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Utah State Track & Field Travels to BYU and Idaho State Meets
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State track and field will compete at the Robison Invitational in Provo, Utah, from Wednesday to Saturday, April 30-May 3, while select throwers will head north to the Bengal Invitational in Pocatello, Idaho, on Friday and Saturday, May 2-3. MEET INFORMATION Robison Invitational Date: Apr. 30-May 3, 2025 Start: Wednesday @ […]
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State track and field will compete at the Robison Invitational in Provo, Utah, from Wednesday to Saturday, April 30-May 3, while select throwers will head north to the Bengal Invitational in Pocatello, Idaho, on Friday and Saturday, May 2-3.
MEET INFORMATION
Robison Invitational
Date: Apr. 30-May 3, 2025
Start: Wednesday @ 9:30 a.m.; Thursday @ 8:30 p.m.; Friday @ 12:05 p.m.; Saturday @ 11:50 a.m. (MT)
Site: Provo, Utah
Venue: Clarence Robison Track and Field Complex
Live Results: SportTrax
Competitions: Meet Schedule and Info
Bengal Invitational
Date: May 2-3, 2025
Start: Friday @ 1 p.m.; Saturday @ 11 a.m. (MT)
Site: Pocatello, Idaho
Venue: Davis Field
Live Results: AthleticLIVE (link TBA)
Competitions: Meet Schedule
DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY ARTIE GULDEN
“It’s a quick turnaround from our home meet to this week at BYU. We are looking to solidify our conference roster after this week and it’s super important for us to keep the strong momentum we have leading into conference.”
RUNNING IT BACK
Utah State returns seven all-MW performers from the 2024 outdoor season as the Aggie men placed fourth at the MW Outdoor Championships with 118 points and the women finished fifth with 62.5 points.
Junior Logan Hammer won the conference title in the men’s pole vault with a Utah State-record clearance of 5.62 meters (18-5.25). Junior Javin Richards won two medals at the championships, finishing second in the pole vault with his mark of 4.97 meters (16-3.5) and third in the decathlon with 6,731 points. A trio of underclassmen earned all-MW honors, with sophomore Landon Bott claiming silver in the 800 meters by finishing in 1:49.52, sophomore Joseph Turner uncorking a throw of 55.39 meters (181-8) to place second in the discus and sophomore Walker Deede finishing runner-up in the javelin with a throw of 66.36 meters (217-8).
On the women’s side, senior Emma Thornley won bronze in the 10,000 meters with a time of 34.17.99. Senior Adi Nielson is the lone returning member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished third at the championships, clocking in at 3:39.88.
REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK
Utah State distance runners have set four school records during the 2025 outdoor campaign. At the Stanford Invitational on April 4, graduate Camren Todd shattered the USU record in the 10,000 meters with his finishing time of 28:10.91, a time 22.54 seconds faster than the record set by Luke Beattie in 2021. Junior Sarah Ellis became the first Aggie woman to break a school record in the 2024-25 campaign by running the 5,000 meters in 16:04.58, topping Mica Rivera’s time of 16:07.73 set in 2023. On April 16 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, Garnica broke the USU record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:33.91, topping graduate teammate Max Wehrli’s mark from the 2024 edition of the meet. Stanford’s track hosted another Utah State school record as Thornley topped Ellis’ 5,000-meter performance with her own time of 16:01.44 at the Payton Jordan Invitational.
RAISING THE BAR
Hammer, who holds the USU outdoor pole vault record, made Aggie history by clearing 5.50 meters (18-0.5) at the BYU Indoor Invitational on January 11, setting the Utah State indoor pole vault record. His mark bested the previous record of 5.45 meters (17-10.5), which was set by Lance White in 1994 and matched by Mark Calvin in 1998. Hammer broke his own record the following week by clearing 5.55 meters (18-2.5) at the Snake River Open on Jan. 17. At the Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Invite on Feb. 1, Hammer broke both his own record and the George Nelson Fieldhouse record with his mark of 5.60 meters (18-4.5). On February 15, the Nampa, Idaho, product cleared 5.61 meters (18-4.75) at the Tyson Invitational to break the school record. Hammer tied his school record en route to a sixth-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, earning first-team All-American honors. He joins White as the only USU men’s pole vaulters to earn both indoor and outdoor All-American honors.
On April 17, Hammer broke his own outdoor school record and Mountain West record at the Pacific Coast Invitational, clearing 5.68 meters (18-7.5), then broke it again two days later at the Beach Invitational with a height of 5.70 meters (18-8.25). Hammer currently has the top outdoor pole vault mark in the NCAA and the seventh-highest mark of any American, professional or collegiate, in 2025.
POLE VAULT U
Utah State pole vaulters have claimed eight top-10 placements in Aggie history so far in the 2025 track and field season. Hammer’s indoor school record of 5.61 meters (18-4.75) headlined a prolific indoor season that also saw Richards set the sixth-best mark in school history at the Tyson Invitational with a clearance of 5.25 meters (17-2.75) and junior Marshall Rasmussen set the seventh best with a height of 5.21 meters (17-1) at the MW Indoor Championships. On the women’s side, freshman Abbie Scott claimed the second-best height in Aggie history by clearing 4.11 meters (13-5.75) in her silver-medal performance at the MW Indoor Championships and freshman Lucy Jeppson set the fifth-best mark with her clearance of 3.88 meters (12-8.75) at the BYU December Invitational. Aggie vaulters have carried their momentum into the outdoor season, with Richards setting USU’s fourth-best mark of 5.30 meters (17-4.75) at the Bobcat Invitational, Rasmussen posting the seventh-best mark of 5.19 meters (17-0.25) at the UNLV Rebel ELITE, and Hammer twice breaking the outdoor school record at April’s Long Beach, California, meets.
BOUND FOR OREGON?
Heading into the week’s meets, Utah State has 16 individuals and relay teams that are in qualifying position for the NCAA West First Rounds, held in College Station, Texas, from May 28-31. Berths to the First Rounds are awarded to the region’s top 48 individuals and top 24 relay teams in each event. Aggie athletes in qualifying position are listed below with their converted marks.
USU Men:
MEET INFORMATION
Robison Invitational
Date: Apr. 30-May 3, 2025
Start: Wednesday @ 9:30 a.m.; Thursday @ 8:30 p.m.; Friday @ 12:05 p.m.; Saturday @ 11:50 a.m. (MT)
Site: Provo, Utah
Venue: Clarence Robison Track and Field Complex
Live Results: SportTrax
Competitions: Meet Schedule and Info
Bengal Invitational
Date: May 2-3, 2025
Start: Friday @ 1 p.m.; Saturday @ 11 a.m. (MT)
Site: Pocatello, Idaho
Venue: Davis Field
Live Results: AthleticLIVE (link TBA)
Competitions: Meet Schedule
DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY ARTIE GULDEN
“It’s a quick turnaround from our home meet to this week at BYU. We are looking to solidify our conference roster after this week and it’s super important for us to keep the strong momentum we have leading into conference.”
RUNNING IT BACK
Utah State returns seven all-MW performers from the 2024 outdoor season as the Aggie men placed fourth at the MW Outdoor Championships with 118 points and the women finished fifth with 62.5 points.
Junior Logan Hammer won the conference title in the men’s pole vault with a Utah State-record clearance of 5.62 meters (18-5.25). Junior Javin Richards won two medals at the championships, finishing second in the pole vault with his mark of 4.97 meters (16-3.5) and third in the decathlon with 6,731 points. A trio of underclassmen earned all-MW honors, with sophomore Landon Bott claiming silver in the 800 meters by finishing in 1:49.52, sophomore Joseph Turner uncorking a throw of 55.39 meters (181-8) to place second in the discus and sophomore Walker Deede finishing runner-up in the javelin with a throw of 66.36 meters (217-8).
On the women’s side, senior Emma Thornley won bronze in the 10,000 meters with a time of 34.17.99. Senior Adi Nielson is the lone returning member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished third at the championships, clocking in at 3:39.88.
REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK
Utah State distance runners have set four school records during the 2025 outdoor campaign. At the Stanford Invitational on April 4, graduate Camren Todd shattered the USU record in the 10,000 meters with his finishing time of 28:10.91, a time 22.54 seconds faster than the record set by Luke Beattie in 2021. Junior Sarah Ellis became the first Aggie woman to break a school record in the 2024-25 campaign by running the 5,000 meters in 16:04.58, topping Mica Rivera’s time of 16:07.73 set in 2023. On April 16 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, Garnica broke the USU record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:33.91, topping graduate teammate Max Wehrli’s mark from the 2024 edition of the meet. Stanford’s track hosted another Utah State school record as Thornley topped Ellis’ 5,000-meter performance with her own time of 16:01.44 at the Payton Jordan Invitational.
RAISING THE BAR
Hammer, who holds the USU outdoor pole vault record, made Aggie history by clearing 5.50 meters (18-0.5) at the BYU Indoor Invitational on January 11, setting the Utah State indoor pole vault record. His mark bested the previous record of 5.45 meters (17-10.5), which was set by Lance White in 1994 and matched by Mark Calvin in 1998. Hammer broke his own record the following week by clearing 5.55 meters (18-2.5) at the Snake River Open on Jan. 17. At the Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Invite on Feb. 1, Hammer broke both his own record and the George Nelson Fieldhouse record with his mark of 5.60 meters (18-4.5). On February 15, the Nampa, Idaho, product cleared 5.61 meters (18-4.75) at the Tyson Invitational to break the school record. Hammer tied his school record en route to a sixth-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, earning first-team All-American honors. He joins White as the only USU men’s pole vaulters to earn both indoor and outdoor All-American honors.
On April 17, Hammer broke his own outdoor school record and Mountain West record at the Pacific Coast Invitational, clearing 5.68 meters (18-7.5), then broke it again two days later at the Beach Invitational with a height of 5.70 meters (18-8.25). Hammer currently has the top outdoor pole vault mark in the NCAA and the seventh-highest mark of any American, professional or collegiate, in 2025.
POLE VAULT U
Utah State pole vaulters have claimed eight top-10 placements in Aggie history so far in the 2025 track and field season. Hammer’s indoor school record of 5.61 meters (18-4.75) headlined a prolific indoor season that also saw Richards set the sixth-best mark in school history at the Tyson Invitational with a clearance of 5.25 meters (17-2.75) and junior Marshall Rasmussen set the seventh best with a height of 5.21 meters (17-1) at the MW Indoor Championships. On the women’s side, freshman Abbie Scott claimed the second-best height in Aggie history by clearing 4.11 meters (13-5.75) in her silver-medal performance at the MW Indoor Championships and freshman Lucy Jeppson set the fifth-best mark with her clearance of 3.88 meters (12-8.75) at the BYU December Invitational. Aggie vaulters have carried their momentum into the outdoor season, with Richards setting USU’s fourth-best mark of 5.30 meters (17-4.75) at the Bobcat Invitational, Rasmussen posting the seventh-best mark of 5.19 meters (17-0.25) at the UNLV Rebel ELITE, and Hammer twice breaking the outdoor school record at April’s Long Beach, California, meets.
BOUND FOR OREGON?
Heading into the week’s meets, Utah State has 16 individuals and relay teams that are in qualifying position for the NCAA West First Rounds, held in College Station, Texas, from May 28-31. Berths to the First Rounds are awarded to the region’s top 48 individuals and top 24 relay teams in each event. Aggie athletes in qualifying position are listed below with their converted marks.
USU Men:
| Event | USU Athletes |
| 100 Meters | 36. Ayodele Ojo, 10.30. |
| 800 Meters | 11. Landon Bott, 1:47.11. |
| 10,000 Meters | 21. Camren Todd, 28:10.91. |
| 3,000-Meter Steeplechase | 9. Logan Garnica, 8:33.91; 32. Garrett Woodhouse, 8:46.89. |
| 4×100-Meter Relay | 20. Utah State (Diego Aguirre-Stewart, Daniel Chase, Mathew Hall, Ayodele Ojo), 39.65. |
| High Jump | 22. Taite Priestley, 2.12 meters (6-11.5). |
| Pole Vault | 1. Logan Hammer, 5.70 meters (18-8.25); 23. Javin Richards, 5.30 meters (17-4.5); 35. Marshall Rasmussen, 5.19 meters (17-0.25). |
| Long Jump | 45. Samuel Beckwith, 7.44 meters (24-5). |
| Shot Put | 46. Nate Franz, 17.92 meters (58-9.5). |
| Javelin | 18. Walker Deede, 68.63 meters (225-2). |
USU Women:
The top-12 finishers in each event at each of the NCAA West and East First Rounds will qualify for the NCAA Outdoor National Championships, held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, from June 11-14.
LAST MEET
Utah State captured 21 individual titles and 48 podium finishes at the USU-hosted Aggie Invitational on April 25-26, and the Payton Jordan Invitational on April 25. Aggie athletes tallied 11 performances across the two meets that ranked in the top 10 all-time in Utah State history, including Thornley’s school record in the women’s 5,000 meters.
FOLLOW ALONG
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