Marissa Stanton will join the women's sprint corps this fall at MSU.
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MSU Track and Field Signs Top Prep 400 Runner
7/13/2010 9:04:39 AM | Track & Field
Montana State head track and field coach Dale Kennedy announced the signing of Marissa Stanton (Billings Central) to a national letter of intent to attend MSU in the fall.
Stanton is the current Montana class A 400 champion and was runner-up in 2009. She also placed third at state in the 200 and ran a leg on both state champion relay teams for Billings Central. She was involved in 36 of the 49 points Central scored at the state meet.
"Marissa is a great all-around athlete," Kennedy said. "She has a great pedigree--her father Jim is a longtime principal and coach in Billings and her uncle is a track coach at Dickinson State."
Stanton also has all-state honors in volleyball for two years in addition to four years of all-state track awards.
"She'll obviously be a relay candidate for us," Kennedy said. "She'll start out in the 400 individually, as that's been her strong suit to this point. Ultimately, with her speed, she may be a good 800 candidate down the road."
Stanton is a National Honor Society student who plans to major in education at MSU.
Stanton is the current Montana class A 400 champion and was runner-up in 2009. She also placed third at state in the 200 and ran a leg on both state champion relay teams for Billings Central. She was involved in 36 of the 49 points Central scored at the state meet.
"Marissa is a great all-around athlete," Kennedy said. "She has a great pedigree--her father Jim is a longtime principal and coach in Billings and her uncle is a track coach at Dickinson State."
Stanton also has all-state honors in volleyball for two years in addition to four years of all-state track awards.
"She'll obviously be a relay candidate for us," Kennedy said. "She'll start out in the 400 individually, as that's been her strong suit to this point. Ultimately, with her speed, she may be a good 800 candidate down the road."
Stanton is a National Honor Society student who plans to major in education at MSU.
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