The Montana State track and field squad got out of the gate quickly at their first full event meet of the 2010 indoor season qualifying 21 performances for the Big Sky Championships.

"That's a really good start for us," head coach Dale Kennedy said. "A lot of our kids also had personal best marks and this meet and that's a great way to start off the season."

The field event corps added 13 of those performances with senior Allison Jones  and junior Amanda Murphy each getting two qualifying marks apiece. Jones got a second in the shot put and weight throw, both qualifying marks, and Murphy added qualifying marks in both the shot and weight as well. Kirstin Lee placed third in the weight throw with a BSC mark and Kristin Schaffer got a BSC mark in the shot. Stacey Irvine reached the BSC mark in the pole vault at 12'0". On the men's side in field events, shot put throwers Casey Clausen and Morgan Norgaard both tossed qualifying marks as well as David Phillips in the weight throw.

Senior Dustin Cichosz jumped a personal best  47'1" to win the triple jump and qualify for the conference meet. Adam Hutter won the high jump at 6'5" and Asa Staven qualified in the pole vault. Staven had previously qualified in the heptathlon and high jump.

In track events, freshmen Sadie McMillan and Katie Niemeir both had qualfying marks in the 55 hurdles. Camille Marchand ran BSC marks in the 55 and 200. Sophomore Heather Haug won the women's 3000 with a mark of 10:23.19 (non-altitude adjusted). Patrick Casey and Matt Atkinson-Adams both qualified in the 3000, and Nick Atwood ran 4:14.46 in the mile (non-altitude adjusted).

The Big Sky Conference indoor meet will take place Feb. 26-27 at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at MSU. The Bobcats host another home meet next Friday, Jan. 29 with field events beginning at 4:30.


Women 55 Meter Hurdles Preliminaries
 1, Katie Niemeir, Montana Stat, ~ 8.52q. 2, Sadie McMillan, Montana Stat,
 8.85q. 3, Teagan McKinlay, Montana Stat, 9.01q. 4, Kortnee Barrett, Montana
 Stat, 9.90q. 5, Emili Crowder, Montana Stat, 10.69.
Women 55 Meter Hurdles Finals
 1, Sadie McMillan, Montana Stat, 8.56~. 2, Teagan McKinlay, Montana Stat,
 9.01. 3, Kortnee Barrett, Montana Stat, 9.57.
Men 55 Meter Hurdles
 1, Ben Soukup, Montana Stat, 8.05. 2, Keenen Stangl, Montana Stat, 8.44. 3,
 Dylan Solberg, Montana Stat, 8.60.
Women 55 Meter Dash Preliminaries
 1, Camille Marchand, Montana Stat, ~ 7.15q. 2, Olivia Rider, Montana Stat,
 7.37q. 3, Taylor Kirkendall, Montana Stat, 7.46q. 4, Jordyn Heiam, Montana
 Stat, 7.53q. 5, Katie Niemeir, Montana Stat, 7.60q. 6, Teagan McKinlay,
 Montana Stat, 7.76q. 7, Justine Simons, Montana Stat, 7.97q.
Women 55 Meter Dash Finals
 1, Camille Marchand, Montana Stat, 7.20~. 2, Olivia Rider, Montana Stat, 7.41.
 3, Taylor Kirkendall, Montana Stat, 7.55. 4, Jordyn Heiam, Montana Stat, 7.62.
Men 55 Meter Dash Preliminaries
 1, John MacDonald, Montana Stat, 6.58q. 2, Nick Puckett, Montana Stat, 6.66q.
 3, Scott Peterson, Montana Stat, 6.87q. 4, Adam Prevost, Montana Stat, 6.89q.
 5, Luke Barrett, Montana Stat, 7.26. 6, Cam Weist, Montana Stat, 7.33.
Men 55 Meter Dash Finals
 1, Nick Puckett, Montana Stat, 6.55. 2, John MacDonald, Montana Stat, 6.58. 3,
 Scott Peterson, Montana Stat, 6.83. 4, Adam Prevost, Montana Stat, 6.90.
Women 1 Mile Run
 1, Whitney Mickelson, Montana Stat, 5:31.56. 2, ReBecca Sorenson, Montana
 Stat, 5:34.31. 3, Morgan Dunley, Montana Stat, 5:37.66. 4, Katie Thiel,
 Montana Stat, 5:40.10. 5, Aleta Jokisch, Montana, 5:52.85. 6, Mykel Ler,
 Montana Stat, 6:05.25. --, Faith Steinbacher, Montana, DNF.
Men 1 Mile Run
 1, Lyle Weese, Unattached, 4:14.46~. 2, Nick Atwood, Montana Stat, 4:18.06~.
 3, Tyler Heinz, Montana Stat, 4:27.90. 4, Carl Nystuen, Montana Stat, 4:28.71.
 4, Graydon Curry, Montana Stat, 4:28.71. 6, Colin O'Neill, Montana, 4:31.22.
 7, Forrest Jarvi, Montana Stat, 4:33.14. 8, Cody Lund, Montana, 4:35.78. 9,
 Max Hardy, Montana, 4:45.18. 10, Steven Gimpel, Montana, 4:51.11. 11, Tucker
 Shuler, Montana Stat, 5:10.64.
Women 400 Meter Dash
 1, Olivia Rider, Montana Stat, 58.90. 2, Erin Clark, Montana, 59.64. 3,
 Melissa Jenkins, Montana, 59.68. 4, Larkin Guenther, Montana Stat, 1:00.86. 5,
 Kristen Steiner, Montana, 1:01.40. 6, Brittany Schroeder, Montana, 1:03.60. 7,
 Sarah McGurran, Montana Stat, 1:12.03. --, Sierra Method, Montana Stat, DQ.
Men 400 Meter Dash
 1, Nick Puckett, Montana Stat, 49.47. 2, Case Parker, Montana, 50.00. 3, Bryce
 Shows, Montana Stat, 50.89. 4, Scott Peterson, Montana Stat, 52.33. 5, Seth
 Wiley, Montana, 55.37. 6, Michael Hildebrand, Montana Stat, 57.83. --, Kelley
 Miller, Montana Stat, DQ. --, Tyler Smith, Montana, DQ. --, John MacDonald,
 Montana Stat, DQ.
Women 800 Meter Run
 1, Emily Eickholt, Montana, 2:22.10. 2, Kala Jauquet, Montana Stat, 2:22.50.
 3, Tara Will, Montana Stat, 2:23.54. 4, Carissa Storle, Montana Stat, 2:25.74.
 5, Shannon Woodman, Montana, 2:36.66. 6, Leigh Fredrickson, Montana, 2:53.62.
Men 800 Meter Run
 1, Lyle Weese, Unattached, 1:57.63. 2, Tyler Noland, Montana Stat, 1:58.07. 3,
 Sean Clark, Montana, 1:59.09. 4, Bevan Taylor, Montana, 1:59.76. 5, Chris
 Ogle, Montana Stat, 2:00.36. 6, Tyson Vanderby, Montana Stat, 2:01.16. 7,
 Travis Price, Great Falls, 2:01.75. 8, Greg Lindstrom, Montana, 2:02.75. 9,
 Logan Mossey, Montana Stat, 2:03.79. 10, Max Hardy, Montana, 2:06.65.
Women 200 Meter Dash
 1, Camille Marchand, Montana Stat, 25.52~. 2, Erika Halle, Montana Stat,
 26.22. 3, Taylor Kirkendall, Montana Stat, 26.58. 4, Melissa Jenkins, Montana,
 26.82. 5, Justine Simons, Montana Stat, 27.68. 6, Teagan McKinlay, Montana
 Stat, 27.87. 7, Sierra Method, Montana Stat, 28.21.
Men 200 Meter Dash
 1, Case Parker, Montana, 22.90. 2, John MacDonald, Montana Stat, 22.94. 3,
 Nick Puckett, Montana Stat, 23.04. 4, Nathan Diede, Montana Stat, 23.30. 5,
 Bryce Shows, Montana Stat, 23.47. 6, Keenen Stangl, Montana Stat, 24.28. 7,
 Scott Peterson, Montana Stat, 24.32. 8, Adam Prevost, Montana Stat, 24.51. 9,
 Deshawn Lewis, Montana Stat, 25.18. 10, Cam Weist, Montana Stat, 25.20.
Women 3000 Meter Run
 1, Heather Haug, Montana Stat, 10:23.19~. 2, Mary Owen, Montana Stat,
 11:37.08.
Men 3000 Meter Run
 1, Patrick Casey, Montana Stat, 8:28.79~. 2, Matt Adams, Montana Stat,
 8:32.79~. 3, Arick Zachman, Montana Stat, 9:21.51. 4, Robbie Brooks, Montana,
 9:21.56. 5, Taylor Canfield, Montana Stat, 9:44.72. 6, Mark Bolt, Montana
 Stat, 9:49.15. 7, Ryan Blomback, Montana Stat, 10:03.57. 8, Travis Buttelman,
 Montana Stat, 10:09.53.
Women 4x400 Meter Relay
 1, Montana 'A' (Erin Clark , Melissa Jenkins , Brittany Schroeder , Chantel
 Grey ), 4:03.70. 2, Montana State 'A' (Madeline Fuchs , Larkin Guenther ,
 Camille Marchand , Olivia Rider ), 4:07.31. 3, Montana State 'B' (Kala Jauquet
 , Teagan McKinlay , Sierra Method , Carissa Storle ), 4:21.17.
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
 1, Montana State 'B' (Tyler Noland , Chris Ogle , Forrest Jarvi , Jeff Mohl ),
 3:26.12~. 2, Montana State 'A' (Nick Puckett , John MacDonald , Scott Peterson
 , Bryce Shows ), 3:28.13~. 3, Montana 'A' 3:30.75~. 4, Montana State-Billings
 'A' (Nathan Diede , Adam Prevost , Michael Hildebrand , Brandon Pearce ),
 3:37.64~. --, Montana State 'C' (Nick Atwood , Patrick Casey , Graydon Curry ,
 Tyler Heinz ), DQ.
Women Pole Vault
 1, Stacey Irvine, Montana Stat, 3.66m~, (12-00). 2, Rebekka Chambers, Montana
 Stat, 3.05m, (10-00). 3, Mary Vaughn, Montana Stat, 2.90m, (9-06.25). 4, Libby
 Madison, Montana Stat, 2.90m, (9-06.25). 5, Emili Crowder, Montana Stat,
 2.90m, (9-06.25).
Men Pole Vault
 1, Alek Hoffman, Unattached, 4.73m~, (15-06.25). 2, Thomas Geraghty, Montana
 Stat, 4.42m, (14-06). 2, Jeff Mohl, Montana Stat, 4.42m, (14-06). 4, Wyatt
 Hermanson, Montana Stat, 4.27m, (14-00). 4, Asa Staven, Montana Stat, 4.27m,
 (14-00). --, Branden Martinez, Montana Stat, NH. --, Bob Biskupiak, Montana
 Stat, NH.
Women High Jump
 1, Jessica Greany, Montana Stat, 1.58m, (5-02.25). 2, Kortnee Barrett, Montana
 Stat, 1.53m, (5-00.25). 3, Sadie McMillan, Montana Stat, 1.48m, (4-10.25).
Men High Jump
 1, Adam Hutter, Montana Stat, 1.96m~, (6-05). 2, Seth Wright, Unat-Montana,
 1.91m, (6-03.25). 3, Christian Segota, Montana, 1.81m, (5-11.25). 4, Kaden
 Keto, Montana, 1.81m, (5-11.25). --, Braden Fink, Montana, NH.
Women Long Jump
 1, Courtney Austin, Montana Stat, 5.23m, (17-02). 2, Ashley Kropp, Montana
 Stat, 5.21m, (17-01.25). 3, Sadie McMillan, Montana Stat, 4.87m, (15-11.75).
 4, Erika Halle, Montana Stat, 4.81m, (15-09.50). 5, Sara Griffith, Montana
 Stat, 4.79m, (15-08.75). 6, Kortnee Barrett, Montana Stat, 4.57m, (15-00). 7,
 Haley Connolly, Montana Stat, 4.57m, (15-00).
Men Long Jump
 1, Asa Staven, Montana Stat, 6.76m, (22-02.25). 2, Dustin Cichosz, Montana
 Stat, 6.55m, (21-06). 3, Bryan DeFelice, Montana, 6.48m, (21-03.25). 4, Jeff
 Mohl, Montana Stat, 6.48m, (21-03.25). 5, Zane Reneau, Montana, 6.43m,
 (21-01.25). 6, Travis Price, Great Falls, 6.11m, (20-00.50). 7, Braden Fink,
 Montana, 6.05m, (19-10.25). 8, Luke Mathews, Great Falls, 5.91m, (19-04.75).
 9, Kaden Keto, Montana, 5.90m, (19-04.25). 10, Deshawn Lewis, Montana Stat,
 5.50m, (18-00.50).
Women Triple Jump
 1, Ashley Kropp, Montana Stat, 10.82m, (35-06). 2, Courtney Austin, Montana
 Stat, 10.78m, (35-04.50). 3, Hannah Counter, Montana Stat, 10.33m, (33-10.75).
Men Triple Jump
 1, Dustin Cichosz, Montana Stat, 14.35m~, (47-01). 2, Kaden Keto, Montana,
 13.49m, (44-03.25). 3, Bryan DeFelice, Montana, 12.89m, (42-03.50). 4, Luke
 Mathews, Great Falls, 12.85m, (42-02). --, Christian Segota, Montana, ND. --,
 Zane Reneau, Montana, ND.
Women Weight Throw
 1, Amanda Murphy, Montana Stat, 18.08m~, (59-04). 2, Allison Jones, Montana
 Stat, 16.30m~, (53-05.75). 3, Kirstin Lee, Montana Stat, 15.90m~, (52-02). 4,
 Emily Willmuth, Montana Stat, 15.20m, (49-10.50). 5, Kiandra Rajala, Montana,
 13.50m, (44-03.50). 6, Jennifer Brown, Montana, 11.00m, (36-01.25). 7, Sara
 Feilzer, Montana, 10.70m, (35-01.25). 8, Hilary Gourneau, Montana Stat,
 10.60m, (34-09.50). 9, Kacie Vanderloos, Montana Stat, 8.80m, (28-10.50).
Men Weight Throw
 1, David Phillips, Montana Stat, 16.50m~, (54-01.75). 2, Morgan Norgaard,
 Montana Stat, 15.30m, (50-02.50). 3, Trevor Gilreath, Unattached, 12.90m,
 (42-04). 4, Josh Morley, Montana Stat, 10.30m, (33-09.50).
Women Shot Put
 1, Kris Schaffer, Montana Stat, 14.77m~, (48-05.50). 2, Allison Jones, Montana
 Stat, 13.81m~, (45-03.75). 3, Amanda Murphy, Montana Stat, 13.58m~,
 (44-06.75). 4, Brook Berg, Montana Stat, 11.70m, (38-04.75). 5, Hilary
 Gourneau, Montana Stat, 11.05m, (36-03). 6, Lena Suek, Montana Stat, 11.03m,
 (36-02.25). 7, Kiandra Rajala, Montana, 11.00m, (36-01.25). 8, Kacie
 Vanderloos, Montana Stat, 10.70m, (35-01.25). 9, Kelsee Clark, Montana Stat,
 10.69m, (35-01). 10, Sara Feilzer, Montana, 10.68m, (35-00.50). 11, Cady
 Irion, Montana Stat, 8.63m, (28-03.75).
Men Shot Put
 1, Casey Clausen, Montana Stat, 16.21m~, (53-02.25). 2, Morgan Norgaard,
 Montana Stat, 15.53m~, (50-11.50). 3, Ryan Blomback, Montana Stat, 15.33m,
 (50-03.50). 4, Trevor Gilreath, Unattached, 14.63m, (48-00). 5, Tanner
 Rottrup, Montana Stat, 13.92m, (45-08). 6, David Phillips, Montana Stat,
 13.86m, (45-05.75). 7, Nick Wilson, Montana Stat, 13.35m, (43-09.75). 8, Bryce
 Jensen, Montana Stat, 11.98m, (39-03.75).