Utah State University’s track and field teams concluded their participation in the 2026 Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships in Reno, Nevada, on Saturday. The Aggies men’s team collected 80.5 points and secured five podium finishes during the final day of competition. Three performances from Utah State athletes also entered the top-10 in school history.
Senior Logan Hammer claimed his third consecutive indoor pole vault title with a clearance of 5.50 meters (18-0.5). He entered at 5.35 meters with only one other competitor remaining and completed his first two jumps to win his sixth career Mountain West gold medal. Hammer is now the third man in conference history to win three straight golds in pole vault.
Senior Marshall Rasmussen earned bronze with a season-best jump of 5.15 meters (16-10.75), marking his third career conference medal. Senior Javin Richards matched that height but finished fifth after tiebreakers, having previously jumped 5.20 meters (17-0.75) in the heptathlon pole vault on Friday. Together, Hammer, Rasmussen, and Richards contributed 19.5 points—the highest single-event total for Utah State at this meet.
In the men’s 800 meters, freshman Tayshaun Ogomo took silver with a time of 1:53.64 after leading into the last lap before being overtaken by New Mexico’s Matthew Endrody, who won both the mile and 800-meter events.
Sophomore Ayodele Ojo, Jr., improved from last year’s seventh-place finish to claim silver in the men’s 60 meters with a time of 6.64 seconds; freshman David Konan placed fifth at 6.69 seconds—moving him to third all-time at Utah State for this event.
Sophomore Taite Priestley achieved bronze in high jump by clearing 2.13 meters (6-11.75) on his final attempt.
On the women’s side, sophomore Shay Jones tied the school record in the 400 meters with a time of 53.05 seconds—a mark originally set by LaDonna Antoine-Watkins in 1994—and finished fourth overall.
In other women’s results, junior Claire Petersen and senior Krysthina Vlahovic placed fourth and fifth respectively in the finals of the women’s 60-meter hurdles, earning their best career finishes at these championships and combining for nine team points—the most by USU women in any event during this meet.
Senior Milly Garren advanced from tenth to fifth place on her final throw in shot put with a mark of 14.90 meters (48-10.75).
Junior Joseph Turner took sixth place for men’s shot put with an opening throw of 16.82 meters (55-2.25).
Junior Sam Beckwith finished eighth for a second consecutive year in men’s triple jump at 13.76 meters (45-1.75), nearly matching his personal best despite not competing previously this indoor season.
The Aggie women recorded eighth-place finishes from junior Shelby Jensen in the mile (4:51.95) and junior Natalie Swain in the 3,000 meters (9:33.87). Swain also had another top-eight result earlier during these championships.
The women’s relay squad—Petersen, sophomore Heidi Harper, graduate Annie Ivins, and Jones—placed sixth with a time of 3:39.62; this result is now second-fastest ever at Utah State for this event.
The men’s relay quartet finished seventh at 3:25.95.
Overall standings saw Utah State men finish fifth with their point total while USU women were eighth out of participating teams as Colorado State secured its third straight men’s title and New Mexico won its second consecutive women’s championship.
Top individual performers ranking within national top-16 will be invited to compete at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Arkansas from March 13–14; invitations are expected Tuesday, March 3.
