With very little notice, Utah State, which hosts the Mountain West Conference track and field championships this weekend, has quietly enjoyed a resurgence in recent years.
USU athletes rank among the nation’s top 25 in six events:
• Clay Lambourne, 15th, 800 meters, 1:47.31
• Dillon Maggard, 21st, 1,500 meters, 3:42.15
• Dillon Maggard, 11th, 5,000 meters, 13:42.15
• AJ Boully, 7th, 400-meter hurdles, 49.58
• Cierra Simmons, 22nd, 3,000 steeplechase, 10:12.52
• Sindri Gudmundsson, javelin, 239 feet, 8 inches
This does not even count the school’s 4 x 400-meter relay team — which consisted of freshman Michael Bluth, junior Brady Martin and seniors AJ Boully and Josh Gordon — delivered a surprising victory earlier this spring at the prestigious Texas Relays, finishing with a fine time of 3:06.