Eckerson is Conference Field Athlete of the Week; Teams Head to Missoula for Conference
5/13/2009 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
Eckerson was singled out for his performance at the Tom Gage Classic in Bozeman last weekend where he won the hammer throw and improved his regional qualifying mark to 192’5”. He will be competing at the conference championships this week in the hammer and the discus. His season best throw in the discus was 158’7”. He leads the ‘Cats in both events. He is currently ranked second in the conference in the hammer and tenth in the discus.
This week marks the last Big Sky Conference meet for 15 seniors. The conference meet, held in Missoula this year, begins on Wednesday, May 13 with the multi events. Track and field events begin Friday and conclude Saturday. Seniors competing in their last conference meet include:
Chris Baldus; Business; Bozeman, MT
Matt Beamer; math and French; Casper, WY
Julia Cooper; Health & Human Development; Bozeman, MT
Dustin Degen; Business; Missoula, MT
Amanda DeHaan; Nursing; Belgrade, MT
Elisabeth Driscoll; Mechanical Engineering and Modern Languages; Bozeman, MT
Mike Green – Pre Physical Therapy/HHD; Simms, MT
Dan Johnson; Business/Marketing; Livingston, MT
Kayla Larson; Elementary Education; Opheim, MT
Kevin Ludwig; Media & Theater Arts; Telluride, CO
Nick Morrow; Business/Marketing; Helena, MT
Amy Plummer; Elementary Education; Kalispell, MT
Ellie Rudy; Cell Biology & Neuroscience; Woodland Park, CO
Brittany Speirs; Health & Human Development; Pre-Physical Therapy (HHD); Huron, SD
Dan van Swearingen; Health & Human Development; Great Falls, MT
Montana State has qualified a full slate of competitors (25 each) on both the men’s and women’s teams. Head coach Dale Kennedy is hoping the women could finish as high as second and the men as high as third or fourth. Even though coach Kennedy likes to predict the meet on paper, something he calls the “power score”, he admits surprises can happen.
“I have to look at the meet and who is entered to see where the best places are to put our athletes to score. A lot in this conference meet depends on who is entered in what. It’s not your normal, non-scored meet,” Kennedy said.
A full list of MSU conference participants can be found in the attached pdf. Team and event scores will be posted as soon as each event is finished at http://www.montanagrizzlies.com/pages/default.aspx?p=72&m=283.
This week marks the last Big Sky Conference meet for 15 seniors. The conference meet, held in Missoula this year, begins on Wednesday, May 13 with the multi events. Track and field events begin Friday and conclude Saturday. Seniors competing in their last conference meet include:
Chris Baldus; Business; Bozeman, MT
Matt Beamer; math and French; Casper, WY
Julia Cooper; Health & Human Development; Bozeman, MT
Dustin Degen; Business; Missoula, MT
Amanda DeHaan; Nursing; Belgrade, MT
Elisabeth Driscoll; Mechanical Engineering and Modern Languages; Bozeman, MT
Mike Green – Pre Physical Therapy/HHD; Simms, MT
Dan Johnson; Business/Marketing; Livingston, MT
Kayla Larson; Elementary Education; Opheim, MT
Kevin Ludwig; Media & Theater Arts; Telluride, CO
Nick Morrow; Business/Marketing; Helena, MT
Amy Plummer; Elementary Education; Kalispell, MT
Ellie Rudy; Cell Biology & Neuroscience; Woodland Park, CO
Brittany Speirs; Health & Human Development; Pre-Physical Therapy (HHD); Huron, SD
Dan van Swearingen; Health & Human Development; Great Falls, MT
Montana State has qualified a full slate of competitors (25 each) on both the men’s and women’s teams. Head coach Dale Kennedy is hoping the women could finish as high as second and the men as high as third or fourth. Even though coach Kennedy likes to predict the meet on paper, something he calls the “power score”, he admits surprises can happen.
“I have to look at the meet and who is entered to see where the best places are to put our athletes to score. A lot in this conference meet depends on who is entered in what. It’s not your normal, non-scored meet,” Kennedy said.
A full list of MSU conference participants can be found in the attached pdf. Team and event scores will be posted as soon as each event is finished at http://www.montanagrizzlies.com/pages/default.aspx?p=72&m=283.
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