Courtesy of Utah State Athletics
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Three Utah State track & field athletes earned second-team All-American honors at the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Friday.
Senior Logan Hammer cleared 5.40 meters (17-8.5) to tie for 14th place in the men’s pole vault. The winner of three-straight Mountain West titles in the event cleared the height on his first jump of the day, before failing to clear the bar at 5.50 meters (18-0.5). Hammer, who earned first-team honors at the 2025 indoor championships and second-team honors at the outdoor championships in 2024 and 2025, became the eighth four-time All-American in Utah State track and field history. Ashton Barkdull of Kansas claimed the pole vault national title with a jump of 5.80 meters (19-0.25), defeating reigning outdoor champion Aleksandr Solovev of Texas A&M on tiebreakers.
Sophomore Ayodele Ojo, Jr. took 15th in the men’s 60 meters with a time of 6.71, earning second-team All-American honors. The native of Waxahachie, Texas became Utah State’s first-ever All-American in the 60 meters and the Aggies’ first in a sprint event since 2016. Ojo, who was seeded 15th in the field entering the event, took eighth in the first heat of the 60-meter semifinals.
Junior Landon Bott finished the men’s 800 meters in 1:52.28, finishing 16th in the field to claim second-team All-American honors. The North Salt Lake, Utah, native became the first Aggie since 2018 to claim All-American honors in the indoor 800 meters.
Utah State will open the outdoor track and field season at the Utah Tech Invitational in St. George, Utah, on Saturday, March 21.
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2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships – Day 1
Randal Tyson Track Center | Fayetteville, Arkansas | March 13, 2026
USU Men’s Results:
| Event (Round) | USU Finishers |
| 60 Meters (P) | 15. Ayodele Ojo, Jr., 6.71. |
| 800 Meters (P) | 16. Landon Bott, 1:52.28 |
| Pole Vault | 14. Logan Hammer, 5.40 meters (17-8.5) |
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