Le Gallo Picks Up 5000m Open Win to Close Out Day One at Hayward Field

Friday, April 17

Eugene, OR / Hayward Field

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Oregon Invitational

2026 OTF: Claire Le Gallo wins the 5000m open at Hayward Field

Photo by: Anna Fuder/Utah Athletics

Le Gallo Picks Up 5000m Open Win to Close Out Day One at Hayward Field

4/17/2026 9:43 PM | Track & Field

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The Utes had several top-5 finishes in the first day of competition at the Oregon Team Invitational.

EUGENE, Ore. – Senior Claire Le Gallo picked up an event victory for Utah in the 5000m open race as the Utah track & field team closed out day one of the Oregon Team Invitational at Hayward Field.

Emily Junginger kicked off the day for Utah on the track, placing sixth-overall in the 1500m open race thanks to a PR run of 4:21.41.

In the 100m hurdles open section, Rachel Bair posted 15.28 in section 1 of the event while Glo Hussey followed up with a run of 14.81 in the following race for fourth-overall.

Freshman Ellie Heslam competing in her first meet back in her home state of Oregon won her section of the 200m open with a run of 25.81 – which was good for seventh-overall. Meanwhile, teammate Susmitha Jayanthi crossed the finish line at 26.43.

Over in the horizontal jumps Bair had her best leap on her first attempt, jumping a distance of 5.34m (17-6.25). Her second attempt yielded 5.21m (17-1.25) before fouling her third attempt.

Le Gallo led wire-to-wire in the 5000m open later in the evening, running solo for most of the race to secure the win with a time of 17:16.98.

Annastasia Peters led the charge for the trio of Utes that competed in the 5000m invite section, placing fourth-overall with a time of 16:06.94 – which was just off of her personal best. Teammate Lindsey Peters was right on her tails down the stretch and took fifth with a run of 16:22.87 while Josie Fale, the other Oregonian on the squad competing this weekend, finished in 16:36.27 for seventh to close out the night.

UP NEXT
The Women of Utah will wrap up their time in the PNW with the second full day of action on Saturday, April 18, at Hayward Field with all track events airing on Big Ten Network while all field events will air on RunnerSpace+.

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