You couldn't ask for better weather for a track and field meet unless you turned up the temperature a couple degrees. Sunny skies and no wind set the stage on Saturday for Montana State to qualify 13 more student-athletes for the Big Sky Conference Championships in May.
On the women's field event side, junior Lena Suek qualified for her second event this season with the javelin. Hannah Counter also qualified in the javelin. Ali Jones qualified in the shot put, her second qualifying event of the season as well. Freshman Rebekka Chambers qualified for the BSC in the pole vault at 11'3”. Current indoor conference champion Stacey Irvine won the women's pole vault with a conference leading vault of 12'9.5” Montana State women have won the last nine pole vault conference championships. Senior Kris Schaffer bettered her BSC qualifying distance in the shot put, throwing 48'0.5” to place second in the event behind redshirt Amanda Murphy.
In track events on the women's side, junior Olivia Rider ran a qualifier in the 200 and Heather Haug qualified in the 1500 meter run.
The men turned in an additional five conference qualifying performances Saturday including Morgan Norgaard in the shot put, Dan Jackson in the 1500 meter run, Willie Sullivan in the javelin and Carl Nysteun in the 5000 meter run. Both Nysteun and Sullivan had personal records in their events with Sullivan throwing 201 feet in the javelin, good for third place currently in the BSC. Sullivan was paced by senior redshirt Nick Lam who threw one foot short of his lifetime best in the javelin at 219'11”, winning the event. Nysteun was paced in the 5000 meter run by all-conference redshirt Patrick Casey who won the run at 14:57.04.
Men 4x100 Meter Relay Finals
1, Montana State 'A' (Jeff Mohl , Nick Puckett , Scott Peterson , John
MacDonald ), 43.34~. 2, Msu-Billings 'A' (Luke Barrett , Nathan Diede , Deshawn Lewis , Adam Prevost), 43.64~.
Women 4x100 Meter Relay
--, Montana State 'A' (Taylor Kirkendall , Olivia Rider , Katie Niemeir , Camille Marchand ), DQ
Men 1500 Meter Run
1, Lyle Weese, Unattached, 3:54.33~. 2, Nick Atwood, Unattached, 3:56.11~. 3,
Daniel Jackson, Montana Stat, 3:59.74~. 4, Matt Adams, Montana Stat, 4:02.73.
5, Cesar Mireles, Unat-Rocky M, 4:09.66. 6, Forrest Jarvi, Montana Stat, 4:10.55. 7, Graydon Curry, Montana Stat, 4:10.88. 8, Tyler Noland, Montana Stat, 4:19.28. 9, Eayoall Atsbeha, Rocky Mounta, 4:19.47. 10, Ryan Blomback,
Msu-Billings, 4:32.79. 11, Ryan Hall, Rocky Mounta, 5:08.45.
Women 1500 Meter Run
1, Heather Haug, Montana Stat, 4:36.92~. 2, Kala Jauquet, Montana Stat,
4:49.09. 3, Whitney Mickelsen, Msu-Billings, 5:00.76. 4, Katie Thiel,
Msu-Billings, 5:06.64. 5, Mykel Ler, Msu-Billings, 5:33.18.
Women 100 Meter Hurdles
(w: 3.0) 1, Sarah McGree, Montana Stat, 15.03. 2, Sadie McMillan, Montana
Stat, 15.05. 3, Madeline Fuchs, Montana Stat, 15.47. 4, Kortnee Barrett,
Montana Stat, 18.79.
Men 400 Meter Dash
1, Chris Ogle, Montana Stat, 50.60. 2, Michael Hildebrand, Msu-Billings,
56.26. 3, Cam Wiest, Msu-Billings, 57.47.
Women 400 Meter Dash
1, Larkin Guenther, Montana Stat, 59.33. 2, Kayla Neumiller, Unat-Msu-Bil,
1:02.92. 3, Karen Brown, Montana Stat, 1:03.24. 4, Sarah McGurran,
Msu-Billings, 1:07.86.
Men 100 Meter Dash
(w: 3.6) 1, Nick Puckett, Montana Stat, 11.03. 2, Adam Prevost, Msu-Billings,
11.39. 3, Dustin Cichosz, Montana Stat, 11.56. 4, Luke Barrett, Msu-Billings,
11.84.
Women 100 Meter Dash
1, Camille Marchand, Montana Stat, 12.19~, w:0.5. 2, Olivia Rider, Montana
Stat, 12.58, w:0.5. 3, Ashley Kropp, Montana Stat, 12.71, w:1.3. 4, Taylor
Kirkendall, Montana Stat, 12.79, w:0.5. 4, Justine Simons, Msu-Billings,
12.79, w:1.3. 6, Erika Halle, Msu-Billings, 12.80, w:0.5. 7, Britney Derhak,
Msu-Billings, 12.99, w:1.3. 8, Courtney Austin, Montana Stat, 13.23, w:1.3. 9,
Sara Griffith, Montana Stat, 13.76, w:1.3.
Men 800 Meter Run
1, Lyle Weese, Unattached, 1:57.00. 2, Nick Atwood, Unattached, 1:58.06. 3,
Daniel Jackson, Montana Stat, 1:58.48. 4, Tyson Vanderby, Msu-Billings,
1:59.07. 5, Cesar Mireles, Unat-Rocky M, 2:01.13. 6, Matt Adams, Montana Stat,
2:02.51. 7, Eayoall Atsbeha, Rocky Mounta, 2:04.63. 8, Tucker Shuler,
Msu-Billings, 2:05.66. 9, Graydon Curry, Montana Stat, 2:06.17. 10, Jordon
Points, Rocky Mounta, 2:08.23. 11, Forrest Jarvi, Montana Stat, 2:08.75. 12,
Tyler Noland, Montana Stat, 2:11.82. 13, Ryan Hall, Rocky Mounta, 2:24.62. 14,
Ian Kennedy, Rocky Mounta, 2:25.09.
Women 800 Meter Run
1, Heather Haug, Montana Stat, 2:19.63. 2, Carissa Storle, Montana Stat,
2:22.27. 3, Sarah Jackson, Msu-Billings, 2:22.65. 4, Kala Jauquet, Montana
Stat, 2:23.17. 5, Madeline Fuchs, Montana Stat, 2:23.87. 6, Katie Niemeir,
Montana Stat, 2:24.09. 7, Morgan Dunley, Montana Stat, 2:30.32. 8, Megan
Breeding, Rocky Mounta, 2:33.30.
Men 400 Meter Hurdles
1, Scott Peterson, Montana Stat, 56.28.
Men 200 Meter Dash
(w: 3.2) 1, Nick Puckett, Montana Stat, 22.07. 2, Nathan Diede, Msu-Billings,
22.37. 3, matthew nicholas, Unattached, 23.17. 4, Adam Prevost, Msu-Billings,
23.43. 5, Deshawn Lewis, Msu-Billings, 24.02. 6, Luke Barrett, Msu-Billings,
24.17.
Women 200 Meter Dash
(w: 0.7) 1, Camille Marchand, Montana Stat, 24.78~. 2, Olivia Rider, Montana
Stat, 25.27~. 3, Erika Halle, Msu-Billings, 25.70. 4, Justine Simons,
Msu-Billings, 26.05. 5, Taylor Kirkendall, Montana Stat, 26.47. 6, Larkin
Guenther, Montana Stat, 27.23. 7, Britney Derhak, Msu-Billings, 27.28.
Men 5000 Meter Run
1, Patrick Casey, Unattached, 14:57.04~. 2, Carl Nystuen, Montana Stat,
14:58.80~. 3, Seth Grossman, Montana Stat, 15:59.38. 4, Daniel Lombardi,
Msu-Billings, 16:41.36. 5, Taylor Canfield, Msu-Billings, 16:48.42. 6, Cesar
Mireles, Unat-Rocky M, 16:53.32. 7, Travis Buttelman, Msu-Billings, 17:19.30.
8, Jason Schuerman, Rocky Mounta, 17:27.09. --, Travis Hutchinson,
Msu-Billings, DNF. --, Nick Atwood, Unattached, DNF.
Women 5000 Meter Run
1, Whitney Mickelsen, Msu-Billings, 19:34.65. 2, Mary Owen, Msu-Billings,
20:03.64.
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
1, Montana State 'A' (Nick Puckett , Scott Peterson , Bryce Shows , Chris Ogle
), 3:28.87. 2, Msu-Billings 'A' (Ryan Blomback , Tyson Vanderby , Michael
Hildebrand , Tucker Shuler ), 3:35.53. 3, Montana State 'B' (Tyler Noland ,
Forrest Jarvi , Graydon Curry , Daniel Jackson ), 3:42.93.
Women 4x400 Meter Relay
1, Montana State 'A' (Olivia Rider , Carissa Storle , Madeline Fuchs , Larkin
Guenther ), 3:56.75. 2, Montana State 'C' (Sadie McMillan , Sarah McGree ,
Kortnee Barrett , Jessica Greany ), 4:06.05. 3, Montana State 'B' (Camille
Marchand , Morgan Dunley , Kala Jauquet , Sierra Method ), 4:11.23. 4,
Msu-Billings 'A' (Erika Halle , Sarah McGurran , Sarah Jackson , Justine
Simons ), 4:12.95.
Women Hammer Throw
1, Andrea Montague, Unattached, 53.58m, (175-09). 2, Allison Jones, Montana
Stat, 53.48m, (175-05). 3, Amanda Murphy, Unattached, 52.46m, (172-01). 4,
Emily Willmuth, Montana Stat, 50.54m, (165-10). 5, Kirstin Lee, Montana Stat,
45.04m, (147-09). 6, Alexi Halvorson, Msu-Billings, 38.88m, (127-07).
Men Hammer Throw
1, David Phillips, Unattached, 60.70m, (199-02). 2, Pat Eckerson, Montana
Stat, 58.90m, (193-03). 3, Morgan Norgaard, Montana Stat, 47.44m, (155-08). 4,
Casey Clausen, Montana Stat, 46.34m, (152-00). 5, Trevor Gilreath, Unattached,
44.28m, (145-03).
Men Javelin Throw
1, Nick Lam, Unattached, 67.04m, (219-11). 2, Nick Wilson, Msu-Billings,
63.62m, (208-09). 3, Willie Sullivan, Montana Stat, 61.28m, (201-00). 4, Brock
Arthun, Montana Stat, 49.86m, (163-07). 5, Asa Staven, Unattached, 40.58m,
(133-02). 6, Josh Morley, Msu-Billings, 38.28m, (125-07).
Women Javelin Throw
1, Emily Tyrrell, Montana Stat, 47.82m, (156-11). 2, Lena Suek, Montana Stat,
42.84m, (140-07). 3, Hannah Counter, Montana Stat, 41.50m, (136-02). 4, Karen
Brown, Montana Stat, 37.66m, (123-07). 5, Sarah McGree, Montana Stat, 34.98m,
(114-09). 6, Tracy Barrett, Unat-Msu-Bil, 32.82m, (107-08). 7, Sadie McMillan,
Montana Stat, 31.86m, (104-06). 8, Cady Irion, Msu-Billings, 26.68m, (87-06).
9, Kortnee Barrett, Montana Stat, 25.26m, (82-10).
Women Pole Vault
1, Stacey Irvine, Montana Stat, 3.82m, (12-06.25). 2, Rebekka Chambers,
Montana Stat, 3.43m, (11-03). 3, Mary Vaughan, Montana Stat, 3.20m, (10-06).
4, Tara Johnson, Montana Stat, 2.90m, (9-06.25).
Men Pole Vault
1, Bobby Biskupiak, Unattached, 4.90m, (16-00.75). 2, Asa Staven, Unattached,
4.62m, (15-01.75). 3, Thomas Geraghty, Montana Stat, 4.42m, (14-06). 4, Alek
Hoffman, Montana Stat, 4.12m, (13-06.25). 5, Branden Martinez, Msu-Billings,
4.12m, (13-06.25).
Men Long Jump
1, Asa Staven, Unattached, 6.87m, w:1.5 (22-06.50). 2, matthew nicholas,
Unattached, 6.82m, w:1.4 (22-04.50). 3, Luke Barrett, Msu-Billings, 5.54m,
w:+0.0 (18-02.25). --, Dustin Cichosz, Montana Stat, FOUL.
Women Long Jump
1, Ashley Kropp, Montana Stat, 5.53m, w:1.3 (18-01.75). 2, Sarah McGree,
Montana Stat, 5.46m, w:1.7 (17-11). 3, Sadie McMillan, Montana Stat, 5.14m,
w:1.4 (16-10.50). 4, Erika Halle, Msu-Billings, 5.04m, w:1.9 (16-06.50). 5,
Courtney Austin, Montana Stat, 5.02m, w:2.7 (16-05.75). 6, Sara Griffith,
Montana Stat, 4.77m, w:1.3 (15-07.75). 7, Kortnee Barrett, Montana Stat,
4.74m, w:2.3 (15-06.75). 8, Haley Connolly, Montana Stat, 4.74m, w:2.5
(15-06.75).
Men High Jump
1, Brock Arthun, Montana Stat, 1.78m, (5-10).
Women High Jump
1, Jessica Greany, Montana Stat, 1.65m, (5-05). 2, Sadie McMillan, Montana
Stat, 1.50m, (4-11). 2, Kayla Neumiller, Unat-Msu-Bil, 1.50m, (4-11). 4, Sarah
McGree, Montana Stat, 1.50m, (4-11). 5, Kortnee Barrett, Montana Stat, 1.45m,
(4-09). --, Christina Alexander, Montana Stat, NH.
Men Shot Put
1, Trevor Gilreath, Unattached, 15.74m, (51-07.75). 2, Morgan Norgaard,
Montana Stat, 15.48m, (50-09.50). 3, David Phillips, Unattached, 15.11m,
(49-07). 4, Casey Clausen, Montana Stat, 14.56m, (47-09.25). 5, Derek Marsh,
Unattached, 13.64m, (44-09). 6, Bryce Jensen, Msu-Billings, 11.46m,
(37-07.25).
Women Shot Put
1, Amanda Murphy, Unattached, 14.81m, (48-07.25). 2, Kris Schaffer, Montana
Stat, 14.64m, (48-00.50). 3, Allison Jones, Montana Stat, 13.32m, (43-08.50).
4, Andrea Montague, Unattached, 12.38m, (40-07.50). 5, Brook Berg,
Msu-Billings, 11.82m, (38-09.50). 6, Alexi Halvorson, Msu-Billings, 11.15m,
(36-07). 7, Kacie Vanderloos, Msu-Billings, 10.66m, (34-11.75). --, Hilary
Gourneau, Msu-Billings, FOUL.
Women Discus Throw
1, Andrea Montague, Unattached, 45.82m, (150-04). 2, Lena Suek, Montana Stat,
42.68m, (140-00). 3, Kirstin Lee, Montana Stat, 40.14m, (131-08). 4, Alexi
Halvorson, Msu-Billings, 39.50m, (129-07). 5, Emily Willmuth, Montana Stat,
38.98m, (127-11). 6, Hilary Gourneau, Msu-Billings, 31.28m, (102-07). 7, Brook
Berg, Msu-Billings, 30.58m, (100-04).
Men Discus Throw
1, Pat Eckerson, Montana Stat, 45.42m, (149-00). 2, David Phillips,
Unattached, 44.92m, (147-04). 3, Casey Clausen, Montana Stat, 44.04m,
(144-06). 4, Morgan Norgaard, Montana Stat, 42.00m, (137-09). 5, Derek Marsh,
Unattached, 36.22m, (118-10). 6, Asa Staven, Unattached, 35.70m, (117-01).
Men Triple Jump
--, Dustin Cichosz, Montana Stat, FOUL.
Women Triple Jump
1, Ashley Kropp, Montana Stat, 11.27m, w:0.5 (36-11.75). 2, Courtney Austin,
Montana Stat, 11.15m, w:1.7 (36-07).
Men 10000 Meter Run
1, Alan King, Unat-Rocky M, 32:02.69~. 2, Daniel Lombardi, Msu-Billings,
33:55.15. 3, Noah Kiprono, Rocky Mounta, 34:41.47. 4, Arick Zachman, Montana
Stat, 35:05.45. 5, Mark Bolt, Msu-Billings, 35:37.76. 6, Derek Enciso, Rocky
Mounta, 36:57.53.
Women 10000 Meter Run
1, Amber Watson, Rocky Mounta, 38:30.13~. 2, Mary Owen, Msu-Billings,
41:17.13.
Mixed 10000 Meter Run
1, Alan King, Unat-Rocky M, 32:02.69%. 2, Daniel Lombardi, Msu-Billings,
33:55.15%. 3, Noah Kiprono, Rocky Mounta, 34:41.47%. 4, Arick Zachman, Montana
Stat, 35:05.45%. 5, Mark Bolt, Msu-Billings, 35:37.76%. 6, Derek Enciso, Rocky
Mounta, 36:57.53%. 7, Amber Watson, Rocky Mounta, 38:30.13. 8, Mary Owen,
Msu-Billings, 41:17.13.
