Utah State Track & Field Opens Indoor Season at BYU December Invite This Week

LOGAN, Utah – Utah State track and field will open its 2024-25 indoor season at the BYU December Invitational on Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 10-12, at the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse.
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MEET INFORMATION 
 
BYU December Invitational
Date: Dec. 10-12, 2024 
Start: Tues. @ 11:30 a.m.; Wed. @ 12:30 p.m.; Thurs. @ 10:00 a.m. (MT)
Site: Provo, Utah
Venue: George Albert Smith Fieldhouse
Live Results: Meettrax
Meet Schedule and Information
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STILL AT THE PEAK
Utah State enters the indoor season returning six all-Mountain West performers from last year as the Aggie men placed fourth at the MW Indoor Championships with 94 points and the women finished 10th with 27 points.
 
The USU men’s distance medley relay team earned all-conference honorees for their 10:07.76 time, taking first place at the MW Indoor Championships, as graduate Brennan Benson, sophomore Landon Bott, and junior Drew Hogan return from that group. Benson, who won the mile with a time of 4:11.48, and Bott, who placed second in the 800 meters with a 1:48.81 time that ranks third in school history, were additionally recognized as all-conference honorees. Senior Kelton Chenworth claimed his second all-conference honors for his second-place finish in the high jump with a mark of 2.06 meters. Junior Logan Hammer, an outdoor All-American, won the pole vault by clearing 5.06 meters, while fellow junior Javin Richards placed third with a mark of 4.96 meters.
 
Hammer won two Mountain West Men’s Field Athlete of the Week awards last season, while Bott won Mountain West Men’s Track Athlete and Freshman of the Week honors.
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WELCOME TO LOGAN
Utah State track and field is welcoming four transfers (two men, two women) and 32 freshmen (11 men, 21 women) to the program this season. Eight of the 32 newcomers competed during the cross country season this fall, including Mountain West Cross Country Freshman of the Week award winners Luke Stockett and Ava Trimble.
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LAST YEAR’S MEET
Utah State started off the 2023-24 season by claiming the men’s triple jump title and 25 top-five finishes at the BYU December Invitational. Nine women’s and seven men’s top-five finishers from that meet are returning to USU this season.
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FOLLOW ALONG 
Fans can follow the Utah State track and field programs at twitter.com/USUTF_XC, on Facebook at USUTrack and on Instagram at instagram.com/USUTF_XC. Aggies fans can also follow the Utah State athletic program at twitter.com/USUAthletics or on Facebook at Utah State University Athletics.  
  
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