BYU picked up three victories on Saturday afternoon during the final day of the Aggie Invitational hosted by Utah State.

Brayden Dahl picked up his first career victory in the 400-meter hurdles as the Cougars had three of the top four finishers. The Gilbert, Ariz. native ran 51.79 in his debut to finish nearly a second ahead of runner-up Ashton Miller. Garrett Copelin finished third with a personal best time of 53.06, with Jace Jensen not far behind in fourth, at 52.39.

Logan Hubler had his best performance of the season en route to winning the 110-meter hurdles. The junior ran 14.03, just .02 shy of his personal best ran at last season’s Robison Invitational. Jayden Jesse (14.29) and Garrett Copelin (14.45) each ran personal bests to finish third and fifth respectively.

Carter Walker picked up the first victory of his young collegiate career with a clearance of 2.06m/6-9 on his first attempt. The freshman shared the spoils with Utah State’s Taite Priestley, clearing 2.01m-6-7 on their second attempt. Connor Saunders also cleared 2.06m/6-9 but needed two attempts as he finished third.

Peyton Williams recorded a runner-up finish in the shot put with a mark of 17.27m/56-8. The freshman would also finish fifth in the discus with a toss of 51.35m/168-8 on his fifth attempt of the competition.

Aaron Wood finished fifth in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.59m/15-6.5 on his third attempt.

On the women’s side, Gretchen Hoekstre threw a lifetime best in the shot put Saturday afternoon at Ralph Maughan Track Stadium.

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The senior from Seaside, Oregon launched the shot put 17.43-meters/57-2.25 to improve upon her BYU No. 2 all-time mark and win the Aggie Invitational. Hoekstre’s throw currently ranks No. 14 in the NCAA and No. 3 in the Big 12.

“I have been trying to connect like that all season long, and this is the first time I was able to put a whole meet together,” said Hoekstre. “It puts me in a great position going into championship season. That shot put school record is within my grasp, and I’m going to do everything in my power in the last college meets of my career to get my name on the top of that board.”

Kat Beachler also earned a lifetime best in the shot put with her throw of 15.08m/49-5.75. The freshman from Omaha, Nebraska, now ranks No. 7 all-time in BYU’s outdoor record books.

In the sprints and hurdles group, Lindsey Middleton clocked a personal best of 13.60 in the 100m hurdles, placing second. Freshmen Nadia Chiara and Remy Romney also ran personal bests of 14.33 and 14.50, finishing sixth and seventh, respectively.

In the 400m hurdles, freshman Annie Nuttall placed second with a time of 1:00.72, a personal best by over a second. Middleton finished closely behind in third with a time of 1:01.15, and Madelynne Taggart took fourth at 1:02.53.

Hoekstre also won the discus with a season-best throw of 56.24m/184-6. She owns the school record in the event with a mark of 57.04m/187-2 set at the 2024 NCAA West Preliminary Round. Brooklyn Montgomery placed fourth with a personal-best throw of 47.64m/156-3, and Jayda Lee finished fifth at 45.45m/149-1.

Cate Phipps Louis won the 100m dash with an all-conditions personal best of 11.86 Freshman Katie Hutchings followed closely behind in second, clocking an all-conditions personal best of 11.92.

Phipps Louis won her second event of the day with an all-conditions personal best of 24.77 in the 200m. Freshman Mikensi Smith placed second in 25.09.

BYU track and field will next host the Robison Invitational April 30-May 3 at the Clarence F. Robison Outdoor Track & Field in Provo.

Cougar baseball loses 16-6 at Arizona State

BYU baseball faced a large deficit early and fell to Arizona State 16-6 on Saturday night at Phoenix Municipal Stadium in Phoenix.

“That’s the worst we’ve played in all three aspects of the game all year,” said BYU head coach Trent Pratt. “We know how to get better. We have to remember what makes us good and get back to super basic fundamentals. We have a lot of goals that can still be met, we just have to play better than this.”

The Cougars went down 13-0 after a 10-run second inning barrage from the Sun Devils. ASU’s 10 runs in the second came on six of its eight home runs on the night. An RBI triple in the eighth put the Sun Devils up 16-6 and brought a run rule into effect to end the game.

While the Sun Devil bats cooled and went scoreless in the third, fourth and sixth innings, the Cougars were unable to mount a comeback and dropped game three in Phoenix with six runs on 10 hits, two errors and six left on base. ASU’s 16 runs came on 13 hits with four stranded.

BYU is back in action on Monday at Grand Canyon with gametime set for 1 p.m. PDT. Watch the Cougars face the Lopes on ESPN+ or listen live on BYU Radio.

BYU softball comes up short at Baylor

BYU softball fell in game three at Baylor, 8-5 at Getterman Stadium in Waco, Texas, on Saturday afternoon.

The Cougars (30-14, 12-9 Big 12) surrendered the series to the Bears in the loss, dropping the three-game set, 2-1. Both teams recorded 12 hits in the contest, with BYU committing one error, but Baylor four-run fifth proved to be the difference in the game.

BYU will host its final series of the 2025 campaign against No. 11/12 Texas Tech, beginning on Thursday, May 1 at 5 p.m. MDT on ESPN+.