Thursday, April 19
Torrence, CA
11 a.m.
Montana State University
at
Mt. SAC Relays/Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
Photo by: Nate Barrett
Bobcat Trio Completes Strong Showings to Open California Road Trip
4/19/2018 10:49:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
Calvin Root, Trisha Carlson and Kelsi Lasota all earn new program top 10 marks to highlight MSU's first day in California
LONG BEACH, Calif.–Montana State only had a few student-athletes in action on Thursday, April 19, representing the track and field program in the Pacific Coast Intercollege and Mt. SAC Relays. The Bobcats that did compete put together standout performances to open the team's weekend appearance in California.
A trio of Bobcats began the day participating in the Intercollegiate at Long Beach State's Jack Rose Track.
Senior Calvin Root had the highlight effort for MSU. He set a lifetime-best mark in the hammer throw by reaching a mark of 205 feet, 3 inches (62.75m). His throw was more than 5 1/2 feet farther than his previous personal best and it moved him from ninth to fifth all-time in school history. Root earned a fifth-place showing out of 33 competitors while moving to 20th in the NCAA West Region rankings.
Senior Kyle Douglass completed two solid throws for the Bobcats. Douglass competed in stacked fields in both the discus throw and shot put. He placed fourth out of 38 in the shot put with a mark of 57-04.75 (17.49m) and also finished fifth out of 44 in the discus behind a throw of 175-09 (53.58m).
Sophomore Noah Martin made his first appearance of the road trip in the high jump, but no heighted in the event.
Freshman Trisha Carlson and junior Kelsi Lasota completed the day by racing under the Murdock Stadium lights in the Mt. SAC Relays at El Camino College.
Carlson continued her stout collegiate debut season with a runner-up showing in the 3,000-meter open C division race. Out of 25 competitors from across the country and primarily from the Division I ranks, Carlson narrowly took second place by just seven hundredths of a second behind Sarah Medved of Portland State.
The Bobcat distance runner's time of 10 minutes, 21.63 seconds improved her all-time ranking in program history from fifth to second and was 14 seconds faster than her previous lifetime-best mark. Carlson now owns the 13th best time in the West Region in the event.
Kelsi Lasota ran in the final heat of the 10,000 invitational elite race and finished in first place in a time of 33:51.85. Lasota earned a lifetime-best mark that put her into second all-time in school history. The mark is less than a minute behind record holder Alyssa Snyder's time set a year ago, and more than 30 seconds faster than Ariana Lee's now third-place mark that was set in 2003.
Lasota's time also put her 11th in the West Region rankings and was 13th overall among the Invitational field.
The Bobcat track and field team returns to action on Friday with Montana State student-athletes competing in both meets.
A trio of Bobcats began the day participating in the Intercollegiate at Long Beach State's Jack Rose Track.
Senior Calvin Root had the highlight effort for MSU. He set a lifetime-best mark in the hammer throw by reaching a mark of 205 feet, 3 inches (62.75m). His throw was more than 5 1/2 feet farther than his previous personal best and it moved him from ninth to fifth all-time in school history. Root earned a fifth-place showing out of 33 competitors while moving to 20th in the NCAA West Region rankings.
Senior Kyle Douglass completed two solid throws for the Bobcats. Douglass competed in stacked fields in both the discus throw and shot put. He placed fourth out of 38 in the shot put with a mark of 57-04.75 (17.49m) and also finished fifth out of 44 in the discus behind a throw of 175-09 (53.58m).
Sophomore Noah Martin made his first appearance of the road trip in the high jump, but no heighted in the event.
Freshman Trisha Carlson and junior Kelsi Lasota completed the day by racing under the Murdock Stadium lights in the Mt. SAC Relays at El Camino College.
Carlson continued her stout collegiate debut season with a runner-up showing in the 3,000-meter open C division race. Out of 25 competitors from across the country and primarily from the Division I ranks, Carlson narrowly took second place by just seven hundredths of a second behind Sarah Medved of Portland State.
The Bobcat distance runner's time of 10 minutes, 21.63 seconds improved her all-time ranking in program history from fifth to second and was 14 seconds faster than her previous lifetime-best mark. Carlson now owns the 13th best time in the West Region in the event.
Kelsi Lasota ran in the final heat of the 10,000 invitational elite race and finished in first place in a time of 33:51.85. Lasota earned a lifetime-best mark that put her into second all-time in school history. The mark is less than a minute behind record holder Alyssa Snyder's time set a year ago, and more than 30 seconds faster than Ariana Lee's now third-place mark that was set in 2003.
Lasota's time also put her 11th in the West Region rankings and was 13th overall among the Invitational field.
The Bobcat track and field team returns to action on Friday with Montana State student-athletes competing in both meets.
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