)	13.90
2024	400-Meter Hurdles	1st (finals)	57.22
2024	4x400-Meter Relay	3rd	3:39.88